12DOC: Red and Green Candy Canes

Hey y'all!

We are now in the final half of the 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge, and today's prompt is Red and Green colors.  I took inspiration from the colorful Christmas candy canes (and two of Barry M's Winter Silk shades) to create this striped design.

I began with two coats of Barry M Forest on my pinky, one coat of Sally Hansen White On on my index, and two coats of Barry M Poppy on the remaining three nails.  When dry, I added two coats of OPI Solitaire over the index finger.

With a striping brush, I added the diagonal stripes across my index, middle, and ring fingers. 

Finally, I added square silver studs to the thumb and pinky fingers.

Whereas my hands seem to be getting less and less steady as the weeks tick by, I'm pretty satisfied with my freehand stripes on this.  I knew I wouldn't get the color striation I wanted with a stamp, nor the texture.  Those Silk polishes have such a lovely satin matte finish, and of course the OPI liquid sand sparkles and pops against it.

For more Red and Green nail art looks be sure to check out the inlinkz below.

12 Days of Christmas December 13 Red & Green 

1. Nerd with Nails: Red and Green- Candy Canes!

2. Red and green | Nails Down South

3. Green and red nails - Beauty by Miss L

4. Tracey- Bite no More

5. Love Life Lacquer: Red & Green plaid nails

6. Fixin To Faff: 12DOC: Red and Gree Candy Canes

7. Tales of Coffee,Lacquer and Beauty: Mistletoe Nail

8. Painted Fingertips: Red & Green

9. Challenge Your Nail Art: Red & Green

10. Red and Green | Be Happy And Buy Polish

11. Newsie Nail Novice: Red and Green Sparkle Chevrons

12. ProcrastiNails: Festive Red and Green

13. cdbnails: Red and Green Colors

14. Polished By Audison: 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art

15. Nails, the Final Frontier - Red and green

16. Nails Must Be Painted: Red and Green

17. Lustrous Lacquer: The 12 Days of Christmas Nail Ar

18. The Rite of Aging...Early

19. Trendy Nails & Crafty Tales

20. Nail-to-Nail Interpretations

21. Lady Maid Nails: Different Dimension This is not F

22. Christmas Candy Nail Art – Nail Art and Beauty

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I hope you're having a fantastic weekend, and I will see you Monday!