Lanter & Wren Layers of Nature

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Hello!

For my final post of the year, we're gonna take a look at Lantern & Wren's newest release, their Layers of Nature plate. Here's the video review I did of the plate:

And here's a closer look:

Lantern & Wren Layers of Nature

I love the layering component of this plate, and I think this is a lovely winter plate. But, it can be used all year round for all sorts of woodland magic, which makes it highly versatile and fun to play with, I think.


Here are the test swatches I did:

I've already shown you one manicure I did with this plate, showcasing how beautiful the wood grain texture image looks:

Lantern & Wren Layers of Nature over Stella Chroma Cinnamon & Spice

Base Polish(es): Stella Chroma Cinnamon & Spice
Stamping Plate(s): Lantern & Wren Layers of Nature
Stamping Polish(es): Hit The Bottle Polish Copper-Haired Girl



And for my final mani of the year, here's one last Christmas mani I did, featuring this plate:

Lantern & Wren Layers of Nature over Zoya Tanya

Base Polish(es): Zoya Tanya
Stamping Plate(s): Lantern & Wren Layers of Nature
Stamping Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Essential White; Colour Alike Kiwiiz

So, from Christmas manis to beautiful backgrounds, this plate can fill tons of needs.


I hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and have a very happy new year!

M. xoxo

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The Digit-al Dozen does accent nails, Day 5!

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Today's the final day of The Digit-al Dozen's accent nail week, and today I decided to go over-the-top Christmas!

UberChic Beauty Holiday Spirit over Supernatural Lacquer Santasaurus

Base Polish(es): Supernatural Lacquer Santasaurus and Zoya Tanya
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Holiday Spirit
Stamping Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Essential White & Pure Black, BeautyBigBang Gold, Colour Alike Warm Sand


For this one, I used the base polish, which is a specialty polish in a jelly base, also for the color of my reversed-stamped accent nail tree. But a polish like that won't show up well over even a medium color like the red, so I used a little trick--after I filled in the stamp with the base polish, I went over it again with a light green so that the specialty color would pop. If you have the UberChic Beauty Christmas Companion Layers plate, you can also stamp the background to the tree in that color, and then put the reversed-stamp image over it.


So that's it, the final day of accent nails...Do you have a type of accent nail you prefer over the rest?


Don't forget to check out the other ladies' manis, linked below. :)

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

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The Digit-al Dozen does accent nails Day 4!

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I'm back with my day 4 of the Digit-al Dozen's accent nails week...for today's mani, I wanted to do a different type of accent nail mani, this time where all the nails have the same background, but the accent nail has a little something extra:

Base Polish(es): Supernatural Lacquer Santasaurus
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Jingle All The Way
Stamping Polish(es): Girly Bits Ker-Minty Frog Here & Fire-Engine Red; UberChic Beauty Essential White and Pure Black


That cat just makes me happy, and I love this ugly sweater look!


I'll be back tomorrow with my final accent nail mani--in the meantime, check out the other ladies' manis, linked below. :)

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

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The Digit-al Dozen does accent nails--Featuring UberChic Beauty Christmas Companion Layers

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This month The Digit-al Dozen is doing accent nails, and I figured I'd start out by featuring a new plate I'm absolutely obsessed with--UberChic Beauty's Christmas Companion Layers plate. Basically this plate turns images from all of UberChic Beauty's Christmas plates into layering images, and I've been having a blast going back and playing with my plates.


Here's the video review of I did of the plate and a couple of others:

Here's the plate:

And here are some swatches I did:

But on to the new  nail art!


For my first one, I wanted to do a string of Christmas tree lights, with an accent nail that was an up-close of lights in a different color:

UberChic Beauty Christmas plates over Supernatural Lacquer Santasaurus and Zoya Jett

Base Polish(es): Supernatural Lacquer Santasaurus and Zoya Jett
Stamping Plate(s): Uberchic Beauty Christmas Companion Layers, Holiday Jingle, and Holiday Spirit (Christmas 01)
Stamping Polish(es): Moyra Silver, UberChic Beauty Essential White and Moonflower Polish Aquamarina layered over Hit The Bottle The Huntress Awaits


For the second, I wanted to do one that featured a combo of two accent nails:

UberChic Beauty Christmas Plates over holiday polishes

Base Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Snow Place Like Home and Meet Me Under The Mistletoe
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Jingle All The Way and Christmas Companion Layers
Stamping Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Essential White, Hit The Bottle Polish Purple Reign, and a gradient stamp with Kaleidoscope Pink and Girly Bits Forget Me? Not!


I'll be back Thursday with another accent nail mani--in the meantime you can pick up these plates now at UberChic Beauty, and you can check out the other Digit-al Dozen manis linked below. :)

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

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Zoya Twinkling 2019 Holiday Collection

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You guys. I'm a little late with Zoya's Twinkling 2019 Holiday Collection because...well, there was an accident. Don't look too closely but, halfway through the swatching, I had the sort of break every nail blogger wakes up in a cold sweat nightmaring about, and had to wait until the situation was acceptable again to finish them up! But thankfully, I was able to finish while there's still time to go grab these, and if you already have, to pick up some backups for...um...gifts? ;-)


Let's jump in!

Zoya Alessia

Zoya Alessia

Zoya Alessia

Zoya Alessia

Zoya Alessia

Zoya Alessia

Coverage: ONE coat!
Formula and application: Smooth as silk
Description: A gorgeous cerulean blue metallic--and one of my favorites in the collection. It's like an ice-covered lake, or the light sparkling off the ocean.

Zoya Enza

Zoya Enza

Zoya Enza

Zoya Enza

Zoya Enza

Coverage: 2 coats
Formula and application: A little uneven on the first coat, but smoothed over on the second.
Description: A whipped peanut butter creme that's a perfect neutral.

Zoya Jen

Zoya Jen

Zoya Jen

Zoya Jen

Zoya Jen

Zoya Jen

Coverage: One coat!
Formula and application: smooth perfection
Description: A deep royal blue metallic that's crisp like a still winter night.

Zoya Jett

Zoya Jett

Zoya Jett

Zoya Jett

Zoya Jett

Coverage: 1-2 coats
Formula and application: Easy, with a matte finish. But, if textured polishes bother you, you'll want to wear it with topcoat because the shards stick up a little.
Description: A pewter metallic with shards for extra bling. This is like the classiest mirrorball you'd ever want to drop on New Year's eve.

Zoya Kaede

Zoya Kaede over Zoya Enza

 First, over Zoya Enza:

Zoya Kaede over Zoya Enza

Zoya Kaede over Zoya Enza

Zoya Kaede over Zoya Enza

 And over Zoya Sedona:

Zoya Kaede over Zoya Sedona

Zoya Kaede over Zoya Sedona

Zoya Kaede over Zoya Sedona

Coverage: I'm wearing one coat, but you can bling it out as much as you want.
Formula and application: Applies easily. You might need two coats of topcoat because the shards are very shardy!
Description: A glitter topcoat with silver and gold shards--like someone put a diamond necklace in a wood chipper so you could pave your nails with it...yeeeeessssss...

Zoya Mai

Zoya Mai

Zoya Mai

Zoya Mai

Zoya Mai

Zoya Mai

Coverage: One coat
Formula and application: Easy and smooth
Description: A smoky mauve that's almost universally flattering. Plum pudding with a side of bourbon!

Zoya Rosa

Zoya Rosa

Zoya Rosa

Zoya Rosa

Zoya Rosa

Zoya Rosa

Coverage: Two coats
Formula and application: Smooth and easy
Description: A frosty raspberry shimmer to add a little non-traditional holiday cheer to your winter wardrobe.

Zoya Sedona

Zoya Sedona

Zoya Sedona

Zoya Sedona

Zoya Sedona

Zoya Sedona

Coverage: One coat!
Formula and application: Perfection
Description: Chocolate covered cherries and espresso with a dash of cayenne. Hot, hot, hot!

Zoya Steph

Zoya Steph

Zoya Steph

Zoya Steph

Zoya Steph

Coverage: Two coats
Formula and application: A little uneven on the first coat, but smooths out with the second.
Description: A neutral beige with a peach undertone. I love as a gorgeous neutral, and as a base for nail art.

Zoya Tanya

Zoya Tanya

Zoya Tanya

Zoya Tanya

Zoya Tanya

Zoya Tanya

Coverage: One coat!
Formula and application: Smooth and perfect
Description: A bright, happy, cheery cherry holiday red! This is gonna get so much use during my holiday revelries...

Zoya Tieran

Zoya Tieran

Zoya Tieran

Zoya Tieran

 

Zoya Tieran

Zoya Tieran

Coverage: One coat
Formula and application: Easy and smooth
Description: A smokey medium gray that functions as a lovely neutral.


I love that Zoya has moved from mastering the one-coat cremes into mastering the one-coat shimmers! And who doesn't love a blingy topcoat for the holidays? You can buy these now from Zoya's website or anywhere Zoya polishes are sold.


Which are your favorites??

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

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Preorder the 3rd Det. Jo Fournier book, Her Daughter's Cry, here!