Halloween Mani #3

Hello again! I'm back with my 3rd and final Halloween manicure (at least the last one that was worth taking pics of and writing about). I wore this one last week and couldn't stop staring at my nails!

As you can see, all I used was a coat of Sally Hansen Silver Sweep followed by 2 coats of Lush Lacquer Hey Jack! So easy and so eye-catching!

I hope you enjoyed this mani and I hope everyone has a Happy Halloween! I plan on sitting on my couch and watching scary movies. Anyone have anything more fun planned?

'Til We Meet Again...

Rebecca  :)

Candy Corn Nails

Hiya! Today I have my first Halloween mani of the year. I absolutely love Halloween and have a few more manis planned for the rest of the month; we'll see if they actually pan out but for now here are my candy corn nails.

I'm kinda loving doing the accent nail thing these days...I like how it looks and I get to use more polishes that way. And here are the polishes...

L-R: China Glaze Spontaneous, Lush Lacquer Korny Candy, Zoya Pippa, OPI A Roll In The Hague, OPI Alpine Snow

For the candy corns I used a base of Alpine Snow, taped it off and added coat of Pippa. I taped it off one last time and added a coat of A Roll In The Hague. I've also seen it done using the sponge technique and I really like how it looks that way too. It would actually probably be a bit easier and quicker that way; maybe I'll try it that way next year. The other nails were a coat of Spontaneous topped off with a coat of Korny Candy; an awesome mix of yellow gold, orange and white glitters. Spontaneous is one of my all-time favorite purples; it is such a dusty but bright purple and I love how it sets off the colors in Korny Candy.

I'm kinda in love with my nails and can't stop looking at them. Hope you enjoyed them! If anyone has links to or pics of their own Halloween nails I would love to see them!

'Til We Meet Again...

Rebecca  :)

Fall-ing Leaves And Cozy Times

Hi all! I'm back with my last 2 Fall manicures. I'm busting out the Christmas stuff this weekend so this is the last of it for me. I hadn't done any stamping for awhile and had an idea for a manicure so decided to see if I could bring it to life. It ALMOST turned out the way I had imagined. The main problem was that I thought I had a different shaped leaf on my plates so it wasn't exactly what I had in mind. These are the polishes I used:

 L-R: OPI A Roll In The Hague (Holland Collection), Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane (Housewives Of Tudor England Collection), BB Couture Uranus (A Touch Of Greece Collection), Zoya Shawn

L-R: China Glaze Mahogany Magic (Hunger Games Collection), China Glaze Brownstone (Metro Uptown Collection), China Glaze Trendsetter (Metro Downtown Collection)

I started with a base of Jane so all of the other colors would really pop against it. For the most part they did with the exception of the two lightest colors; but they helped add some depth to it. I used Bundle Monster plates BM05 and BM221 for the leaves. I realized after I did it that I had stamped them so my pics would be upside-down...oh well. Here is the finished product: 

 After that manicure I realized I still had another Fall glitter from Lush Lacquer that I hadn't used yet.

I alternated some of the same colors I used for my leaf mani and did 2 accent nails with the glitter.

My pinky and middle fingers kinda look like poop (literally) but I really love how this turned out! Lush Lacquer makes the most amazing polishes; I used 2 coats here and it was pretty much full coverage. It applies like butter and there is definitely no fishing to get an amazing array of glitter. It dries pretty gritty and per usual with glitter on my nails, I could not get it to smooth out. My body chemistry must just react to glitters in such a way that it just makes them soak up the topcoat like nobody's business. And last but not least, I of course made a pair of earrings...

Sorry about the length of this post. To be honest I was just too lazy to break it up into 2 posts. If you are interested in checking out any of Lush Lacquer's glitters you can find their Etsy shop here. Have a great weekend!

'Til We Meet Again...
Rebecca  :)

*I purchased all of these products myself* 

 

Lush Lacquer Halloween Nails

I'm back with two more Halloween manicures featuring Lush Lacquer. I'm a bit obsessed with their glitter polishes lately; they are chock-full of glitter and you don't have to fish around to get a great variety of it on your nails.

First up is Korny Candy over China Glaze Concrete Catwalk...

I did this glitter over grey so none of colors would get lost. It would look great over yellow, orange or white but then some of the glitters wouldn't stand out as much. I just wanted to eat my nails the whole time I had this on. I love candy corn! Hubby always makes fun of me because he hates it (and so does everyone else I know) but that just leaves more for me right?

For the second manicure I used Hey Jack! over Sally Hansen Silver Sweep...

I really love how these colors look over the silver; they really pop! This polish was also a huge glitter explosion all over my nails. The only thing I'm not sure about is the bar glitter. I love the way it looks but I always end up getting it on the edges of my nails and it pokes over and then I end up scratching myself with it. Then when I rip it off I get a huge hole in my manicure. First world problems I know.

So I'm probably gonna do one more Halloween manicure tonight but I'm feeling kinda lazy. Depending on how it turns out there may or may not be a post about it. We'll see...but I did do some fun eye makeup today that should find its way onto here in a day or so. Keep an eye out!

'Til We Meet Again...

Rebecca  :)

*I purchased all of these products myself*

 

Halloween Nails!

Hey all! This is the first of what I hope will be many posts featuring Halloween manicures. Fall is my favorite time of year and Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday; I had my Halloween decorations out before September was even over!

I don't know how lime green, orange and purple came to be Halloween colors, but I really love them together. I've had this manicure for a few days and can't stop looking at my nails. I was going to take outside pics tomorrow (hopefully in the sun) but the polish is pretty thick with layers and is starting to pull up on the sides of some nails. Once that happens it's all over for me; I can't keep myself from sticking a nail under an edge and peeling the polish off in big strips. It's strangely satisfying and cathartic for some reason...kinda like popping zits but that's a whole other post.

 Here are the polishes I used. I'm sort of obsessed with black and white glitter polishes and can't help but try them over everything. And it always looks awesome!

L-R: Wet 'n Wild Sunny Side Up, Orly Charged Up, 

OPI Did It On 'Em, Lush Lacquer Salt 'n Peppa

So, we'll see if this manicure lasts through tomorrow. ..if not, I have plenty of other Halloween ideas. Hope you liked it!

'Til We Meet Again...
Rebecca  :)

*I purchased all of these products myself*

Salt 'n Peppa's Here!

If you're a child of the 70s and 80s tell me you don't have that song in your head right about now; I know I do. My bestie and I played "Push It" over and over and over again; on our record player of course. Listening to it now I realize it's quite a racy little song and at the time I had no clue. But I digress... The Salt n Peppa I'm talking about today is by Lush Lacquer; a little company I found on Etsy that has some amazing polishes. My color placement was inspired by Carly from the Lacquered Lover blog. So without further ado, the nails:

I am absolutely loving this mani! These bright, saturated, not-quite-neon colors are my favorites this time of year.  I used China Glaze Spontaneous (one of my all time favorite purples), an old mini no-name Sephora polish and Lush Lacquer Salt n Peppa. Salt n Peppa is awesome! It is chock full of small  black and white glitter, larger square black and white glitter and black and white bar glitter all in a base of tiny holographic glitter. Inside it is so shiny from the holographic pieces that the black and white don't stand out quite as much but outside it's quite magical. And you definitely don't have to go fishing for glitter in this one; most of my fingers only have one coat! It dried a tad bumpy but nothing a coat or two of Poshe didn't remedy. I really hope to be able to afford some more polishes from these ladies soon (http://www.etsy.com/shop/lushlacquer?ref=shop_sugg). They have some really amazing looking polishes. And here's the bottle shot: 

I can't wait to try Salt n Peppa over everything! It will look amazing over so many different colors.

I hope everyone is having an amazing weekend. And if you're in the States take a moment to remember what this day is truly about; the men and women (and their families) who have sacrificed so much through the years to protect our freedoms.

'Til we meet again.

Rebecca :)

*I purchased all of these products myself*