First, for my Thanksgiving mani, I did a jelly sandwich using one of Lynnderella's Thanksgiving Twinset polishes Punkkin Pie in between layers of Colors by Llarowe Coconut. Then, I attempted a pond mani using stamps from Red Angel plate 121 sandwiched in CbL Coconut and Elevation Polish Cascade. For stamping, I used Essie Good as Gold, Essie Penny Talk, and China Glaze Passion.
The idea in my head was lacking in execution. Coconut is technically a jelly, but it's a bit too opaque for jelly sandwiches and pond manis, unless you're using super beyond sheer layers, which I even attempted to do. Cascade was a perfect polish to work with as it wasn't too thick, streaky, or hard to handle. It also handled the pond mani quite well!
All of the polishes I used for stamping are metallics, so they stamped really well with great image pickup and transfer. The Essie Mirror Metallic collection is my go-to non-Konad special polish for stamping.
Punkkin was a bit of a surprise because it has a bit of a yellowish tint to the base, which comes out strongly since I used it over and under white. Like most Lynns it's a thick glitterbomb packed to the gills with all sorts of colors, sizes, and shapes of glitters including some really sweet hearts! It definitely requires the dab method, but almost all of her gorgeous polishes do, so I'm used to it. You can get Colors by Llarowe at Llarowe's shop, Elevation at her store, Lynnderella at her store, Essie and China Glaze at Beauty Supply stores and drug stores, and Red Angel plates on Amazon.
Next is my Hanukkah mani! Let's take a look at Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Ma'oz Tzur by Candlelight, which is a black polish with a purple flash and a rainbow of micro-flakies. I wanted to go with a nontraditional color combination that wasn't the normal silver and blue you usually see for Hanukkah. Ma'oz Tzur is a liturgical poem traditionally sung during Hanukkah after lighting the festival of lights. The thought behind this color scheme is to capture the flickering of lights in the darkness. This is two coats with one coat of Gelous and one coat of KBShimmer's Clearly on Top.
Dry time is typical, and it goes on smoothly without clumping despite being packed full of pigments. Ma'oz Tzur by Candlelight is a limited edition from my Holiday Limited Edition Collection and is currently up on my store right now. Don't forget, I'm having sales all weekend, and Ma'oz Tzur will be a part of that sale!
So, what do you have on your nails for Thanksgiving and Hanukkah? I hope everyone who celebrates has happy and safe holiday!
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