Elf Me

Hello..  Today is elf theme day.

I have never seen an elf in Australia, because they are fictional characters right? But the other week at work we had a bit of fun uploading our pics to the faces in the link below, to elf ourselves..

You can do your own from http://host-d.oddcast.com/elfyourself2012/home.php

My pinterest again came to the rescue for this theme, as I had seen a mani featuring an elf.. costume.
And what do the elves do? Make Santa's presents of course !!

Base polish: essie- bangle jangle, china glaze- liquid crystal [except feature nail (Nail it- emerald city, colorclub- untamed luxury, ulta3- firetruck, claire's- black nail art pen)
Stamping polish: ulta3- orchid
Image plate: BM205
poshe topcoat
black triangle diamontes

See you soon, you're invited to my BBQ..

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My green Aussie Christmas nails

Hello.. I've got my green mani to show you, as part of the Aussie Christmas Challenge.

Have you been having fun creating, taking part in this challenge? This theme today is a simple colour, and for me it represents the start of summer as the grass is lush and having picnics in the park.
After January our front lawn gets really dry and prickly.

Onto the mani, me reminiscing to childhood Christmases past in Australia, playing outside and having fun with other kids from the neighbourhood all day during the summer holidays.

 

Base polish: essence (seasons of extreme 4)- just the nude of us
Stamping polish: color club- angel kiss
Image plate: BM312
essie 3 way glaze topcoat

Pic taken outside, in shade

 

bonus pic: My first take on green nails- a hot mess jelly sandwich of

BYS- flashdance and ulta3- luck of the irish

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Nail mail: secret santa pressie

Hello.. the gals on Aussie Nails had a secret Santa swapsie and I had an awesome time trying to select the perfect things for my recipient's Christmas gift.

On the other hand, there came in the mail on November 13 a package with my name on it. I left it in the spot where we normally put up out tree- under a table so it was hiding a teensy bit, but my willpower finally gave in. I was so eager to open it and see what was inside. Over 3 weeks I waited, before I caved.  well here's a look see what it contained once I had unwrapped it all.

There was Christmas tinsel, it made me laugh to see a bit of it escaped onto my desk a few days later.
The chocolate Santa's, I scoffed an extra 2 of them while I unwrapped the other gifts inside.
The mini bows were ultra cute, I stuck them back onto the top of the unwrapped polish bottle gifts.
Non polish gifts- starfish erasers and a seashell compact mirror.
A box of Jelly Belly, now next to my laptop on the desk, providing nourishment, the cherry and tutti fruitti are a new favourite.

POLISH    :)

BYS- midnight blue

Jezy- 25

 

Nail it! (Sportsgirl)- star bright

 

Ulta3- over the rainbow

 

I love giving polish presents, and of course getting them are fun too.

 

 

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Aussie Christmas: 6 white things

Hello.. I did my mani a day earlier, and as I was putting the post together realised that what I thought was appropriate for today's theme, was so so so wrong..

 

 

Base polish: Sally Hansen insta-dri- Jumpin'jade
Stamping polish: konad- white, Barry M- silver foil, konad pastel blue
Image plate: BM214, BM213
Poshe topcoat

Check out the other fabulous participants.
Hope they realised that boomers are kangaroos and not flying deers like I did :)

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A mani christmas: Aussie style

Hello.. I had planned to do a month of manis, mostly nail art with a Christmas theme gathered from pinterest.

But then the awesome Elissa from Lissa's polish addiction  created a themed Aussie Christmas.

With postings every 2 days-- it's much more than you have seen of me recently, but I'm excited to do these as they have an Aussie twist on the traditional Christmas-y, red/white/green mani- especially as we have no snow here when it's Christmas.

The Red theme mani uses my favourite red polish at the moment.

Today I went to a breakfast, it was for a Women's group Christmas break up. I had done the following mani- black and silver, as well as a gingerbread man..

Then later in the day I splashed the red polish over the black, keeping the gingerbread accent nail, and headed out to the Melbourne Zoo for twilight Carols with 89.9 light FM

 

Base polish: ulta3- midnight fever, chi chi- my bad, bys- down the rabbit hole
Stamping polish: Barry M- silver foil
Image plate: BM222
micro beads- buttons
Poshe topcoat

 

Polish:  as above, plus China Glaze- ruby pumps

The Aussie Challenge has inlinkz, if you want to participate, head to Lissa's blog for the info here!!

See you soon for the next instalment in the Aussie Christmas Challenge, check out the other manis below.

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