Last month, I gushed over the charming, festive packaging of
David's Tea's 24 Days of Tea advent calendar. Penguins! Teal! Pastel mint! Tea! All things I love. I said I would probably end up doing some nail art inspired by the illustrations in the advent calendar, so here are the results!
Sometimes I use acrylic paints in nail art--it's honestly way easier and forgiving to use, and much easier to clean out of nail art brushes. For some reason, I was determined this time to use all nail polish, so everything used in this look is nail polish! The other reason why I like using acrylics is to mix colours to create just the right shade I need, but surprisingly all the polishes I used are a dead-on match to the colours in the advent calendar.
Polishes used:
- Essie Going Incognito (dark green: little finger base colour)
- OPI Alpine Snow (white: stars, branches, penguin's tummy)
- Orly Luxe (gold: stars, penguin's beak)
- American Apparel Peacock (teal: base colour)
- Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Blue-Away (light blue; penguin body, dots)
- butter London Pillar Box Red (bright red: base colour, penguin's scarf)
As always, I had a lot of fun! I dug up a lot of my older polishes for this, and it made me remember how much I love Essie Going Incognito for its rich, deep green, and butter London Pillar Box Red for its stunning formula and colour.
Did you pick up this advent calendar set before it sold out? I mayyyyy have cheated and opened a few early.. I couldn't help it, I really wanted to try Gingerbread Cookie and Cardamom French Toast--and it was worth it because they are both delicious! >:D
