12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge: Day 7 - Lights

Day 7's theme was lights/ornaments.  I decided to try lights, but I probably should have gone with ornaments, because my lights came out kind of messy. :(

But if you look at it from afar, it looks okay! :)

To create this manicure, I used 2 coats of OCC's Something Blue as a base.  Then I drew a line across my nails with a nail art brush and Orly Liquid Vinyl.  After that, I used a dotting tool and dotted China Glaze Starboard (green), Revlon All Fired Up (red), China Glaze Solar Power (yellow), and Sinful Colors Rain Storm (blue), and then used a brush to try and make pointed ends to make them resemble lights more.  What do you think? :)

Sooo, I will post my Santa nails tomorrow and my Christmas tree nails on Thursday, and then I'll be all caught up and back on track with this challenge!  (Right as it's about to end, lol.)

In the mean time, please check out the other participants of this challenge:
XOXO Alexis Leigh
Purple Castle
It's All About the Polish
A Ginger's Nail
The Polished Mommy
Robyn Loves Nails
Teen Polish Junkie
Fancy Schmancy Nails
Mari522 (on Instagram)
nailzbyroro (on Instagram)
Artigo Beauty

SWATCH: OCC - Something

Getting back into the swing of things, just as school is about to start!  I've actually been sitting on these swatches for a bit...again with the laziness of not wanting to crop/edit pictures.  I really need to stop with that.  But anyway...

I bought this polish from the OCC booth at IMATS.  It was on sale for $5/polish, so I ended up buying 2: this one and Chlorophyll, which is the one I originally wanted.  OCC's Something is a gorgeous sky blue with a dusty quality to it.

in the shade

in the sun

I loooove this polish!  It applied really well, with not much work to it and no streaks at all!  That's quite unusual for pastels...at least for me.  And I think I used 2 coats for the opacity above.  The color is gorgeous, as mentioned.  Plus, the name is cute!  (You know, "something blue"...get it? ;P)

Definitely impressed with the quality of this OCC nail polish and can't wait to try Chlorophyll.  I think I might get some more polishes from OCC at next year's IMATS!

Have you tried OCC nail polish before?