Lacquered Lover's Divine Caroline Hanukkah Dreidel Nail Art Tutorial!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Tuesday once again!   I hope your days are still going well today!  I'm very excited to bring you guys a Hanukkah tutorial today!  As tonight is the 4th night of Hanukkah, why not celebrate with some Dreidel nails?  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

To find out what polishes I used and how to make the dreidel, be sure to check out my tutorial at Divine Caroline HERE!  It's super easy to do and a great way to be festive during Hanukkah!

What did you think of this manicure?

Pretty and Polished How Do You Spell Chanukkah? Swatches and Review!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Friday!  I hope you have all had a nice week so far and are looking forward to the weekend!  Today, I have a really special nail polish to show you!  My friend Chelsea, the creator behind one of the best indie brands Pretty & Polished, has created a Hanukkah polish!  I was so excited when she asked me to review it since being a Jewish blogger, most of the holiday collections I see are Christmas themed so I loved this.  PLUS, I got to help name the polish which is after a hilarious song by the band The LeeVees who got together a few years ago after realizing there were no good Hanukkah songs and they released an album of all funny songs for the holiday season!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 

Above:  2 coats of How Do You Spell Chanukkah?

 

How Do You Spell Chanukkah? is like the snowy winter sky and Hanukkah had a baby and this nail polish was the result!  The base of this is a light blue and it's full of small silver, gold, blue and white glitters and then has really large white hexagonal glitters as well!  It truly looks like the falling snow with the large white hexes and I love that it incorporates all the Hanukkah colors without just being a full on glitter.  Two coats made this polish opaque and the white glitters were surprisingly easy to get out of the bottle!

 

 

All in all, I love this polish!  It's super adorable for winter and I love the Chanukkah theme!  This polish is now available in the Pretty and Polished store for $9.00 a bottle and is perfect for you or a Jewish friend for the holidays!  Even if you're not Jewish you can enjoy the fun colors and wintery feel!  And, let's be honest, no one ever knows how to spell this holiday's name so I will leave you with the hilarious music video by The LeeVees for your viewing and listening pleasure for a new kind of holiday song!

 

 

What did you think of this polish?  Must have? Any Dupes?


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Happy Hanukkah! An Attempted Menorah Manicure!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers.  Today's post is another Hanukkah manicure, or at least an attempt at a menorah manicure!  For the first time you will see both my hands together!  Yes, I have two of them!  :)  But first, I want to wish a very special HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my amazing mom!  (Hi Mom!)  Unfortunately I can't hang out with her on her birthday this year but I'm very excited to celebrate when my whole family goes on vacation together next week!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

Ok I know the lighting in the pictures aren't the best (and neither is the nail art) but it's kind of cute!  Yes, I realize my flames came out more like Hershey Kisses but it was my first try!  The polishes in this post are both Sinful Colors.  The blue background is Midnight Blue which is a gorgeous deep royal blue shimmer and the Gold is Flower Girl from their nail art line!  I love how pigmented their nail art polishes are!  I tried to freehand the flames to show the 8 candles that would be on a Menorah!

So there you have it, an attempt at a menorah manicure!  Once again Happy Hanukkah to all those who begin celebrating tonight and Happy Birthday to my awesome mom!

What do you think of the menorahs?

Hanukkah Manicure featuring Deborah Lippmann I Love The Nightlife, NARS Night Flight and Zoya Trixie!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  I hope you all had a lovely weekend!  As some of you may know, Hanukkah is fast approaching!  The first night starts tomorrow at sundown so I decided it was time to try out some Hanukkah themed manicures for my fellow Jewish nail polishaholics!  Since I attempted a few times to do a dreidel and it just wasn't happening for me, today I give you a little manicure in blue and silver as a start to the holiday!  And now, without further ado, on to the polish!

Please excuse the messy job I did painting my nails late last night!  I started off with two coats of NARS Night Flight.  You might remember I reviewed this polish a few months ago when the entire Night Series was released.  Night Flight is a gorgeous midnight blue with just a hint of shimmer!  I love this blue!  Plus the formula on it is so rich that it looks amazing on the nail!  Then since I hadn't done a tape manicure in awhile, I decided to do an accent nails with my favorite silver Zoya Trixie.  Trixie is super pigmented and is opaque in one coat, so I cut thin strips of tape to make stripes!  Lastly, I decided the manicure needed a bit of glitter so I added Deborah Lippmann I Love the Nightlife.  I swear every time I wear this polish I love it more!  The formula is a bit thick and the glitter comes out in clumps but you can use the brush to pretty easily distribute the glitter around.  I just love the mirrored disco ball look that it gives!

What do you all think of the first Hanukkah manicure of the week?  Have you tried any Hanukkah manicures yet?