• Orly - Boho Bonnet
• Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
• INM - Northern Lights
• Acrylics

With my nail art brush, I created the trees.  When the trees were dry, I used a dotting tool and added all the little snow flakes and cardinals.  Yes, the cardinals were done using a dotting tool!  I think the little guys look amazing!  They were the perfect addition to add some color to the winter scene.  Just like they do in real life!

What do you think?  Loving this look?  Fan of the cardinals?

I hope you all have a great Sunday!

Until next time, <3.

Good morning everyone!  How are you all today?  Can you believe it's already January 16th?  Where did the month go!?  Usually at the beginning of each month, I introduce you all to a new nail artist with my Nail Artist of the Month feature.  Since the holidays were kind of hectic and everyone was a tad busy, I decided to delay the post until mid month.

Therefore, I am now thrilled to introduce you all to Cecilia from Seasonails!  I found her blog after seeing Adri from Morie's Nail Art share her page on Facebook.  I loved her manicures and photographs and knew right away that I needed to feature her!

I'll now hand over the blog to Cecilia!

First of all ‘Happy New Year!’ May 2015 grant you at least 2015 wishes! This is a great year for me and I want to share that amazing feeling with you! – what? Almost halfway through January and I already know it’s a great year? Yep! I know that because for me, this year started with wonderful opportunities and fabulous adventures!

I started my nails blog – yay! Finally! And through its many social channels and my new nails friends, Alaina reached out to me, asking me if I wanted to be her ‘Nail Artist of the Month’ for January! I was so late in responding that email because I think I read it at least 30 times – just to be sure she was talking to me and that she was actually offering me the chance to guest post on her blog! Whoaa!?! Really? Me? So yeah, it’s definitely a great year, I’m over my head with excitement!

But then… panic ensues! What was I to paint to make it notable? What?! In such fantastic company – all those talented nailistas Alaina had previously featured in her guest post category? What was I to do to make a difference? Time is ticking, I had to come up with something soon – over the weekend, the Golden Globes happened! I’m a sucker for glitz&glam, for movies and TVseries – I had to watch it and read all about it in the media! Two days and hundreds of Red Carpet pictures later, I realized what I wanted to do for The Little Canvas guest post: I would do one of the manis from the Globes Red Carpet!



Long story short: this is my version of 2015 Golden Globes Nails (as inspired by Maria Menounous)!



Starting with a natural tinted base color (after applying the base coat and allowing it to dry), I taped
the nail with French tips as to create a half-moon manicure and painted with white (OPI Alpine Snow). It took two coats to achieve an even finish and the tape should be removed before it dries completely.



To get that artsy avant-garde look as seen on Maria Menonous walking the Red Carpet at the Golden Globes we need just one little detail – the golden stripe! And because I’m really going for that hipster look, I’ll freehand the stripe with golden glitter right down the middle of my nails. (actually – I simply ran out of golden striping tape – you know, with the Holidays manis and all – but let’s pretend this ‘out of stock’ situation is the perfect opportunity to go ‘designer’ on those nails!)



Topcoat it (I’m always in a hurry, so I’m always depending on a quick dry topcoat to finish my nails) – I used OPI’s RapiDry and you’re good for the Red Carpet! Thank you Alaina for giving me this amazing opportunity to blend two of my greatest passions – fashion and nails – into a Golden Globes story.

Good morning!  How are you all today??  It's Tuesday again which means it is time for another Twinsie Tuesday.  Time is just flying by again.  It's already January 13th, I swear Christmas was yesterday.

Today for Twinsie Tuesday we are sharing manicures which are inspired by our shoes!  Since it's winter time, my shoes are rather boring.  I basically go from knee high black boots, to mid calf black boots, or my fake Ugg boots which are also black!  I didn't want to just share a swatch of black polish, so I started to think about all the different shoes I own.

Then it hit me, my favorite pair of Converse!  Yes, they are also black, but they are so unique!  A few years ago for my birthday, all I wanted was a pair of polka dot Converse, and my parents found me a really awesome pair!  The eyelets are random colors which match the polka dots on the inside of the shoe.  Instead of the shoes being laced through the eyelets, the laces goes inside along the tongue so the polka dots on the inside really show.  It's hard to fully explain, but I did include a photo of them at the bottom of this post.

Enough of my babbling, let's take a look!

• Orly - Liquid Vinyl
• Zoya - Tilda, Wendy
• Random Acrylics

Now that I see the photo below, I forgot that they had rainbow stitching on them which matches the polka dots!  It's been awhile since I've worn them since I refuse to wear them in the snow and salt.  I did once last year and my poor feet were so so cold.  Canvas shoes never mix with the snow!

• Orly - Liquid Vinyl
• Orly - Frolic
• Orly - Gumdrop
• Orly - Mirrorball
• Orly - French Tip White

To get the hand splatter look, I followed Nicole's tutorial.  Basically you use your dotting tool and dab paint splatters all over the nail.  I've never done an actual splatter manicure because of the mess, so this is a great alternative.  Sure, it's not the same exact look, but I kind of prefer this one anyway.

What do you think?  Liking this design?  Are you a fan of Orly?

Well, I am off to enjoy my Sunday!  I'll be back with another post on Tuesday for Twinsie Tuesday!

Until next time, <3.