Christmas Lights Nail Art #1
Hi girls!
Today’s post is quite special because I’m going to tell you about a new initiative recently born on Instagram! It’s Italian Monthly Manis, a monthly nail collab for every nail addict, and it is hosted by me (@langolodeglismalti) and by other 11 sweet girls (@upadaisynails, @zaya_nails, @unghiesmaltate98, @firstlovenails, @nailartbybensa, @silvia.nails, @nellemiemani, @_a_d_r_y_, @alinanailart_, @simolive, @my_apawcalypse).
Joining the collab is super easy: the first of every month one of us (the host of the month) will choose a theme, and everyone who wants can create a themed manicure and share it with our hashtag #itmmanis.
I don’t want to explain too much, but I’ll include the Instagram post with the rules if you are interested and you want to join us!
I had the pleasure to be the first host of this new collab, so I had the opportunity to choose the theme of December: Christmas Lights. It’s a very wide theme: basically everything that sparkles and reminds of Christmas is ok! 😀
I am here not only to talk you about this collab, but also (and mainly) to show you the mani I did for the theme that I chose for Italian Monthly Manis! I did a glitter placement: it is not such a hard technique, but it requires a lot of time and patience.
For the glitter placement technique you will have to apply one glitter at a time, trying to be very precise when placing it. Luckily I have short nails, otherwise I would have needed another month to complete this manicure! 😛
I used the Apple Red nail polish (n. 240) by Kiko, some hexagonal glitters I bought from a Chinese shop, and the Sublime Gel Polish Top Coat by Mi-Ny. I also used the foil glue by Essence to apply the glitters (I think this product has been recently discontinued).
I really like how this mani looks! It was the second time in my life that I did a glitter placement, but I think that the final result is pretty good 🙂 Plus, this nail art really reminds me of Christmas Lights, with all those golden sparkly glitters *-*
You are all invited to join our new collab: visit my profile (@langolodeglismalti) for all the infos and post a themed manicure if you like! We would be very happy to see your entries!
Kisses
Ele