Hallow e'en Challenge Day 8: Hallow e'en!

Happy Hallow e'en polish lovers!

I love Hallow e'en!  Tonight when I get home from work I will definitely be watching Rocky Horror Picture Show(a yearly tradition), I already watched Hocus Pocus yesterday(Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker as witches? Yes please!).

So here is the mani I am rockin' on this most awesome holiday.

I started with 1 coat of OPI's Alpine Snow for my base.  Once that had dried I created a gradient using Alpine Snow, Essie's Fear or Desire, and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightning.  Over that I put 2 coats of Fantasy Makers Glow in the Dark polish(I tried to get the China Glaze Ghoulish Glow but my Sally's was all sold out).  I then coated this in SV and let dry for a very long time before I did my stamping.

I used Bundle Monster BMH07 for the Trick or Treat image and BMH06 for the jack o'lanterns.

This does glow in the dark but it works best if you use a flashlight to charge the polish, and it doesn't stay very long.  But I enjoy the effect.

That is all for today, I will be back tomorrow with the 33DC Two Pattern mani.

Until then, have a Happy Hallow e'en, and polish happy!

Falling for Nail Art Challenge: Hallow e'en

Hello polish lovers!

I have my Hallow e'en themed mani for the Falling for Nail Art Challenge.

I started with 2 coats of Orly's RIP, a black jelly base filled with orange hex glitter and micro glitter.

Once this dried I used the Bundle Monster BMH07 for the Hallow e'en text using Konad White.

This was my first time using Orly's RIP since I bought it this spring and what I have noticed about Orly glitter is that their suspension base is slightly too thin and the glitters settle to the bottom, I have the same problem with other Orly glitters I own.

That is all for today, I will be back tomorrow with my Hallow e'en Challenge mani.

Until then, polish happy!

33DC Day 17: Favourite Brand

Hello polish lovers!

So using my favourite brand was really difficult for me because I love so many of the polish brands that I have.  I love A England, but I only have a few polishes, the same with Picture Polish(I only have one), Lucky 13 Lacquer is amazing but I like to wear it alone because the polish is so pretty.  It ended up being a toss up between OPI and China Glaze.  I love the formula for OPI but I find that China Glaze has more interesting colours.  So I finally decided on China Glaze.

I started with 2 coats of China Glaze's Foie Gras.  I love this colour, its rich and reminds me of dark milk chocolate.  It's got enough cool tone to not look like poo, it has a slight purple tone to it.

Once that was dry I used China Glaze's Swing Baby, a antique copper glitter, that works well for creating a gradient.

These colours work together really well.  I think it is a sophisticated and delicate mani.

I will be back later today with my Falling for Nail Art mani.

Until then, polish happy!

Hallow e'en Challenge Day 7: Skulls and Skeletons

Hello polish lovers!

Today I have my Skulls and Skeletons mani for the Hallow e'en Challenge I am involved in, only one more left people!

I started with my base of 2 coats of Gosh's Holographic Hero. This is a silver holographic polish(as usual my camera had fits and did not want to show the sparkle, but you can see a bit on the pinkie).

As always I topped with SV and let dry before I did my stamping.

I used Konad black stamping polish and my new Bundle Monster, create your own plate BM413 for all the stamping except for my middle finger which is from BMH07.

I am really loving how original the new Bundle Monster set is, which of course it should be considering how it was assembled.  I love the Skeleton.

For some reason I am really into black, grey and silver mani's right now so I really liked this one.

Tomorrow is another double up day, so until then, polish happy!

33DC Day 16: South America

Hello polish lovers!

Today I have my South American mani for the 33DC.  This was another theme that I struggled with but this time Google was my friend.  My inspiration was a combination of a couple of different prints I found.

I started by painting 2 halves of my fingers with OPI's A Roll in the Hague, the other 2 halves with Color Club's Bright Night, and the other 2 halves in OPI's Don't Talk Bach to Me and Color Club's Mambo.

Once that had dried I used Wet n'Wild's Ebony Hates Chris to create my center, with a white Nubar striper inside that.

It's not my favourite of the designs I did for this challenge but I liked it better than I thought I would.

That is all for today but I will be back tomorrow with my Hallow e'en Challenge Skulls and Skeleton's mani.

Until then, polish happy!

Falling for Nail Art Challenge: Other Realm

Hello polish lovers!

Today I have my Other Realm mani for the Falling for Nail Art Challenge.  In terms of other realm I decided to go with ghosts...that seems other realm-y to me.

I started with a base of Wet n'Wild's Ebony Hates Chris to give me a nice start before adding a coat of OPI's Metallic 4 Life.

I love the silver glitter in various sizes and the black jelly base for this.  It kind of looks other realm-y even before the ghost.  It would be good for a galaxy mani too.

I did the ghost on my accent finger in OPI's Alpine Snow and the details with a black striper.  I find the ghost looks like the ghost from an old Mario Brothers game.  As usual I top coated in SV(its a good thing I buy the large bottle to refill, otherwise it would be super expensive).

That's all for today.  I will be back tomorrow with my 33DC mani for South America.

Until then, polish happy!

Sally Hansen Triple Shine First Look and Review

Hello polish lovers!

I was browsing through my local Walmart earlier this week and stumbled upon the new Sally Hansen Triple Shine display!  Me being the nail polish addict that I am, I could not resist getting 2 to try out.  I decided to limit myself to 1 creme and one glitter, to get a sample of both.  The colours that I got are, Kelp Out, a bright leaf green creme, and Fanta-Sea, a silver and ice blue glitter.

I started by swatching Kelp Out.  The instructions on the bottle say to do 2 coats...but this is what 2 coats looked like on my nails.

2 coats equals definite VNL and I can't do that, my OCD kicks in and makes me want to take it all off.  So I decided to add another coat....and this is when the magic happened.

Yes! This is what I was looking for.  I love this colour!  It is so bright and cheerful, it reminds me of new leaves in the spring, not at all like Kelp, I've seen kelp and that stuff is usually much more brown than this.  The formula, besides being a 3 coat-er was smooth and creamy.  I don't think I have a similar colour in my collection.  The Triple Shine bottles have the same brush that the Insta-Dri do so it takes very few brush strokes because the brush is so wide(these photos show zero cleanup, this polish stays where you want it and doesn't flood the cuticles).

Now for Fanta-Sea.

On my pinky I have 1 coat, ring is 2 coats, middle is 3 coats, and pointer is 4 coats.  I did not do this over a base colour because I wanted to show the true colour of the polish without influence.

As you can see, this polish isn't really meant to be worn alone.  It would take way more coats than I have patience for to achieve opacity.  I am really looking forward to seeing what this looks like over undies, I think I may go dark, like a navy polish.  I may show something like that in the future.

Overall, besides the misleading instructions on the bottles(neither of these polishes are 2 coat-ers), I am rather impressed with this new line.  My photos are taken showing the polish by itself, no top coat!  They are super shiny! I have only swatched so far, I have not done a wear test, that may come in the future.

And now, for a mani I rocked for almost a week!

Ahh! Empty hand!

As you can see, this photo was taken before the sun disappeared from the skies and we were left in darkness.  This is a few days in so you can see some legitimate tip wear(normally my mani comes off way before wearing can occur) but I love this Bird plate from Messy Mansion!  The feathers look drawn on and sketchy and I love that.

That is all for today but I will be back tomorrow with the next theme in the Falling for Nail Art Challenge.

Until then, polish happy!