That's right- instead of using creme colors like Judy did, I went for super-sparkle. I used my Heaven polish in Ruby for the red because it is absolutely the most gorgeously intense red glitter polish I've ever seen. Everything else was Art Deco stripers in black, white, and silver. The glitter on the white is from the glorious (and messy) glitter samples I wrote about the other day. It looks pretty fab on, doesn't it?
How to make Santa suit nails:
- Apply your base coat.
- Apply (at least) 2 coats of red polish.
- Apply a white strip down the center of the nail.
- Apply a white french tip the width of the center white strip.
- Paint a thin black band across the center of the nail. This will be Santa's belt.
- Make a small silver rectangle across the black band. This will be the buckle on Santa's belt.
- Paint a thin silver line starting from the center of the silver rectangle. This will be the bar/latch of the belt buckle.
- Let everything dry. Then paint clear polish over the white sections and
sprinkle with white or clear glitter, just to add sparkle. - Apply top coat to seal and protect.
Remember- if you try a version of one of my designs, leave me a note and a picture! I'd love to see what you do! I know y'all can totally improve on my stuff! :D
I love this! It's cute! :D
ReplyDeleteThis is very nice. So cute.
ReplyDeleteI love this! I am going to have to try this over the weekend :) You are just too creative!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute. I love this idea. thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute!
ReplyDeleteI tagged you with an award; hope linking that here is okay. :)
http://thekarend.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-with-substance.html
So I tried this!! :) Here is the link to my blog - I just posted pics, please let me know what you think!! :)
ReplyDeletehttp://passthepolishplease.blogspot.com/2010/12/essie-list-santa-manicure.html
i love it and i will try it on my nails... so cool.. thanks for the tutorial..
ReplyDeleteYou are inspiration to me!
ReplyDeleteI also did something similar!
Sorry, we do not speak both English!
Kiss
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