Candy Canes Feat: Orly's "Ruby Passion"

Of course, with all the holiday manicures being posted every where i look, i could no longer maintain my bah-humbug attitude and decided to jump on the band wagon with candy cane nails. And once again, i took it to far with the attempted fierce and some what spoiled my sweet treat with more glitter then necessary. It was still fitting for the occasion, as on the night i did this mani, i was on my way out to a punk rock Christmas show. Every year for the past three years my dad has taken myself and the family to The Vandal's "Christmas Formal." It was a fun night with a festive mani, but next time i will know when to stop.

 

For my base of the candy canes i went with the unconventional approach and used red as a base. This particular red is one i picked up cheap from a blog sale. Orly's "Ruby Passion" is something i never would have bought in stores for retail because i'm not much of a red person. The light silver shimmer embedded in this candy crimson was just the right sugary sparkle i needed for me candy canes.

With an Art Deco striper polish in white and gold i created diagonal stripes in varied widths and random distances from each other. I'll be the first to say that my stripe spaceing was a little odd, and i was not perfectly happy with it. But this was a learning experience. With the gold striper i did one or two gold glitter stripes on each nail over the white.

As i often do, in my impatiences i managed to bump one of my nails during the drying process. Not happy. Of course i did the only thing i know how, and that was cover it with glitter. The glitter i used here is called "Twilight." It seems to be a special edition polish by Orly put out for the holidays. It is sold along side a similar micro glitter in a clear base in the color gold called  "Shooting Star."

My kitty and her disappointment when she saw what i did to my nails