Halloween Nails

Happy Halloween!!!  I know you're probably on Halloween mani overload right now but I wanted to share mine.  After taking photos of this I realized my topcoat is full of bubbles.  Can't really see it in real  life but the pictures really show it.  I used a base of China Glaze Recycle, pretty much the perfect gray, then layered on Feenix Polish Candy Corn.  Candy Corn is awesome.  Yellow, orange and white glitter in a clear base.  It has pretty good coverage.  This is two coats of Candy Corn.  I only had to do a bit of dabbing on some areas that didn't have enough glitter.  My accent nail is a candy corn.  I know it's been done a lot but for me this is fancy nail art.  I loved it even though it got a bit thick.  Zoya Pippa may not have been the best yellow for the job but it was all I had.

My boys thought this mani was super cool.  We had a great time trick or treating tonight.  I hope you all had a great Halloween.

Sara

KKcenterhk Stamping Plate

Good morning!  Are you sick of all the Halloween posts yet?  I love seeing all the creativity in my blog reader.  Today I have a quick review of a stamping plate from kkcenterhk.com.  Here's the link for the plate I used today.  I had mixed results with this one, which is unusual for me.  The plates I've reviewed in the past have all worked well.  The web and the ghost stamped very well.  The pumpkin on my first finger would not come out clear no matter what I did.  It also had that weird smear spot underneath it that I couldn't avoid.  The image on my pinky is supposed to be a witch but no matter how I looked at it I couldn't see a witch.  I honestly wish I had just stamped the web on all my fingers.  I gave their stamper another shot but it wouldn't pick up the images.  Once I switched back to my normal konad stamper the images came up just fine.

I'm in love with the nail color under the stamping.  It just screamed Halloween.  I used China Glaze Orange You Hot? then used the saran wrap method with a black cream, Sinful Colors Black on Black I believe.  I just love the saran wrap method for simple, quick nail art.

I hope you have an awesome Tuesday.  Until next time...

Sara

*Stamping plate in this post was sent by the company in exchange for my honest review*

Piggy Polish Lightmare

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Hi lovlies!!  I'm going to have a few Halloween themed things for you the next few days.  I've been procrastinating so now I have to jam them all in.  Today's polish was an impulse buy at Ulta one afternoon.  It was sitting with some other Halloween themed polishes and makeup and I just couldn't resist.  Piggy Polish Lightmare is a gray (sometimes it kind of looked a little brown) and orange glitter.  I decided to layer it over Zoya Raven and I'm so glad I did.  One coat gave really good coverage but by the time I reached about the 7th finger the polish was super gloopy and thick.  It's a gorgeous polish but is definitely going to need some thinner next time I wear it.  *Edited to add*  To make this glitter smooth it took two coats of Gelous and a coat of HK Girl topcoat.  Super thirsty glitter :)

Shade

Regardless of the thick formula I really enjoyed this polish.  I got lots of compliments on it.  I like that is looked Halloweenish without being so in your face like the saran wrap/stamping mani I'm wearing right now.  You'll see that one soon :)  I hope you all had a great weekend.  I'd love to see your Halloween manis.  Feel free to share them over on my fb page.

Sara

Essie Bobbing for Baubles & Finger Paints Fall of Surprises

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Hi lovelies!  How is everyone today?  Do you ever do an accent nail then later wish you'd done the whole mani that way?  That's the case with today's nails.  This is two coats of Essie Bobbing for Baubles with an accent nail using Finger Paints Fall of Surprises.  Bobbing for Baubles is a super dark navy.  Honestly it looked black a good majority of the time.  It had a great formula and was almost full coverage in one coat.  Fall of Surprises is a copper glitter.  This is one coat of FoS.  I really,  really wish I would have done the glitter on all my nails.  I really enjoyed this combo.

Shade

Do you have any other suggestions on what I could put under Fall of Surprises?  I really want to wear it again very soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Sara