"This is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge - Horror Movie

Hi everyone,
Thanks for coming to check out my blog.

As I have mentioned before, I have never participated in a nail art challenge of any form. So, when Bec over at Lacquer Dreams suggested a month-long, Halloween themed nail art challenge, I jumped at the chance.

Introducing..."This is Halloween"

 

Today is October 1st, so I have to show you my "Horror Movie" mani.

This one was a hard one (as I suspect they will all be) to come up with an idea.

As I was pressed for time (and because I havent really done any nail art before) I came up with a simple idea.

 

The Horror movie I used as inspiration is Scream.

I remember watching the Scream movies when I was younger and finding them genuinely scary, then as I became older, I began to appreciate the movies for their satirical side.

 

So, without further adieu...

 

 

I painted most of my nails with Essence "Galactic Black", as I wanted a black with a slight sparkle or texture to it. In the Scream movies, the killer's robe was black with a subtle shimmer to it. I think Galactic Black captured the texture/colour of the robe nicely (although, unfortunately it does not completely show up in these pics). I also used ELF Matte Top Coat to mattify the black nails.

 

This is Essence "Galactic Black" swatched on a nail wheel. The one on the left is by itself and the one on the right is withe the ELF Matte Top Coat.

 

 

Once the nails were dry, I got a cheap red nail polish and flicked it in the air. This sent nail polish flying everyone...and some of it even ended up on my nails!

 

 Check out the horrible mess I made!

 

The accent nails (ring and thumb *not pictured*) were painted withUlta3 Lily White. i then drew the features on with a black sharpie. I know its not the most conventional nail art too but I havent recieved my nail art pens, dotting tools or nail art brushes yet...so I adapted. I then topped the finger off with the ELF Matte Top Coat.

 

This challenge was so much fun and a great way to introduce myself into nail art.

I am really looking forward to the upcoming challenges and I am hoping I will be able to master some more complicated nail art for some of them.

 

The next challenge is Water Marbling...Something I have also never done before. From what I have been told, first attempts at this are usually disasterous. So, come back on October 5 for a nail art disaster of apocolyptic proportions!

 

And make sure you check out all the other lovely ladies doing this challenge. Bec has organised some sort of Inlinkz thing, so there should be links or something at the bottom of this post.

 

Polish Haul

Hi guys,

Just a quick post to show you my haul from the other day.

I picked most of these up from Target but a few of them were from Guardian Pharmacy and some from Priceline.

 

All of the Bloom packs were $5 each from Target

Orly's and Savvy were $3 each from Priceline

Ulta 3's were $2 and Nicole by OPI was $5 from Guradian Pharmacy

 

So excited by all the cheap polishes.

Coming up tomorrow are all of the swatches from my haul plus my latest haul and probably some extras I plan on buying tomorrow.

 

Thanks for stopping by. x

NOTD - catch up for the week

I was planning on trying to post everyday with the nailmpolish I was currently wearing but unfortunately due to work and DVD box sets, that hasn't happened.

So, today's post is my attempt to catch up and show you the polishes I have been wearing lately.

1st up is today's polish.

This is OPI Flower-To-Flower from the 'Nice Stems' collection.

It is a lovely pink polish with a subtle pink shimmer. Bright enough without being neon.

I have also done an accent nail with Deborah Lippman Birthday Party over the Flower-to-Flower.

 Pen on my hand...like always.

I really liked this polish combo. It was fun and easy.

Next up is Kleancolor Chunky Bluebell Holo over Revlon Royal.

I really like the change in colour you can see in the glitter. There is a definite shift from orange to green, then you also see some red and yellow at times.

This was a fun polish. However, I found that the Kleancolour glitter takes FOREVER to dry and when I added Seche Vite, I had some major shrinkage.

So, I like the look of it but the application was a little annoying.

Now we have Green with Envy from Glimmer by Erica, over Ulta3 Black Satin

This is a really cool glitter top coat. I got so many comments about this polish.

I really wasn't expecting the attention I got from it because, although I like it, it definitely is not my favourite polish nor does it stand out as much as some of my polishes.

But the overwhelming opinion of the people was that this is an awesome polish.

The application was easy and dry time was good.

Next is Treasure Chest from Glimmer by Erica over Ulta3 Orchid.

This is after about 1 1/2 days of wear.


Thanks for stopping by.

Nails...China Glaze Electrify Swatch

Today I have a swatch of the cute "Electrify" glitter polish by China Glaze.

This is 2 coats over  Ulta3 Red Slippers with Seche Vite top coat

This is such a cool glitter polish. You don't even really need a solid colour under.

After 2 to 3 coats, it has complete glitter coverage.

Application is really easy and the dry time is pretty good.

Even though I really like the application and the glitter coverage, i wasn't a huge fan of this polish.

I think the colour wasn't great on me and I thought it looked a bit over the top...even though I usually love any type of glitter polish.