Christmas Garland!

I will be posting a few Christmas nail posts in the next bit.

I got this cute Christmas garland plate from Bundle Moster and I was dying to use it! Did I go a little overboard? Oh well, it's Christmas!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Stylenomics (almost black dark green). I used Bundle Monster plate BM-S219 for stamping. I used the direct decal method so that I can color ornaments. The outline stamping polish I used is MoYou London Pink Clay. I used Nails Inc. Chelsea Bridge Road (gold) and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep (silver) to color in the designs. 

Isn't the gingerbread man so cute? I had to add the face and the buttons with Essie Stylenomics because the outline was a bit hard to see after coloring it with MoYou London Cappuccino. I guess Pink Clay and Cappuccino were kind of similar colors...

What kind of Christmas design would you wear?

Love,

Little Dot

Angel Feathers!

I picked up Essie Virgin Snow recently at a local store. This polish is from Essie Winter 2015. This is the only color I liked from last winter collection so I didn't buy any last year but since I found it, why not, right?

I am glad I picked it up! This is a very pretty color! In different lights, it could look pale blue or lavender tone. I like it very much. 

I wanted to do some soft angelic design to match the color!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Virgin Snow (pale lavender). I used a feather design from Messy Mansion plate MM30.  I stamped a few feathers with Konad white stamping polish and added a few silver ones with Sally Hansen Silver Sweep. 

I am very happy to see the end result! Exactly what I was looking for!! Soft and angelic!

I'm not quite ready to wear all Christmassy nails yet. But this is a perfect look for this season. 

Do you like the look of this design?

Love,

Little Dot

Elephants!

I love this pale pink polish, Essie Go Go Geisha! I wore this polish before here. This time, I paired it with Essie Kimono Over!

Both Go Go Geisha and Kimono Over are from Essie Fall 2016 collection. And I've been using the colors from this collection constantly!! 

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Go Go Geisha (pale pink) and Essie Kimono Over (dark purple). I stamped elephant design and tribal print design from Bundle Monster plate BM-XL202 with Nails Inc. Chelsea Bridge Road (gold foil). 

I really like the contrast of pale pink and dark almost black purple. And the gold looks really sharp. 

By the way, this image plate is designed by Marta of Chitchat Nails. I follow her on her blog and Instagram!! I like this tribal elephant image a lot! 

Do you like this tribal elephant look?

Love,

Little Dot

MoYou London Stamping Polish Review!

I picked up a bunch of MoYou London stamping polish recently at a local store!

I have been using MoYou London image plates for some years now but I never had a chance to try their stamping polish. I haven't tried all these colors yet but for the some I tried, I am very impressed. 

Here you see our twin creation (my beloved daughter's and mine!) On the left, I used MoYou London Malibu Tan to stamp forest animals. On the right, I used MoYou London Bora Bora to stamp paisley design on my daughter's nails. 

See how clear and opaque the images are? For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Playing Koi (reddish orange) and stamped animals from Bundle Monster plate BM-S163, using MoYou London Malibu Tan (tan). 

For my beloved daughter's nails, I first painted her nails with Essie Kimono Over (dark purple). I stamped designs from MoYou London Flower Power Collection 15, using MoYou London Bora Bora (turquoise). Some of the nails even look like having the green background polish. But it is the stamped color! Very bright and opaque!

I like the fact they are like regular polish in consistency. Very easy to apply without any stringy feel to it. Yet very clear and opaque!! Love!!!

Have you tried these?

Love,

Little Dot

Cats!

I bought a few Bundle Monster plates recently and one of the purchase was this cat plate, BM-S162!

I wanted to get this design plate earlier but whenever I was going to order, it was out of stock! Finally, I got it!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Kimono Over (dark purple). I used Bundle Monster BM-S162 and Konad white for stamping. 

Essie Kimono Over is from Essie Fall 2016 collection. And if you have read my previous few posts, you know how much I love this collection! 

I love cats! Are you a cat person?

Love,

Little Dot

Japanese Kimono

Continuing with Essie Fall 2016 collection polish, I used Now and Zen, Kimono Over, and Playing Koi for this design!

I actually love love love this look! It kind of reminds me of Japanese kimono!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Now and Zen (grey). I stamped a design from Bundle Monster plate BM-XL155, using Essie Kimono Over as stamping polish. I used Direct Decal Method to stamp some flowers from Pueen 72 on a few nails. I used Konad white for outlines and colored in with Essie Playing Koi (orange red).

Essie Kimono Over is great as stamping polish! And I like the look of layered stamping! 

I wore this look for a little over a week and I didn't want to take it off!!

Do you like the design like this?

Love,

Little Dot

Koi Fish

I love the colors from Essie Fall 2016 collection! I ended up buying almost all colors!! I used my first pick, Go Go Geisha, in this design here. This time, I used Udon Know Me and Playing Koi!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Udon Know Me (dusty blue) and Playing Koi (orangy red). I used koi fish design from Bundle Monster plate BM-725, using Essie Kimono Over as stamping polish. I added a little more color after stamping, using OPI Chromatic Orange and OPI Primarily Yellow. 

I found all these colors to be well pigmented. I was able to use Essie Kimono Over as stamping polish and I might want to try stamping with other colors from this collection!

I am so happy with this collection and I am sure I will be wearing these colors a lot this season!

Have you tried any color from Essie Fall 2016?

Love,

Little Dot