Candy Cane Chevrons

Hello you!  I am finally feeling festive, so I am sharing the Christmas spirit with this golden candy cane manicure.

This design brings all of my favourite aspects of stamping together:  Moyou London stamping plates, holographic glitter, decals and last but not least Mundo de Uñas stamping polish.

Bottle Shot

Here is my post for the A-Z Weekly Blog challenge. We post alphabetically on thursdays. Today is the letter G for "Gold". Hashtag #A2ZNails

This is also my challenge manicure for Crumpets 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge. This week, we have been given the prompts: "chevrons" and "red and gold".
Hashtag #52wpnmc

Gold and Glitter

Base colour:  Beauty UK Nail Polish, Unnamed (Gold)
Glitter:  Loose holographic gold glitter from set of twelve
Stamp colour:   Mundo de Uñas Stamping Polish, 32. Reddish
Decals:  Konad Stamping Polish, White
Stamping plate:   Moyou London  Fashionista Collection - 04

Tools of the Trade

The Decals

Halogen Lightinng

Crumpets

An InLinkz Link-up

A2Z

An InLinkz Link-up

Autumn Leaves

September is Stamping Month here we go, we made a fortnight!  Yay.  Today the theme is leaves.   I just got this Moyou London Fashionista plate, and until this challenge, I hadn't realised it has the most beautiful leaves in it.

I can't keep it a secret, this manicure is a fake!!!  I used felt pens for the lead lighting instead of nail polish.  I feel as though I've cheated!!!!!  The water-based colours did not take well to the glossy finish, but after a coat of matte top coat, I was back at primary school, trying to stay in the lines while colouring in.

WARNING:  the colour will not stay on your nails.  I now have these colours on every other finger, all my clothes and somehow, even my face (I am clumsy).

Base colour: Revlon Colorstay, 290 Midnight
Stamp colour: Konad White
Lead lighting: I cheated and used felt tip pens.
Stamping plate: Moyou London Fashionista Collection - 06

Indirect daylight

Halo lighting

Halogen lighting

More halogen lighting

Under a tree

Tools of the Trade

Midnight teal = swoon

Just stamped

Bottle swatch

I wasn't sure whether or not to post this final photo, but I had actually intended to use this stamping image over natural nails and french tips.  It was a disaster, so I removed it and slapped on the above teal <3

The first attempt!