One of my blogging besties at work/play/polish inspired my color on color mani and I dressed up my Elvis attire at last weekend’s party with this look.
A little red on red to spread good cheer.
After applying my base coat, I painted two coats of Essie’s E! Live from the Red Carpet. Once that was dry, I used one thick coat of Orly’s Star Spangled on the tips (with a steady hand. Use polish strips if you need – only when the two base coats are completely dry though!). Topped off with a coat of Seche Vite, my favorite top coat ever.
Orly’s Star Spangled with just a hint of glitter and Essie’s E! Live From the Red Carpet.
A standout against silver sequins.
A very merry mani, indeed!
CBXB
Very nice!
I just looked at my hands–dreadful! I’m going to go take care of them, right now! Thanks for the inspiration.
You’re welcome. Good luck!
All I accomplished was a good cleaning and filing. Unfortunately, I’m allergic to everything, absolutely everything. No pretty mani’s for me. I’ve been forced to abandon my sparkly-loving original self, to pretend I prefer the nature-girl look.
A mani’s still a mani even with no nail polish! Although, that sucks you can’t do glitter polish and must resort to ‘pretend’ nature lady. If you buff your nails out, they’ll shine like they have the clearest of top coats on them and you can sparkle (when the light hits your nails just right) again!
I need to ask Santa to put a buffer in my stocking. (I lost mine).
Then again, who needs a buffer? My great aunt, who grew up during the Great Depression, (when I was a child, I thought she was my GREAT aunt BECAUSE OF the GREAT Depression) showed me how to buff my nails on corduroy cloth. I just need to remember all the nifty tricks my “greats” taught me. Thanks for the reminder. (I loved your post about family!)
Seriously! I love your aunt who thought she was GREAT because of the GREAT Depression! She sounds fabulous – especially doling out information so useful as the corduroy buffer. Family is nifty with tricks like that, aren’t they?!
Family is nifty. My aunt was tiny–she wore size 2 shoes, which I grew into when I was ten. She was a gem among gems of a HUGE extended family. I was very fortunate.
Family IS nifty – sounds like we’re two lucky gals!
This mani is gorgeous!
Thanks – a little holiday fun!
Alright…I love everything about this post! You sound like a pro but you had me at the ornament holding action shot!
It’s all about the props with me!
Ohhh, that’s pretty, I could almost carry that off…I gave up manis a long time ago, too much paint remover in my life 🙂
You could definitely carry this off but not worth sacrificing your love of painting!
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I love this!!! The color-combo is celebratory but it’s not ‘too much’. I need to take nail-painting lessons from you, I always end up painting the top half of my fingers!
Thanks Girl! It took me almost a lifetime of practice to execute this paint job. 🙂
Love it!
Thank you – a little holiday fun never hurt, right?
Love it 🙂
Simple and chic. Nice color choice!
XO!!
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Thanks! And, it’s easy to hide any errors of my unprofessional training. 🙂
Just gorgeous and festive!
I just tried it out today, but with a light tone as base (white/pink) and I bought Essie’s “Leading Lady” :). Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh that color combo sounds lovely! I’m happy to be your manicure inspiration of the week. Enjoy the Leading Lady!