KOTD - Persian New Year Nails

Tomorrow is Persian New Year :D And as I am half Persian, it's quite a special day for me and my family, I couldn't resist doing a themed manicure especially for it.

OPI Chip Skip

Bast Coat: OPI Nail Envy 1 coat

OPI Alpine Snow 2 coats

Top Coat: Seche Vite

10 mins later

Konad Special Polish in light blue, green, red, orange/red and purple shimmer

Thumb: Konad Plate M27

Index: Konad Plate M54

Middle: Konad Plate M55

Ring: Konad Plate M54

Pinkie: Konad Plate M37

Top Coat: Seche Vite 5 mins after Konading in 3 non overlapping strokes

And just in case your confused :) here is why I've used these particular images:

Traditionally for Persian New Year (Nowruz) you have to set a table with some traditional items to symbolise the new year. These is called the Haftseen, which literally means the seven "Ss", it has to contain at least 7 special items which start with the letter S (seen)

Here are the items we usually have on our Haftseen:

Sabzeh - literally some growing grass (you can see it one the right in the pic) - symbolises rebirth

Sombol - (Hyacinth or Blue bell flowers) although its traditional to have a lot of flowers around the house to symbolise the coming of spring, hence why i went with a very flowery manicure :)

Sir - Garlic (symbolising medicine) 

Serkeh - (Vinegar) symbolises old age and patience

Sekkeh - (gold coins) symbolises prosperity

Somaq - (red spice) symbolises sunrise

Senjed - (dry fruit) - symbolises love

Sib - (apple) symbolises beauty and health

Other items that don't have to being with S:

Lit Candles - (one for each family member) symbolises enlightenment and happiness

Gold Fish - Symbolising Life

A Mirror - Symbolising Enlightenment and Happiness

Decorated Eggs - Symbolising Fertility

The items in bold are the ones I used for this manicure :D

There's also lots of Persian Sweets all over the house and We traditionally eat a special rice with greens and fish (not the goldfish ;) ). And the oldest member of the family hands out money to everyone. All in all its a lovely traditional day, so I felt the need to do a manicure appropriate for the event :D

And Just In case, here is how OPI Alpine Snow looks on its own :)