Accidental Christmas Nails

After the semi-fail of yesterday's floral nails, I decided to delve into my untrieds basket and with the intent to practice my dotting I decided on red and gold.

Yep.  That's right.  Red AND gold.  Together.

I seriously don't know what I was thinking.  First I thought of red and black, then quickly scrapped that due to the potential ladybug references.  Then I was thinking red and white, but then decided the white wouldn't go too well with the shade of red I had chosen.  I saw my still untried bottle of Essence As Gold As It Gets and with the intent of incorporating it somehow into my manicure, I then landed on the decision of gold.  My bottle of OPI Goldeneye was also still in my untrieds basket.  Sweet.  Three untrieds in one manicure!

Here is the result.  I also ended up layering CG Golden Enchantment over the Essence to make it more sparkly.

My dotting could use some work, but I'm still pretty impressed by how easy it is.  I think next time I will try smaller dots.

The red I used was OPI Danke Shiny Red, a gorgeous shimmery red from the 2012 Germany Collection.  OPI cops a lot of flack for the endless number of reds it spits out each year, but they sure do know how to make a good red polish.  I am yet to be disappointed by an OPI red.

So there you have it.  My accidental Christmas nails...

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