Witches-This Is Halloween Challenge

This post is so late!  Between parties and stressing out over hurricane preparedness I didn't post this one on time.  I also am not the biggest fan of how this came out.  I decided to try making some witch wart nails. 

 

I used two coats of OPI Don't Talk Bach To Me, then I sponged on spots of China Glaze Winter Holly and Milani Black Magic.  I painted some sticky backed rhinestones from a cheap Walgreens Halloween kit with OPI Live And Let Die and attached them.  This was not what I was going for, but I had 30 minutes to paint and shoot a picture before we left for a party.  The colors and painting method need to change, but the rhinestones worked for the bumbs.

Gradient This Is Halloween Challenge Day 22

Today is Gradient day for the This Is Halloween challenge. 

I'm not very enthusiastic about this manicure, but here it is.  We have Zoya Jancyn, Cynthia Rowley fluorescent pink (they came in a set without any name indicators) and Milani Black Magic.  I painted the orange on first, sponged the pink on, then sponged the black on last.  This process was reversed for the accent nail.  I, then, put one coat of Sephora by OPI It's Real 18k Gold Top Coat.

 

There it is.  I did get a bunch of compliments on it today.

 

 



Bauhaus Bats This Is Halloween Challenge Day 19

It's Bat day for the This Is Halloween Challenge started by Bec @ Lacquer Dreams. I had to go to Bauhaus and the Bela Lugosi's Dead cover, on my thumb at least.

 

 

For my thumb, I have a coat of Milani White On The Spot, I used Kiss nail art pens in black and silver to draw in the small details and lines. I painted the tip with Milani Black Magic and also used that to sponge in the color on the wings.

My index finger is three coats of China Glaze Glistening Snow, a beautiful silver holographic from the Holiday Joy Collection for Holiday 2012 and a tip of Black Magic. I made some bats out of different texture and glitter cardstock with a Studio G punch and attached one here. My middle finger is two coats of Black Magic, a tip of Man Glaze The Death Tar, and two more bats. 

The ring finger is one coat of White On The Spot, then newsprint technique (directions are at the end of the post if you don't know how to do it) with paper that I printed.  It has "undead undead undead" in Bauhaus font, these are lyrics from Bela Lugosi's Dead. 

The pinkie is three coats of Layla Hologram Effect in Flash Black (tip for Hologram polishes like this: use Sally Hansen Insta-Dry as a base and as a coat in between the normal coats and you don't have to use the recommended file and you won't get bald spots) and one more bat for the tip.

There is a lot of different stuff going on in this manicure, but that is what I envisioned before starting. 

Newsprint Manicure Instructions:
1. Paint your nails a light color.
2. Let them dry completely! This is why Milani White On The Spot and Black Magic are my go to undercoats, they, if applied carefully, go on in one coat and dry really fast.
3. Take the part of the newspaper that you want to transfer to the nail and put it on top of the polish.
4. Saturate a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol and press on the other side of the newspaper.
5. Press down firmly on the entire nail for a few seconds.
6. Apply topcoat.

That's all until the next Halloween manicure!

Zombies! This Is Halloween Day 15 Dawn Of The Dead

I can't believe how hard it is for me to pick the ideas for my challenges.  I get stuck every time!  I ended up going with George A. Romero's Dawn Of The Dead, one of my favorite zombie films.

 

I used Milani Black Magic, Nicole by OPI Paparazzi Don't Preach, OPI, La Paz-itively Hot Matte, and a Kiss nail art pen in silver. 

 

The zombie head is the guy on the box cover of Dawn Of The Dead.

 

 

 

 

Jack-O-Lanterns This Is Halloween Day 12

Today is Jack-O-Lantern day for the This Is Halloween Challenge.  Today I had a little bit of help with my manicure, my cat Pumpkinhead (named after one of my favorite movies) was close by the whole time! 

 

 

I added the picture of the cat to distract from the uneven nostril marks on my jack-o-lantern face!  I didn't even notice 'til now for some reason.

 



 

This is three coats of OPI Hi, Pumpkin from the So So Skullicious mini set, it was really streaky.  I mixed some of that orange with Milani Black Magic to paint on the faint pumpkin ridge lines.

 

 

Dollish Polish There's Something Up With Jack

Here is another Dollish Polish This Is Halloween polish, There's Something Up With Jack!

I was lucky enough to find Sinful Colors Winterberry right before the pamphlets came out with the stolen blogger pictures and I started to boycott them.  I used two coats of Winterberry underneath two coats of There's Something Up With Jack.

 

There's Something Up With Jack has square and bar white glitter with multi shape and size bright blue glitter.  I think this polish is a good one for all the way though fall and winter and on trend. 

 

I have one more polish from this collection coming soon.

Dollish Polish Spectral Pup

Tonight I have another one of the Dollish Polish This Is Halloween collection for you.  This is Spectral Pup, and besides the fact that it is an awesome and adorable glitter, this guy glows in the dark, like Zero!

 

 

 

This is three coats of Spectral Pup over two coats of OPI Mourning Glory.  Spectral Pup has white and orange glitter of various shapes and sizes.

 

 

And this is two coats of Spectral Pup over three coats of Essence Color & Go Sweet As Candy

 

 

And here it is in the dark!  This really glows, it doesn't even have to be in pitch black.  This is by far the best glow in the dark polish I have ever had. 

 

 

Dollish Polish is available here, you can follow Dolly here, and it looks like Overall Beauty will have some This Is Halloween collection polishes in a grab bag, but only until Thursday 10/11, so I would suggest checking that out now!

 

 

 

 

 





Ghosts This Is Halloween Challenge day 8

I'm a few hours late on this one.  I was getting ready to publish a Halloween post when I remembered Monday was a challenge day, and ghosts, at that, which I was stumped on.  When I made the realization, we were on our way to see Adam Ant, so I had no time to do challenge nails.

I decided to do craft store micro bead ghosties!  I have three coats of the purple glow-in-the-dark pumpkin polish with China Glaze White On White making the ghost shapes, then silver micro beads on top of that.  I used black/greenish glitter circles for the eyes. 

 

 

 

 

 



Dollish Polish We're Simply Meant To Be

We're Simply Meant To Be is from the Dollish Polish This Is Halloween collection, all polishes are inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas.  This one has the colors of Sally, blue, burgundy, black and gold in a clear base. 

 

I enjoy building up a lot of glitter, so this is three coats over two coats of Zoya Perrie.

 

 

This is a unique glitter with great colors, it really does look like Sally in a bottle.  I will have three other Dollish Polish This Is Halloween polishes coming up before Halloween.