The Nutcracker And The Four Realms // Birchbox November 2018 Beauty Box Nails

Another month, another Birchbox nail post! This months Birchbox is in collaboration with the new Disney film; The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Personally I'm not interested in the film in the slightest (it's not really my thing) but I am super interested in the OPI collab...so much so that I asked mum to get me the Advent calendar for my birthday (which was last month). The Advent calendar is now patiently sitting there waiting to be opened and I've seen the colours...I can't wait.

But onto the box. It's a stunning box again and perhaps my most challenging nail design to date. This one took me a while and it actually turned out much better than I was expecting. The box contents are not as exciting but I've got some new cuticle cream to try out as well as a night cream and primer so it's not completely awful. 

With the nails though, I started out with a white base coat then sponged on an ombre of Boundless Berry, Raspberry and Sweet Escape. The colours weren't a complete match to the box but overall it doesn't look too off.

After a layer of quick dry top coat I added a chain link stamp design using One Heckla of a Colour and the BP-109 plate. This turned out perfect and I can't believe I had a stamping design similar to the one on the box. It's missing all the acorns and keys however I think it would of made the design too busy.

I then added the gold detail. The detail on my middle finger is from the Geek 05 plate, the stars are Scandi 10 and the bars at the bottom and the top are Harunouta L010. I was going to mattify everything before the gold detail but I'm glad I left it shiny.

Polishes/Tools Used:

- Essie // Blanc (white) (base coat)
- NYC New York Color // Boundless Berry (deep plum)
- Barry M Nail Paint //Raspberry (raspberry....)
- Morgan Taylor // Sweet Escape (bright orange/red)
- OPI Infinite Shine // One Heckla of a Colour (lilac)
- Born Pretty Stamping Polish // #1 (gold)
- Revlon // Quick Dry Top Coat

- Revlon // Colorstay Diamond Top Coat
- Born Pretty // Stamping Plate BP-109
- Harunouta // Stamping Plate L010
- MoYou London // Geek Plate 05
- MoYou London // Scandi Plate 10