Snowflake Half Moons

It's the most wonderful time of the year they say...There's music, christmas decorations, lights and glitter everywhere! In some places it's even snowing! And since we don't see snow that often here in Athens, I decided to make my own snow, on my nails! I love snowflake designs, I don't know what exactly it is about them that makes them look so special to me. I just find them very intricate and delicate at the same time, if it makes any sense. 

I think there are several colors that are associated with Christmas such as red, green, blue, white, gold and silver, at least for most of us. But for me, a rich purple also does the trick! That is why I chose a dark metallic purple, that almost looks black, as a base color and used silver to make the snowflake half moon design. I was actually debating between white and silver for the snowflakes, but I felt that white would look too flat and thought it would be more appropriate to stick with the metallic texture of the base. So we have a winner..Silver it is!!!

And just to switch things up a bit and make it more interesting, I used a silver base on my ring finger and decorated it on the side with black iridescent rhinestones (ebay). I think the rhinestones add some bling to the whole look without making it too much to wear and they definitely give some depth and texture to it as well.

All in all, I'm very pleased with how this turned out. I think this is an easy and quick design that looks very elegant and feminine. I hope you like it and give it a try. :)

Polishes used:

Orly Bonder Basecoat

Seventeen - 493

H&M - Silver

Orly Sec 'N Dry Quick Dry Topcoat

Breast Cancer Awareness Nail Art

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual international campaign organised to increase awareness of the disease. So, I decided to do my part to spread awareness, by doing an easy inspired nail art design.

Learn all you need to know about breast cancer here and don't forget it's all about prevention. Always remember to check yourselves regularly ladies!

Now, on to the nail art design! I used a thin brush to draw the pink ribbons on my thumb and ring finger and a dotting tool in different sizes to do the dots on my index. On my middle finger I used a sponge to apply the glitter polish (a little trick I've seen from The Nailasaurus in the past), to get full coverage. Finally, I used some clear polish to apply the rhinestones (which I bought from ebay) on my nails.

Polishes used:

Beauty Secrets - Base Coat

Seventeen - 10

Seventeen - 17

H&M Glitter - Pink

Rush 60 Second High Speed Top Coat