At MARS the Salon, located in West Hollywood, the best nail team in Hollywood has come up with the quintessential “Luxe Holiday” creations! With designs featuring snowflakes, a variety of colors, sparkles, and other adornments, MARS The Salon has the perfect look for you!
The Christmas Shine
By Ayumi Namaizawa of MARS The Salon
- 1-Apply clear gel.
2.Draw the bottom of French line with dark blue gel on thumb finger.
3.Draw the tip of French line with light blue on thumb finger.
4.Draw the dabble French line all fingers as thumb finger.
5.Draw the capital H with light blue color and capital A with dark blue color on thumb, capital N with light blue color on index, capital U with dark blue and capital K with light
blue on middle, capital A with dark blue on ring, capital H with light color on pinky finger.
Hanukkah Nails
By Yuki Sato of MARS The Salon
- 1.Apply clear gel.
2.Draw the bottom of French line with dark blue gel on thumb finger.
3.Draw the tip of French line with light blue on thumb finger.
4.Draw the dabble French line all fingers as thumb finger.
5.Draw the capital H with light blue color and capital A with dark blue color on thumb, capital N with light blue color on index, capital U with dark blue and capital K with light blue on middle, capital A with dark blue on ring, capital H with light color on pinky finger.
Ugly Sweater Party
By Hiroko Fujikawa of MARS The Salon
- Apply a base coast.
- Apply Essie “Loophole” on all ten fingers.
- Using a thin nail art brush and Essie “Blanc”, draw two vertical lines on the edge of the thumb nail, leaving a little space on the outer corners.
- Within the leftover space on the outside of the thumb nail, using the thin nail art brush draw a vertical zigzag shape pattern.
- Keeping with the Essie “Blanc” color, drawn three “X” shapes vertically down the middle of the thumb nail.
- In between each of the four crosses of each “X” shape, using a toothpick, draw dots in the Essie “Blanc” nail polish.
- Repeat this process of the opposite hand thumb nail.
- Using Essie “Blanc” and a sharp safety pin, draw seven small diamonds in the shape of a flower on the index finger.
- In the middle of the flower shape, created by the diamonds, using a toothpick put a white dot in the center.
- Using the same toothpick, draw a straight line horizontally across the top of the index finger nails, leaving a small area of grey above.
- Using a new toothpick and the Essie “Stylenomics” nail polish, draw some dots on the horizontal white line.
- Using the Essie “Blanc” polish, draw one “X” shape above the flower and one “X” shape below the flower.
- Repeat this process on the opposite hand index finger.
- Using the Essie “Blanc” nail polish color; draw a “V” shape using a thin nail art brush on the nail bed.
- Draw three more “V” shapes, one of each side and one on top of the existing “V” to create an “X” looking shape.
- Repeat this process at the top of the middle finger nail.
- Using a sharp safety pin, draw an outline of a diamond in the center of the middle finger nail.
- Using the Essie “Stylenomics” nail polish color, fill in the diamond shape.
- Repeat this process on the opposite hand middle finger nail.
- On the bottom of the ring finger, using a thin nail art brush and Essie “Blanc”, draw a zigzag line.
- Using Essie “Stylenomics” and a toothpick, draw dots above and below the zigzag line.
- Using Essie “Blanc” and a thin nail art brush, create a “body” shape, with a small head to begin constructing a reindeer.
- Using a toothpick, draw four lines with a hoof shape at the bottom to create the legs of the reindeer.
- Using the same toothpick, connect the head of the reindeer with a horizontal line and “antler” shape lines to complete the reindeer.
- Using a toothpick, draw a straight line horizontally across the top of the index finger nail (below the feet of the reindeer), leaving a small area of grey above.
- Using a new toothpick and the Essie “Stylenomics” nail polish, draw some dots on the horizontal white line.
- Repeat the process on the opposite hand ring finger.
- Using Essie “Blanc” and a thin nail art brush, draw four lines, two at the tip of the finger and two at the nail bed. Leave space in between each line.
- In the space between the white lines, draw a zigzag pattern using a toothpick.
- Using Essie “Blanc” and a toothpick, draw white dots in the center of the nail.
- Repeat the process on the opposite hand pinky finger.
- Apply a top coat.
New Year, New Sparkle
By Yuki Sato of MARS The Salon
- Apply base coat.
- Apply pink gel color on all fingers.
- Put on gold glitter gradation on thumb and ring of bottom finger.
- Put on random gold shell hologram on thumb and ring fingers.
- Draw a triangle in gold glitter color on middle finger.
- Attach some stones randomly (red, crystal, silver) on glitter triangle and Attach gold star shell hologram top of triangle.
- Apply sparkle pink glitter on index and small fingers.
- Apply top coat