Ok, so I am not usually one to just knock off someone else's manicure, but when I saw this I knew I had to do it.  I already had the image plate so I was going to use the trees eventually, but when I saw the way she used it I just had to have the same on my nails - at least once.  I LOVE THIS!  So the idea credit goes to Chit Chat Nails.  😃  And I can't think of a more appropriate time to wear it!

I'm also not usually a huge fan of glitter polish.  I don't know why - it's just never been my thing.  BUT, Loaded Lacquer has some crazy neat glitters so when I found out that their polish, 40 Below, was the base for this mani I had to get it.  I've been holding on to this for a couple of months now waiting for the time to be right for me to use it.  And that time has come!

So this was pretty easy.  It took about 3 coats of the base to get the it as blue as I wanted.  Then I stamped on the trees and then dotted "There's Snow One Like You" by China Glaze at the bottom of the trees.  Topcoat dried it and made it all shiny as shown in the left photo.  Matte topcoat softened and matted it as shown in the right photo.  As always I can't decide how I like it best so one hand is shiny and the other is matte.  😂

I think it's really pretty and I hope I get a couple of days of wear out of it.  Sometimes too many coats will make it peel up, but maybe I'll get lucky.  🙂

I don't actually know what to say about these....

I don't actually know what to say about these.  Maybe, "I'm sorry" would suffice?  😂  I think they turned out nice - my work isn't bad.  But the colors - just wow.  I do like the nice matte finish, though.  🙂

Doing nails with my guy.

6:23 pm:  These nails are not mine.  In fact, I didn't even do them.  They belong to my Shaun-love and he did them himself with his own polish and stamping kit.  😃😃😃  Look people:  If I can find a man that loves me with all of my strangeness and even joins me in my not usually man-friendly hobbies then I know there is someone out there for everyone.  😉

Back to the nails - he only wears really dark colors - mostly black, and red or silver metallics.  He also likes a matte topcoat, but he didn't get to use it this time because I was bumming it, (as you'll see in my next photo).  On a more manly note he does clean his cuticles with his knife... where I just use polish remover and a pointy cotton swab.  😂

6:35 pm:  This is my trial experimenting with a matte topcoat.  Shaun uses one frequently, but I never have put one on more than just briefly.  The main reason for that was because the matte topcoat I had would leave little white goobies on top of your polish when it dried.  Which... as much work as I sometimes put into my nails you can forget me doing anything that might gank them up.

For anyone interested, the matte with the goobies is by Hard Candy at Wal-Mart.  We found a new one by NYC at Wal-Mart this past weekend which is what I'm wearing now.  No issues at all!  I put it on different kinds of polish to see how it would look.  On my thumb it's only on half of the nail.  It's also on my first and ring finger.  I left the middle and pinky shiny to show the difference.  I actually really like the look it gives so I'll definitely by trying it again the future.  😃