7 Days of Halloween - Day 7

Happy Halloween!  I LOVE Halloween.  It's my favorite holiday besides my birthday (lol) and I usually dress up and decorate like crazy but this year I didn't get too.  It made me a little sad.  I still think I might throw a little something together for when I go out to dinner tonight.  Something slightly normal.  lol  I did get to do my nails though so let's check out my Halloween mani.

I think these are my favorite nails I did for the whole Halloween series.  I think I said that about my graveyard mani from day 3 but this takes the cake.  I mean how cute are these zombies and I think I did a great job creating a brain on my ring finger.  This was actually a super easy mani too.  I used a greige base color and sponged on an olive green and a grass green so make the zombie skin.  Then I used a dotting tool do the eyes and a striper brush to do the mouths.  For the blood I just used the polish brush out of the bottle and dabbed some on.  For the brain I painted my whole nail pink and then went back in with a mauve color to create the pattern.  Then I applied a wax top coat and that was it.

I hope you all enjoyed this 7 Days of Halloween mani series and that you will all have a safe and happy Halloween this evening.  Later!

7 Days of Halloween - Day 6

OMG Halloween is tomorrow.  I'm sad I don't get to dress up either.  I have to work and last year they let us dress up (within reason) but this year they said no.  We can't even hand out candy to the kiddos.  Lame!  Anyway I do have a fun sugar skull mani to prepare.

These didn't come out exactly as I'd hoped but they're not bad for being sorta rushed.  I don't remember the colors I used either.  lol Sorry!  I just remember that I wanted to chose fun neon colors for the flowers around the eyes.  The mouths are pretty rough (lol) but I did what I could.  I definitely want to recreate these in the future to really perfect the sugar skull designs and maybe add more detail.  I feel like my nails are too short though.  Wah!

7 Days of Halloween - Day 5

I'm gonna be honest...I hate this mani.  lol Not because it's bad.  I actually like how it came out but because it's a clown...ugh!  Scary!  I tried to make a silly, nice clown rather than a scary one because they really freak me out, man.

I started with two coats of white and then added polka dots using Zoya Pippa - yellow,  China Glaze Kiwi Cool-ada - green, Jesse's Girl Julie G Girl's Night Out - blue, and Essie Forever Yummy - red.  Then I freehanded the clown face which I actually had to do twice.  The first time it was so cute and the lines were perfect and then I applied a quick dry top coat, however the layers were too thick so it didn't dry quick enough and I knocked my nail which smudged it to where it's unrecognizable.  So when that was done I added a cute red bow on my middle finger to represent the clown's bow tie.  And done!

This is definitely a popular costume from when I was a kid.  Eventhough I hate clowns, I was a clown too.  (:

7 Days of Halloween - Day 4

Halfway through the Halloween nail series and I've having a blast creating these fun and scary manis for you all.  Today's mani is my favorite of the whole lot...seriously.  It's one that I'm sure you've seen multiple times in different ways by different bloggers, but it's like a Halloween staple.  How can you make it through this spooky holiday without doing a blood splatter mani?

Here we have my Friday the 13th/Jason Voorhees inspired mani.  Yes, that's my attempt at a dirty hockey mask.  lol I don't think it's too terrible for a first attempt.  I honestly can't remember the names of the polishes I used to create the base color/effect but I remember they were Julep brand.  One was a light greige color and the other was a darker taupe color.  Both were cremes and all I did was apply one coat of the light greige and after it dried I sponged the taupe color in random spots.  Then I used a black creme to create the holes in the ski mask and Essie Forever Yummy - my favorite red for nail art - to do the blood splatters.

So what do you think?  Did I do Jason justice?  Let me know in the comments below! (:

7 Days of Halloween - Day 3

I am super excited about this mani.  I was going to post it before I left for vacation but I decided to hold on to it for this series.  I really love how it came out and it was totally not planned.  I just kept adding until I was happy and I am so happy.

The gradient I used was supposed to look like a dusky, nightfall behind the graveyard.  The purple is Color Club Eternal Beauty and the black is Color Club Beyond.  For the moon (yes I know it looks more like a sun but whatever) I just used a dotting tool and some yellow, orange, and pink cremes all swirled together to make it happen.  Then I just used a striper brush and black creme polish in random shapes for the headstones and crosses.  I thought this mani kind of looked like an old, creepy graveyard or those headstones you see in old westerns.  lol I don't know what I'm saying.  Just ignore me.

So let me know what you think about this mani in the comments below.  Thanks for stopping in.  (:

7 Days of Halloween - Day 1

This is something I've been excited about since before I left for vacation.  I wanted to do a series that showcased some fun nails that could resemble costumes as well as Halloween-inspired nails.  So to kick off the week long celebration, I just did something simple that anyone could wear.

This is Above the Curve Friday the 13th.  While it is not the 13th, it is Friday so it works right?  It is a gorgeous brown, scattered holo and OMG it's amazing.  The formula was so easy and smooth and I only needed two coats.  When you add a super glossy top coat it gets even better.

 As for the nail art, I just used a fan brush dipped in Essie Forever Yummy to do the effect on my nails.  I was able to bust out my Halloween nail decals that I've had forever, and I use every year, for my ring finger.  I think this is a really fun and easy mani that everyone can wear, especially those that don't want to go too overboard and crazy for Halloween nails.

Tomorrow I'll have costume-inspired nails and I can't wait for you to see them.  Later!

October/Halloween Challenge

Any takers?!  I guess you want to know what it is first, huh?  Well since October is my birthday month, I want to celebrate all month long by doing a super simple challenge.

I hope the color of the type isn't too hard to see, but that damn orange pumpkin made it difficult to choose a color.  lol.  Anyway, I would love for everyone to participate and just have fun with it.  Obviously it's once a week (Wednesdays) and, like I said, super simple.  I just didn't want to stress everyone out, especially those that actually completed the 30 Day Challenge...unlike myself.

So yeah, you can either comment me or email me and let me know you are in.  I will even accept a Facebook message.  Who knows, there maybe something special for all the participants on the last day.
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OPI Zom-body to Love

So just to start off, Halloween is my favorite holiday.  My birthday is one week before so that makes total sense right.  Seeing as how I love it so much, when all of the Halloween decor and costumes starts arriving in stores, I am all over it.  Especially when it comes to the cool nail polish sets that are introduced just like this little gem.  The duo is called "Pair 'em, Scare 'em" and it comes with a Black Shatter and a really cool glow in the dark green called Zom-body to Love.  Seriously I laugh everytime I say that.

Unfortunately my camera won't take a photo of it glowing in the dark but if you check out THIS post from My Simple Little Pleasures , you'll see what I'm talking about.


Have a happy, fun, and safe Halloween everyone.  I will be working so enjoy it for me.

OPI Road House Blues

I just have a fun mani for you tonight with OPI Road House Blues from the Touring America collection and Ruby Kisses Silver Bling.

Look at how cute those little battys are.


Please feel free to leave your comments and questions below or email me at lacquerlover[at]hotmail[dot]com.