Monday, December 23, 2013

My Favorite Ornament

December seems to be flying by at rocket speed and I'm realizing that I don't have much time to execute a lot of the ideas that have been floating in my head. This is one such idea that I'm happy to have found the time to create. It was in one way or another inspired by a number of talented ladies, so I thank Beaching Nails for the idea of using nail studs for ornaments, Drama Queen Nails for the idea that studs can be painted with polish and Eeek! Nail Polish! for the idea of stamping onto rhinestones. Sheesh! Feels like I'm making some sort of acceptance speech here, but truly I learn so much from seeing everyone's manicures that even though my manicure doesn't resemble theirs, I did get the idea from their beautiful art. And now without further adieu, my ornament manicure...


For this manicure, I started out with a base of OPI My Favorite Ornament from the Mariah Carey Holiday collection. Don't you just love when the polish name fits the art theme? My nail art is often inspired by the lacquer name, although in this case it was a happy accident that I only discovered after the manicure was complete. I'll show you full swatches of it, along with the rest of the Mariah Carey collection soon...


Just in case you are curious as to what exactly went into making this manicure, I listed the source of the stud, the polish used to paint the paint it and the plate name/number used for stamping. All silver stamping was done using Pure Ice Silver Mercedes and the gold stamping done using Maybelline Bold Gold. The pine branches are hand painted using acrylic paints...




I picked nail studs from a few different wheels. The ones on the left and top are from the BornPrettyStore and the one bottom right is from Winstonia. Each of them has a fun array of various stud choices...


P.S. A tutorial for how I created the ornaments is now available here...

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


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15 comments:

  1. mdollasnailsDecember 23, 2013 at 8:33 AM

    oh so cute :)

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  2. UnknownDecember 23, 2013 at 9:03 AM

    What a smart way to make beautiful 3D ornaments!! Very cute!!

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  3. UnknownDecember 23, 2013 at 9:16 AM

    Great mani! It must be a real pity to remove such beauty from your nails!

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  4. B.December 23, 2013 at 10:24 AM

    OMG! You had great idea! I should try it someday! It's really awesome! :) Nice job! ♥

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  5. LacquerdeliqueDecember 23, 2013 at 12:19 PM

    Beautiful work and beautiful nails.

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  6. Kitties26December 23, 2013 at 8:29 PM

    My favorite christmas mani this year. I absolutely love this! I will definitely recreate this, but I'm not sure if I have time this year! Pinned for next year!

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  7. Victoria - manicuratorDecember 23, 2013 at 10:16 PM

    AH! MAZE! ING!

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  8. The Bookish ManicuristDecember 26, 2013 at 5:33 PM

    These are so stunning!

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  9. AnutkaDecember 29, 2013 at 3:22 PM

    @Mdollas Nails, thank you! :)

    @Jennifer, I'm so glad you like it! Thank you :)

    @Viktoria, Thank you so much! Yes, I had a difficult time parting with it as well and kept one for an accent :)

    @B., Definitely try this out! It was a lot of fun! I'm glad you like it :)

    @Lacqerdelique, thank you very much for your lovely comments! :)

    @Kitties26, Thank you so much! That means a lot to me. I look forward to seeing your creation next year! Happy Holidays! :)

    @Victoria, thank you sooo much! You are so kind :)

    @The Bookish Manicurist, I'm so glad that you like them! Thank you so much :)

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  10. fingersDecember 31, 2013 at 6:23 AM

    WOW Anutka this is simply gorgeous as you always do!!! Am totally loving this!

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    1. AnutkaJanuary 4, 2014 at 1:23 PM

      Thank you so much sweetie! I'm so glad you like my manicure. :)

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  11. TraceyJanuary 6, 2014 at 2:04 PM

    Stunning!!! I'd never had thought to do this. Genius idea!!

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    1. AnutkaJanuary 8, 2014 at 2:03 PM

      Thank you very much! It was a lot of fun to stamp on the ornaments :D

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  12. Indian LacqueradeJanuary 9, 2014 at 9:21 PM

    I follow you on all social media sites and still missed this stunning work. This is absolutely gorgeous. What an idea!!!

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    1. AnutkaJanuary 10, 2014 at 12:03 PM

      Thank you very much! That means so much to me! I'm glad you are following and enjoying my art! Sometimes they just slip past us :)

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