Hi lovelies! I'm back with another 26 Great Nail Art Ideas mani. This time the theme is 'Pastel Christmas', which I think is a great idea! I always have so much fun doing non-traditional seasonal themes. I hadn't yet done a snowman mani this year, so pulled out my Uberchic Beauty Christmas plates and came up with this. Read on to find out more!
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| 26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pastel Christmas @acertainbeccaa |
I started off with a gradient of Pretty Serious Cosmetics 'Can't Take The Sky' (swatched here) and 'Doodle Bug'. My initial idea was to use the Pretty Serious pastel pet names collection, but I couldn't resist pairing these two together. I love how this turned out.
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| Pretty Serious 'Can't Take The Sky' & 'Doodle Bug' Gradient @acertainbeccaa |
I then added a coat of China Glaze 'Fairy Dust' for a bit of sparkle. I really don't use this enough, but for some reason I always like it over gradients.
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| Gradient with China Glaze 'Fairy Dust' @acertainbeccaa |
For my snowmen, I made reverse decals. I stamped the snowman from Uberchic plate Christmas-01 onto my mini uber mat using Hit The Bottle 'As Black As Night'. I coloured them in using Pretty Serious 'Presence' with a small dotting tool, before topcoating and letting them dry. I placed them onto my middle and ring finger nails before topcoating. I then stamped the falling snow from Uberchic Christmas-02 onto my pointer and pinky nails.
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| 26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pastel Christmas @acertainbeccaa |
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| 26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pastel Christmas @acertainbeccaa |
What do you think? It's not over the top pastel, but it counts! I think this is my favourite Christmas mani this year! I only finished them this afternoon (after admiring the gradient on it's own for a few days), and I'm going to keep them on for Christmas Day. This is also my last post before Sunday, so Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have an amazing day!
Hope to see you in the next post!
Becca x
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I love these! You did such a great job with bringing it all together. They look like two very happy snowmen merry Christmas hun xx
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I love the subtle gradient, and how the falling snow looks over it!
ReplyDeleteThis is so playful and perfect for the season. I love that subtle gradient!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Your gradient is so perfect too!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! I love the snowmen! They look so fun!
ReplyDeleteLove that gradient! The snowmen are cute too!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could do a gradient, yours looks so perfect. The snowmen are too cute.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of pastels in Winter - IMO pastel blues suit Winter more than vampy shades. Love the snowmen too!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a flawless gradient - it looks so smooth and seamless! I love the look!
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute and I love it! The gradient is beautiful, too.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, your gradient is seamless. It's so perfect! I love the colors together too!
ReplyDeleteMy fav. blue shade !! Very cute nailart
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pastel nails for Winters <3 & those Snowman are adorable!!
ReplyDeleteyour snowmen are adorable!
ReplyDeleteI really LOVE this light blue shade of polish and the snowman just looks so adorable!
ReplyDeleteChina Glaze Fairy Dust is so pretty -- subtle, yet gives the manicure that added pop. I'll have to look for this the next time I see China Glaze!
ReplyDeleteI love how adorable this mani is!
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure this is the best gradient ever!!! I need both of these shades just so I can recreate!!!
ReplyDeleteI love this blue gradient and the snowmen are just perfect!
ReplyDeleteThese are so adorable - the fairy dust just adds that extra touch!
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