GRFC Challenge - Christmas Party

Today is the final day of Getting Ready For Christmas Challenge! I really enjoyed doing this Challenge. And I'm kind of sad that it is over!!!

I want to thank Elsa for hosting GRFC and hoping that she'll come up with a new fun challenge anytime soon... :) :)

Well, for today, the theme is Christmas Party... I don't think red looks good on me, so I picked a black outfit for this night... LOL :)

Here is Models Own Obsidian from the Velvet Goth Collection. It is a black jelly based tiny silver glitter with hexagonal holographic glitter as well. It dries to a semi-matte finish, which I did not like so I used a coat of SV over it... :)

As for the accent nail; I've been wanting to use the BM420 for a long time, and this was an excuse... Unfortunately the image was a little big on the sides for my nail... So I taped the edges of my nail and renewed the black lines of the tuxedo with a striper brush and black polish. Oh, and the base is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls... :)

Soooo, that concludes the challenge!!!

And here's the roundup of my entires!!!

GRFC Challenge - Christmas Movie Inspired

Today is the 9th day of Getting Ready for Christmas Challenge and today's theme is Christmas Movie Inspired!!!

There were lots movies to choose from, and I personally loved them all. But I decided on this one!!!!

The Santa Clause!!!

Anddd here's my inspired mani!!!!


I started with my fail proof red polish; China Glaze Ruby Pumps... :) Two coats on my nails... Gorgeous as ever...

On my index and pinkie, I freehanded Santa's belt... Not perfect as you can see, but from a distance, it looks acceptable... :)

And for the middle and ring fingers, I stamped the sweter design from Nailz Craze NC03 plate with white stamping polish.

Fun and festive... What do you think????

GRFC Challenge - The Christmas Red

Oh, no I'm falling behind in Getting Ready for Christmas Challenge!!!! Well, behind my schedule, I should say... :) I was planning to finish the challenge on Christmas day, but I think I will need a couple more days... LOL

Anyway, for today, day 8, the theme is Christmas Red...

Honestly, I don't own many red polish. I have 3 or 4 tops. I don't know why, but it may be bacause red is a flashy color and I prefer to go with simple colors...

Anyway, one of the best reds in my collection is Catherine Arley 800, the red holo! I have two coats on my nails and application was a breeze... No special base coats needed... :) It isn't a in your face holo, a more subtle one but it is still pretty..

I decided giving my MoYou Christmas plate a try and ended up stamping with it using BarryM Gold... :) This plate is really awsome, I think I need more MoYou's in my life..

Oh, and for the accent nail, I used a generous coat of Pahlish Pianos Filled with Flames, a lovely red and gold glitter in a sheer pink/red base... It think it needs a wear on its own... :)

GRFC Challenge - All I Want For Christmas

Hi!

Today is the 7th day of Getting Ready For Christmas Challenge and today we are revealing our wishlists!!! Sorry, no manis for today!!!

Since it is a wishlist, and since it is Christmas, I decided to reveal all the things I want under my tree (knowing that they won't be there)... :(

Here we go, here is my dream team!!!

1) All the Zoya polish that is available on the website. You may skip the ones I already have, but I might ask for Pixie Dust backups... :P

2) All the Real Techniques make up brushes... Again, feel free to buy duplicates, I may need them for different colors...

3) Urban Decay Naked 1 - 2 - and 3!!! All of them!!!! :) :)

4) All the MoYou London plates available! I know that they release new plates every week, but the ones released untill today "might" be enough!!!

5) Speaking of plates, Winstonia is about to release a new series, so you may add them as a stocking filler.... :)

6) And finally, new Konad plates and the Konads I don't have may be a nice present... :)

So, there you go! My secret wishlist revealed!

Now I have to wait untill Christmas to find out if I've been naughty or nice... :D



Tell me, which of these would you like to find under your tree?

GRFC Challenge - Snowflakes Manicure

Yay!!! Snowflakes!!!!

Today the challenge for Getting Ready For Christmas is Snowflakes!!!!

I love snow! We seem to have less and less snow each year in Istanbul. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, because honestly, in such a big city, sometimes snow just pauses the life! And the melting stage!!! Oh, don't ever get me started on that...

Anyway, I still love snow and the white cover and how it hides anything and everything ugly and just brings its own beauty...

Sooooo, for today;

here are the polishes I used... I used the first four to make a gradient. They are Yes Love K028, K034, Kiko 339 and Flormar Supermatte M103...

After the gradient, I stamped the snowflakes... I used Konad m59 and some from the full image of BM323. Stamping polish was Essence Stampy White.

Finally I added some Model's Own Blizzard and I was finished...

A soft and glittery look I was trying to find was on my nails... :) I really enjoyed this mani. I just wish cleaning up the blue was not that hard.... Although I tried to do my best, you can still see some blue shadows in the pictures... :(

That's all for today...

See you on day 7!!!!

GRFC Challenge - Blue And Silver

We are halfway through the Getting Ready For Christmas Challenge prepared by lovely Elsa from Like a Candy Shop...

Today it is blue and silver...

Going through my stash of blues, I realised that I haven't still used my precious Zoya Pixie Dust Sunshine!!!! Being a navy blue with silver sparkles, it surely is the polish of the day... :P

Here it is with all its glory... Two coats with a base coat underneath...

 Then I grabbed my good old Gals 27 plate with the christmas tree looking image and using Essie No Place Like Chrome, I stamped my nails...

Simple yet gorgeous mani that got me a lot of complimets... :) :)

Andddd coming up... Snowflakessss!!!!

GRFC Challenge - Red and Gold

Wooo hooo!!!! I'm on fire!!!!

So far, my challenge posts are going as planned!!!! YAY!!!

So for today....

Red and Gold!!! Such Christmassy Colors!!! For this challenge, I went through my stash and found these two polishes...

Zoya Blaze and Barry M Gold, which is one of the best gold stamping polishes!!!!

Here's what I did...

I used two coats of Zoya Blaze... I'm so in love with this polish! It really has some depth and it is a pleasure to look at my nails all day long...

Then I decided to stamp some ornaments... I serached through my plate stash and secided to use the ornaments from Pueen 42, BM 225 and BM 318...

I stamped them with Barry M Gold and then using a thin brush, I drew some lines connecting them... :)

So, what so you think?

By the way, I built myself a new lightbox and took these pictures in it... First I want to hear your opinions about the pictures and later, on another post, I'll share my new lightbox with you... :) :)

See you on day 5...

GRFC Challenge - Under The Mistletoe

I'm back with another challenge from Getting Ready For Christmas!!!! Boy, this challenge is super fun! I really love the themes!!!!

Anyway, today's theme was Under the Mistletoe... Well, we don't have that tradition, but I know from Hollywood movies that you are supposed to kiss eachother under the mistletoe... So, this was the inspiration for my mani today... :)

I used P2 Sand Style 090 Opulent, a black based green glitter texture, for my pinkie... :)

For the ring finger, I used China Glaze It's a Trap-eze, 3 coats.

For the remaining fingers, 2 coats of China Glaze Glittering Garland... And then I stamped these with Barry M Gold. For the middle finger, the Mistletoe is from BM14 and the kissing boy and girl is from Winstonia W102.

And for the index finger, the chimes are from BM14 and the background hearts are from well, I'm sorry, I did not pay any attention to those and now I don't remember which plate it was... :(

So this is my Under The Mistletoe Mani... Hope you liked it :)

See you on day 4...