My Christmas mani 2013

China Glaze ~ Mommy Kissing Santa
Deep shimmery red

&

Essie ~Shine of the Times

Orange/red/green dense flakie

Let me show you the mani I wore yesterday on Christmas eve. I knew I wanted to wear red – I love red, and I think it’s perfect for Christmas. And I knew I wanted to wear the Essie “Shine of the Times” that my boyfriend gave to me as a gift this Sunday. So here it is!

I applied two layers of Mommy Kissing Santa on all my nails. Application was good, coverage too and drying time as well.

Then I applied one single layer of Shine of the Times on my pinkie and my pointer. And man, that flakie is insanely dense, I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite like it! The colour shift is absolutely beautiful, from red over orange to green!

I also wanted to stamp! I chose two difference snow flake designs from the XL stamping plate K, and a heart design from the stamping plate QA45. I stamped with Essies “Penny Talk”; a lovely coppery metallic. A layer of topcoat completed the mani.

When I twist my fingers like this, you can see how wild the green is in the flakie.

I chose to stamp with copper because I thought it would match the flakie pretty well, and I honestly think it works!

On my pinkie you can see when the flakies show off their red side. Beautiful!

Yes, I was satisfied with this, very satisfied!

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas evening! Merry Christmas to you all! ♥

Mommy Kissing Santa

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Durability: Good

Removal: No problems
Overall impression: It’s a beautiful and vampy red

Buy again: Yes

Shine of the times

Number of coats: 1
Drying time: Average

Durability: Good

Removal: No problems
Overall impression: Amazingly dense flakie, wow!

Buy again: Yes