Trendy Metallic Holiday Party Nails - HOWTO

Hey everyone!
I have been enjoying the holiday designs very much this year. I am actually really in love with this design and I hope you all like it too.
I mean, when in doubt go with florals... even if there are several inches of snow on the ground and no living shrubbery in sight ;)
Anyway thanks for watching!

Items Used:

First Base Base Coat 

http://www.essie.com/search.aspx?q=first%20base

Essie 'Bahama Mama' 

http://www.essie.com/search.aspx?q=bahama%20mama

Essie 'Penny Talk'

http://www.essie.com/search.aspx?q=penny%20talk

Essie 'Blanc' (or white acrylic paint to make things easier)

http://www.essie.com/search.aspx?q=blanc

Essie Good To Go topcoat 

http://www.essie.com/search.aspx?q=good%20to%20go

Detail Brush

Small dotting tool

Large dotting tool

Medium Dotting Tool

Essie Winter 2016 Swatches, Review, & 3 Nail Art Looks

Here are the swatches and reviews of each shade from the Essie Winter 2016 Collection!

 'Go With the Flowy'

 'Oh Behave!'

 'Satin Sister'

 'Getting Groovy'

 'Party on a Platform'

 'Ready to Boa'

Essie Fall 2016 Collection Review, Swatches, & 3 Nail Art Design Tutorials!

Here is a complete overview of the Essie fall 2016 collection. I go over everything from swatches to reviews as well as a few nail design tutorials! If you're interested in picking up the fall collection I would definitely say this post will be beneficial to you!

First up, of course, are my reviews & swatches of each Essie fall shade.

Here are some fall perfect nail design tutorials using only shades from the fall 2016 collection!

Essie Fall Collection Shade Names
'Now and Zen'
'Udon Know Me'
'Maki Me Happy'
'Kimono-Over'
'Go Go Geisha'
'Playing Koi'

My favorite shade of this collection is definitely 'Playing Koi' , but I genuinly love every shade! my top 3 favs are 'Playing Koi', 'Now and Zen', and 'Kimono-Over'.