PUPA are releasing a new makeup collection for the upcoming holidays, and I'm super excited about this one! The Snow Queen collection looks simply gorgeous and there are already a few products that I got me eyes on. I just hope that it will arrive to us soon to enjoy of these beautiful colors in the upcoming winter season. 

I've gathered some photos and product info from PUPA's site to share it with you in the post below. Hope you'll enjoy it!

Today was the first snowy day here in Israel (well, I didn't see much snow from where I live, but there are some colder cities like Jerusalem which were covered in white), and I think it's the perfect timing to share with you my snowy nail art!

For this design I decided to stamp white snowflakes over a textured base. I chose Zoya Nyx as the base for this nail art and stamped the snowflakes with Konad's White stamping polish. The plates I used are Bundle Monster BM-323 and Gals GA41. To preserve the textured effect I did not apply a top coat over this design.

I found that Zoya Nyx was a quite sheer for me, even with two coats, so I decided to layer it over a light blue base. Lucky for me the color on the nails turned out to be pretty close to the color in the bottle, so I was pretty happy with it eventually.

I really like this textured effect combined with the snowflakes stamping, it sparkles nicely and really makes me think of snow covered places. I love how this macro shot shows the texture of this polish and even of the stamped design that has a bit of texture too. I don't know if you can see the glitter in the polish on the nail, but it was very sparkly in the sun, which unfortunately didn't really translate to the photos.

Zoay Nyx is a pale dusty blue with a textured effect. It has a jelly like base with fine square silver glitter, and once dries it has a sand/sugar texture. This polish was one of the first colors that Zoya released under the Pixie Dust line, their textured effect. 

I wasn't sure if I loved this color at first, and when I saw it was relatively sheer I was a bit disappointed, but when I tried it with a similar color underneath I instantly loved it!

Although it might not be my most original design, I really loved the final look and I think this polish gives a nice touch to my snowy manicure.

This weekend I decided to try on one of the new winter shade from the OPI Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 Collection. Although this is a relatively large collection that consists of 18 shades, I decided to purchase just one shade that was the most appealing to me, and this shade was OPI Sleigh Ride For Two.

Sleigh Ride For Two is a dark maroon shade with beautiful red shimmer. The formula was really nice and opaque, I needed to apply two coats to get perfect coverage. The finish was shiny and glossy so I didn't use a top coat for the photos.

The shimmer in this polish was barely noticeable in shade, but in direct sunlight it appeared to be bit more red toned then purple, and the shimmer showed beautifully.
I really liked how it looked in both versions, and this shade is so beautiful and doesn't look like anything that I have in my collection, so I was really happy with this purchase.
Have you tried any of the shades from the Mariah Carey Holiday collection? Do you have a favorite? 

I really wanted to use my sweater print from Nailz Craze NC03 stamping plate with this pale minty color, so I combined a couple of my favorite polishes to create this design.
I used Essie Mint Candy Apple as a base, and applied over it one coat of the gorgeous Models Own Indian Ocean. The effect I got was gorgeous! Indian Ocean is also one of my latest additions to the collection and I really love it. It has a pretty duo chrome shimmer that shifts its color from pink to yellow, and the base is really pretty even though it's sheer. I think it will be a lovely addition to any blue or teal base, and I intend to try all sorts of combinations with it.
The bottom photo shows really well the shimmery effect of Indian Ocean over Mint Candy Apple. Isn't it gorgeous?

I decided to stamp over this base the sweater design from my new Nailz Craze NC03 plate, but this time I stamped it vertically and used the same row from the design on each nail. I used Essence Stamp Me! White for stamping, and applied one coat of Poshe.
I think the result is very pretty and subtle and I really like it. It was a bit hard to get it on camera but I think you can get the hang of it. This is defiantly one of the favorite designs I've made lately and I'm quite pleased with it.

I've made another wintery design with the fabulous China Glaze Skyscraper.
China Glaze Skyscraper is a gorgeous glitter polish with blue jelly base and tiny silver glitters. This is actually the first time I've tried this one, it's quite new in my collection, and I was surprised that the application was quite good for a glitter polish. It was opaque in 2 coats which was great.
I decided to use this polish as my background for the stamping, I wanted to get the starry sky look and it did a great job.
I've also added a fine splatter of white acrylic paint to look like it's snowing, but you can't actually see this in photos because of the glitters in CG Skyscraper. I could have just skip this part since the sparkle of the glitters is looking like it's snowing anyway :)

The snowy skyline which I stamped with white Essence stamp me! polish is from HB33 stamping plate, it has this lovely house with the moon, some trees, snowman and a reindeer. It's really cute but I wish the design was a bit bigger so you could see it clearly.

Let me know what you think about this snowy design :)

This is my first mani with the new Nailz Craze NC03 stamping plate I've designed. I just got them yesterday, and I was so excited to try them out! I had hard time deciding what design I should use first, but then I decided that a Christmas sweater pattern will be perfect for my first mani.

The design is originally made for long nails so you can get the whole patten, or you can choose what parts of the pattern you want to use. As you can see I have a bit different pattern on each nail but I really like that you can choose what part you like better and play with it.

I went for the classic combination of red and white, and I think it looks great. I was so excited when I stamped the design on the nails so there are some imperfections and missing spots, but even though I think it turned out pretty nice! I can't wait to try this stamp when I have a bit longer nails, I was thinking about using 3 different colors for the stamp. I tried it on paper and it looked great, like a real knitted Christmas sweater.

Another thing I really like about this stamp is the variety of designs you can create by using a single row and create your own combinations. You can do a few rows of hearts or only the snowflakes, to create your desired sweater look.

For this mani I used two coats of my favorite simple red, GADE Rodeo Drive and stamped with Essence white Stamp Me! polish. The topped it with one coat of Poshe.

As you can see, my third plate is also a themed plate and this time I included some lovely Russian themed designs. You can find on this plate the Matryoshka dolls, a flowery pattern and berries. This plate also has Cheburashka which is a cute creature with a lovely story (I've already planned a cute mani for this little guy) and the Russian embroidery pattern which happens to looks much like Christmas pattern, so that's a great multifunctional pattern. :)

As my previous plates, these are large designs as well. The middle row has the big designs which are about 2x1.6 cm and the rest of the designs are supposed to fit most nail sizes.

I have so many ideas for designs to make with this plate, so I guess you will be seeing these quite a lot for the next few posts :)

I hope you like this plate and the designs I've created, and if you would like to purchase this plate or any of my previous plates, you can get them at my new Etsy store.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/NailzCraze

I would love to know what you think about my new plate and the latest mani I've created with it.

What colors would you choose to create your perfect Christmas sweater look?

I decided to keep the swatch I did on the previous post for Maisie Shine Wonderland and added white snowflakes to create this magical wintery look. I've been wanting to do this in a while, actually it's the main reason why I wanted the Bundle Monster 2012 set, so I just had to add this stamp to this lovely polish.

I started with two coats of Essence Sure Azure, then applied one coat of Maisie Shine Wonderland. I used the BM323 plate for the snowflakes and stamped them with Essence white stampy polish. I topped it all with one coat of Seche Vite.

I just love the final look, it's so delicate and pretty, I think it's one of my favorite manis I've done lately. I really feel like I have winter at my fingertips :)