Green Candy Cane Nail Art | Ehmkay Nail x Polished Lifting Winter Nail Art Challenge - Press sample

It's time for the second prompt in the Ehmkay Nail x Polished Lifting Winter Nail Art Challenge. If you haven't joined the nail art challenge, but you are still interested, feel free to join anytime! We are happy to have anyone join us throughout the challenge.

Today's prompt for the #ehmXplART challenge is candy! For me, candy canes are one of the most classic candies this time of year. Instead of sticking with the traditional peppermint colors I wanted to toss it up a bit with some green candy canes.

For this look I started with a base of Morgan Taylor Don't Let the Frost Bite. While I was waiting for the base color to dry I worked on the candy canes. I stamped those in white and let them fully dry on the stamper head. Once the white was dry, I filled out the stripes using a neon green. Those had to be set aside to fully dry, so I moved on to the glitter portion of this mani.


Over selected purple nails I painted on a coat of American Classics Yellow Stopper. When that was nearly dry (but still tacky) I gently burnished the unicorn/mermaid glitter into the nail. This requires a light hand to avoid smudging the whole mani.


At this point I transitioned back to my accent nails and applied a quick dry top coat. When the top coat was nearly dry (but still tacky) I gently transferred the candy canes using the stamper. After that I topped the entire mani with a top coat and was good to go!

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