Show Me Your Nails 2.0

[Tamara76]

Due to some technical glitches with the original Show Me Your Nails Thread, I am starting a new thread with @vegchililover78's blessing (She says "hello," by the way!).

Please share your nail looks, nail art and manicures!

...And don't forget to check out @Beadshopgirl's Nail Stamping Thread for stamping inspiration! ❤️  

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Nailed-It/The-Nail-Stamping-Thread/m-p/3328865

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Love love love.love.love.love the Santa hat accent! 🎅 Every time I see that design, I make a mental note to try it and then promptly forget 😂 so I'm thrilled to see it here. And your red is gorgeous! 

[itsfi]

Thank you @RGbrown! I almost forgot to do a Santa hat mani this year. It’s a fun one to do and gets a lot of smiles. I wish I knew which red this was. I think it might be Zoya Sarah??? 

[makeitup305]

@itsfi I love the little hat! Merry Christmas!

[itsfi]

Thank you @makeitup305; I may try to make a it a tradition to get in a Santa hat mani every year. 🤔 Merry Christmas! 

[happyskincare]

Wow I love these @itsfi ! And hopefully they’ll be in place for Christmas morning!❤️❤️❤️

[itsfi]

@happyskincare, thank you. Keeping my fingers crossed for that. 🤞🏼 

[jaaayp]

I did it. I fought the urge to do more and slap on stickers  and I LOVE it.

 

[Cissy63]

@jaaayp  They are beautiful ❤️

[Mellmars1185]

@jaaayp These are stickers? This shade is absolutely gorgeous. 

[makeitup305]

I loooove this vampy color @jaaayp 😍

[Saradestin]

It is a very beautiful color @jaaayp !! Although we are missing something… 😁

[itsfi]

One and done @jaaayp! 💅🏼 And beautifully so. Deep dark reds are fantastic this time of year. ♥️ 

[CynthieLu]

Now that is a good moody red 🍒🖤 @jaaayp 😍

Sometimes less is more, these are soo good just the way they are.  What's this color, does it have a name?? I'm curious. 😉

[Titian06]

Beautiful, @jaaayp ! 😍  The color says it all!

[RGbrown]

@jaaayp 

One color? That's it? Are you sure you're done? 🤭 Just kidding, this color is gorgeous and needs nothing else!! 😍

[RGbrown]

Morgan Taylor holiday gave me all the feels this year 💖💖💖 It's a little festive, a little frosty, and a little moody all in one...I feel like there are dozens of looks that could be achieved depending on which colors you pick. I guess that's true of most any set of six, but this mix just feels a little different to me, and I love it. 

I never got a shot of them together for my haul post because they wound up coming from two different stores, so here's a little family photo (terrible lighting, I know, sorry) 

From L to R (and also from pinky to thumb on my right hand in the next photo):

Bad To The Bow: super sheer base, maybe deep green or grey/nearly black loaded to the brim with golden green shimmer. The overall end color is a sparkly smoky pine green, and it's gorgeous. Three coats for opacity, but they were easy.

A Hundred Present Yes: charcoal grey slash purple cream, very deep and moody. Surprisingly sheer for an MT cream, easy to work with formula wise but I was surprised it needed three coats.

Gift It Your Best: frosty blue metallic shimmer with a satiny matte finish. Easy two coater and a fantastic wintry shade.

Wrapped Around Your Finger: bone colored cream, pretty easy to work with for such a white based color; I got it down in two coats on my right hand (three on my left, but my left hand was a disaster from start to finish, it was one of those nights lol). 

Before My Berry Eyes: light purple metallic/chrome. I cannot express my love for this one enough...easy one coater (though chromes tend to be thin and show off every imperfection underneath, so I've got three here to build a little thickness). Shows off some brush strokes, but not as many as some other chromes I have, and as I suspected when I first swatched it, it's amazing for stamping 💜

Reddy To Jingle: rich red metallic, and my love for this one is high as well. Another easy one coater, slightly more forgiving to an imperfect base, and an amazing stamper. Two coats shown here. 

Swatch shots (before topcoat to show off the satin finish on Gift It Your Best)

I kinda wish now that I had left out the smoky shade and used the blue instead on this hand...I think it would have been a brighter, more festive look overall. Still a pretty mix though 💖

I had some time last night, yay, so I pulled out my stamping gear and went to town. This hand got an assortment of frosty snow looks...

...while this hand got more of a festive mix. The ring finger was a mess start to finish, this isn't what I was gonna do at all, but I screwed up the plaid and scrambled to redo it once, then had to cover it up after the second goof, and sigh, I guess it's good enough lol

It doesn't show well at all, but there's a small holly bough on my index. The green in this collection stamped about as well as I thought it would (hint of shimmer, but absolutely nothing in the way of opacity), but I like the subtlety of it.

All stamping done with polishes from this set. The red and metallic purple were amazing for coverage, going fully opaque. The bone shade softens up a bit, going a touch thin in coverage, but I like that effect for my snowy looks as I didn't want a stark bright white. The smoky grey lightened up a good bit too, becoming more obviously purple over the bone, but that was expected as well since it was nowhere close to a one coater. 

[Mellmars1185]

@RGbrown Wow these polishes are absolutely stunning. I love your stamping. My favourite shade has to be Bad to the Bow. It is so unique and special. This set has an excellent combination of shades!

[RGbrown]

@Mellmars1185 

Thanks so much! Bad To The Bow is such a pretty green! 💚✨

[makeitup305]

@RGbrown I love the colors in this collection. It feels unique but very cohesive. The mani is fantastic.

[RGbrown]

@makeitup305 

Thanks so much! MT did a really nice job curating this set, it's small but mighty ❄️

[cianni]

@RGbrown I knew this mani was going to be incredible and it did not disappoint!! The stamping is so clean looking too! 😍😍😍