So uhhh hi :) School, work, and moving took up a lot more of my time than I thought, so here we are in December! Let's get right to it: I'm a big nerd for David's Tea, so when the 24 Days of Tea advent calendar came up, I snapped it up right away. I loved last year's deep teal and penguin theme so much--I even did a
value breakdown post--that I did some
inspired nail art. I'm indifferent to this year's family of mice, but I adore the colour palette of pastel blue, jade green, and coral. Time for a skittles manicure!
By the way, moving is
annoying. Doing this manicure made me realize a bunch of my polishes are still missing! So some of the shades I used were actually my second or third picks, because I couldn't find the other polishes that I thought were much closer to the advent calendar shades.
I haven't done any detail work in a while, so while it was fun to do the numbers in gold, I was definitely rusty. My favourite brush is a super long, fine eBay nail art brush that I hand-trimmed with a single edge razor to be even finer.
Polishes used:
- China Glaze Kinetic Candy (icy blue)
- OPI Alpine Snow (white)
- Sally Hansen Peachy Keen (coral, looks much less intense in real life than in the photos)
- The Body Shop Mint Cream (jade green)
- Orly Luxe (gold)
Not sure if it's the new home or the cooler weather or what, but my top coat and peel-off base coat were not cooperating. I got some rippling along the edges of some nails (most visible on my thumbnail), and tip wear appeared very early on. While photographing, the polish on my index finger completely popped off! (You can see in the photo above, I'm trying to cover it up with my other fingers ;)). Hopefully it was just a case of applying my base coat a little too thickly.
Although I haven't tried any new teas in the calendar to become obsessed with (yet), it's been nice to get reacquainted with some old favourites (Genmaicha, Ginger Pear) and re-confirm my dislikes (Forever Nuts sorrynotsorry, Sleigh Ride). What are your favourites from the David's Tea advent calendar?
