Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Ice Blue Nails

In southern California, the average winter temperature is about 65F/18C degrees.  Our winter weather may include some wind and maybe some rain (if we're lucky).  It's a bit difficult to get into the holiday spirit, so I decided to create ice blue nails.  It's quite easy to do with any sky blue nail polish and some sparkly silver nail polish.

The two nail polishes that I used are Essie, Coat Azure and OPI, Crown Me Already.  Essie is one of those hit and miss brands for me.  I find most of their cream nail polishes streaky, but the Coat Azure applies beautifully.  Coat Azure is not a cream blue as it has a slight pearl essence in the polish.  OPI's Crown Me Already has crushed silver and round bits of silver in the polish.  It looks icy and is beautifully reflective, just like icicles.

All you need to do is paint two coats of Coat Azure over your nails and add the Crown Me Already to the left side of your nail on your left hand, making a little curve at the end near your cuticle.  On your right hand make the curve on the right side of your nail.

Here are my pretty nails.







I am loving glitter nail polishes lately.  How about you?

Cheers,
Monica

10 comments:

  1. Glitter polish looks so good fresh, but seems to chip so easily. I do love that Essie blue- so gorgeous and wintery!

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    1. Hi Bella,

      I have on a top coat .. so hopefully will get a few days wear :-)

      Monica

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  2. Hi Jen and Isa,

    Thanks for stopping by my blog .. :-)

    Monica.

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  3. beautiful jacket! I'm sure its a great addition to the wardrobe :)
    loving how you matched it with the nail polish!
    xx
    nini

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    1. Hi Nini,

      Thanks for stopping by .. I love your blog .. and I got to see a clothing designer that I'm not familiar with :-)

      Monica.

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  4. So pretty and original - like snow in a window :-) I love blue nails - but here I save it for summer to avoid the English frostbitten look lol.

    Jxx
    www.my-changing-room.com

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    1. "English frostbitten look" .. ROFL .. now that was funny, but I guess you're right ! I suppose this shade of blue doesn't look good in the winter, but I bet a navy blue would look amazing!

      Monica.

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  5. Ooo, that glitter is fabulous! I'll be trying that tonight...

    Thanks for the lovely idea!

    Jane
    harleyandjane.com

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    1. Hi Jane,

      The nail look was really fun and chilly .. but oye, it was sure hard to get off that silver glitter!

      Monica.

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