When it comes to painting my nails around Christmas time, the big question for me is always festive reds or something glittery? Sometimes I get so indecisive about which of the two I want on my nails that I go for both. It really is the only time of year that I feel like I can go to town of glitter nail polish, I just love everything that sparkles! With so many nail colours to choose from and so many brands offering something super sparkly and festive I thought I would put together a selection of my favourite Christmas nail polishes for you.
The obvious nail colour choice to wear on my nails is always a bright cheerful Christmas red. I just love wearing that classic 'Santa Clause' red on my nails, for me it just screams Christmas! One of my faves is the Bourjois 1 Seconde Nail Polish in Rouge Poppy. Not only is the colour of this polish very festive, but I love the formulation and application of these nail polishes from Bourjois; They glide on really easy and dry in a matter of seconds which is just what you need when your like me and don't have the patience to let your nails dry!
Another red which is also a favourite of mine at this time of year is from O.P.I and is actually from one of their Christmas collections a few years ago. Mine is actually on its lasts legs as its only a mini and its had a lot of love from me over the years. I think the shade is called Meep-Meep-Meep from the 2011 Muppets Christmas Collection (I told you it was an oldie!). I love this deep winter berry red so much because it matches so many of my winter lipsticks. I also love how it has a subtle fuchsia tone to it also.
A few years ago I was a big fan of bold bright nail polishes, pretty much all year round. But this year I've found that I love wearing delicate pastels and soft baby colours on my nails. One colour that I've worn non stop this year and am still loving now is white nails. I don't know why, but I just think white nails make my look put together and polished. I love Barry M nail polishes and love their classic 'matte white' shade. However this year I've made my white nails feel a little more festive. I am obsessed with Models Own 'Snowflakes' it literally looks like you've sprinkled snowflakes on your nails and I just think it makes your nails look so pretty and festive. The glitter is iridescent so it really catches the light beautifully. I think I'll be wearing this in the run up to Christmas.
Stepping away from the classic Christmas red shades, I also love wearing a really bright bold blue on my nails this time of year. Even though a blue is not your typical Christmas colour, I find that the shade really works and looks gorgeous on. I particularly love Nails Inc in Baker Street, its just a really bright electric blue that really makes my manicure stand out. As it is Christmas adding a glitter compulsory and again I love Models Own for their glitter polishes. The one that I've been layering over Baker Street is Models Own Ibiza Mix which is just a mixture of chunky glitters put together. This is the nail polish for those party nights!
It was difficult choosing just a few polishes to narrow down for this post as I have so many festive faves, but these are my top picks right now. I would love to know what your favourite nail polish to wear is this time of year, let me know in the comments.
Lots of Love
you can never go wrong with a bit of red and glitter :)
ReplyDeletePam xo/ Pam Scalfi♥