Easy and Festive Holiday Nail Art

Hi Everyone! Today I have some fun and festive holiday nails to share with you. Excuse my dry skin in the photos, that's what happens when it is freezing! Last week I painted my nails white, which is something I rarely do. I actually really liked the look of just the stark white but after a day and 1/2 I got tried of it and decided to jazz it up a bit. Here's what I came up with, and it couldn't be easier. 

The white for the base is OPI's Alpine Snow, I used three coats for the opacity shown. I used these dotting tools from Born Pretty to go in and create the dots.  I went with the following festive colors all by China Glaze, Phat Santa, Jolly Holly, Ruby Dear and Mistletoe Kisses. All I did was go in with a few different sized dotting tools and randomly placed the dots on the top and middle of my nails. It could not be simpler. I just take a thick piece of paper and place a tiny dab of the color I want to dot onto the nail. I do this one at a time to avoid the nail polish drying. Then I dot away. 

I think the end result is pretty cool, if I do say so myself. This takes no real nail art skills just some time, and honestly not much of it. 

What do you think of these nails for the season? 

Take a look at a similar design by Heather (Kira) at Peace, Love and Polish. Great minds think a like!!! How funny !! Thanks for sharing in the comments Heather! 

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy. 

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Influenster Cosmo Voxbox 2012

Hi everyone! Today I want to share the contents of my very first Influenster Cosmo  Vox Box. If you haven't heard of Influenster and are big into social media, I suggest you go learn more about it here. It's free to sign up and fun to participate in. Everyone seems to have an equal opportunity to be selected for a box if they get involved in unlocking badges and writing reviews on the site. I think it's pretty cool. I was really excited when I got the email from Influenster that I was getting the Cosmo Voxbox 2012. I couldn't wait to see what arrived. I love surprises, especially free ones! 

So here's a peek inside my Influenster Cosmo Vox Box:

The box comes with a card describing the contents so that if you like what you test you know where to find it and how much it will cost. This is what was inside this season's box:

Inside were two FriXion Pilot Pens, one sample of Forever Red from Bath and Body Works, one bar of Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate in Sea Salt Escape and one Venus Embrace with corresponding Venus & Olay Razor. 

Of course I had to dig into the chocolate straight away. I have a major sweet tooth and tell me there's sea salt involved and I am all over it.  This bar is really tasty. I am more of a dark chocolate lover myself but a good old milk chocolate hits the spot when I am craving something really sweet.  I love sea salt and chocolate so this was a nice match, but I will be honest and say I do wish there was a touch more sea salt. I am used to sea salt/chocolate/caramel and the sea salt is typically more prominent; this has just a touch to bring out the flavor. It's nice if you like subtle. Overall who can say no to chocolate. Thumbs up from me. 

So far I have also tried the Forever Red Eau de Parfum which is really pretty and fruity. Bath and Body Works describes it as: 

Our most luxurious longest lasting fragrance blends opulent notes of fiery red pomegranate and delicate peche de vigne, a rare and fleeting French peach. Soft petals of red osmanthus give way to notes of addictive velvety marshmallow and a surprising finale of rich vanilla rum that leaves an unforgettable impression.

• Top Notes: Fiery Pomegranate, Rare French Peach, Luminous Apple

• Mid Notes: Red Peony, Night Marigold, Red Osmanthus

• Dry Notes: Rich Vanilla Rum, Velvety Marshmallow, Oak Wood

I get a lot of the fruit notes. It does have a nice mellow dry down so I think that is where the marshmallow, vanilla rum and oak wood comes in. It's quite a nice scent. I dig it.

It was really fun getting this Influenster Cosmo Vox Box in the mail.  I didn't know what was going to be inside so when I got it it was so fun to open. I encourage you to check Influenster out! It's open to everyone and we all seem to have equal shots of getting picked for a box of some kind. If you love trying new things and telling everyone on the internet about what you tried you'll love this! Have fun! Let me know if you ever get a box! 

Have you entered my giveaway!? This is the last week to enter. Good luck! 

Disclosure: Influenster is a free service anyone can use. I did not get special preferences because I am a blogger. I am just a regular user who got lucky enough to get selected.

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Nicole by OPI: A Gold Winter's Night

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Today I have a festive color from Kardashian Colors to share with you. This is A Gold Winter's Night. It's got tons of silver, holo and gold bar glitters suspended in a clear base. 

Now I am going to be honest with you all. I don't like bar glitter. I just don't. I know it's popular  but you know what? Crackle was popular too and I didn't like that either. It's a matter of personal taste and I just don't dig it. That doesn't take away from the nail polish as a product, it's just not a product I am interested in buying.

That said, the formula on this is nice. While the glitter is suspend in a clear base it is quite densely packed and if you did more than the two coats I show below I don't even think you'd need a colored base. This would however go nicely with a gold base coat or even silver. The glitters are fun and festive, mostly gold with some holo glitter particles dispersed  those have a nice sparkle when the light hits them. 

While this isn't my cup of tea it doesn't mean other beauty fanatics won't be drooling over this holiday lacquer. It's a nice take on holiday glam, a little less obvious than green or red. 

What do you think of this one? what do you think of Bar Glitter in general. Let me know in the comments below.

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy. 

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