This is a simple mani to do and I loved how it turned out. So here is how I did it.
I started out with 2 coats of Essie Butler Please from the Winter 2012 collection. This collection was a huge hit for me and this stunning cobalt blue creme was among my top picks from it (along with Leading Lady and Beyond Cozy!).
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| Essie Butler Please - OPI Servin' Up Sparkle - A England Excalibur Christmas Tree |
Butler Please is a great blue to have in your collection if you are looking for a great, versatile creme. It is one of my go-to colours which I can put on when I need cheering up or a quick bright mani. It may not be the most unique colour ever but it's certainly a staple for me. The formula is nice and easy to work with. I used 2 coats for full opacity. It does dry slightly matte alone which I found quite surprising the first time I tried it. I prefer it with topcoat but I suppose it could be worn without if you want to keep the semi-matte effect.
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| Essie Butler Please - OPI Servin' Up Sparkle - A England Excalibur Christmas Tree |
I then added a coat of OPI Servin' Up Sparkle from one of the Serena Williams Grand Slam England Duo (the other shade in the duo being Grape...Set...Match! which I actually don't own boohoo!!).
Servin' Up Sparkle does exactly as it's name suggests. This is a clear-based polish packed with silver holographic hex glitter and micro glitter. This is a crazy sparkly polish and I love it. Its the sort of polish that can be worn over absolutely any base colour.
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| OPI Servin' Up Sparkle - Bottle Shot |
I then did a little bit of simple nail art as an accent nail using some tape and striping tape to make a simple christmas tree with A-England Excalibur (the original version) which is a silver metallic foil. This is a great polish for nail art because, like a lot of A Englands, with careful application, it can be a one-coater, at least for nail art. This is another good basic to have.
Finally, I topped the tree with a star shaped silver stud and finished things off with a coat of topcoat.
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| Essie Butler Please - OPI Servin' Up Sparkle - A England Excalibur Christmas Tree |
This manicure was simple and quick to do and I already want to do more of these tape tree designs!
What do you think of it?
Essie and OPI polishes are available from various retailers.
A-England polishes can be purchased from the A-England website for those of you in the UK and various other retailers (see the complete list here).
I love the tape tree - it's so simple and effective! And ahh, Servin' Up Sparkle! That was my first glitter (as an adult nailophile; I would have had tacky glitters as a kid, no doubt) when it came out two or three years ago!
ReplyDeleteServin' Up Sparkle is gorgeous! Glad to see another fan! :D thanks for commenting!
DeleteOh thats very pretty, i want to do a Xmas mani but just dont know what to do......the one i had in mind, i dont have the same colours so i might do something else.
ReplyDeleteDo it anyway in different colours? thanks for commenting! <3
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