Seahawks vs Broncos

 Super Bowl nails! Sorry for the terrible photos, I was in a rush to get pictures before I might ruin them. I don't really have a team I am cheering for today but my good friends are huge Seahawks fans, they're from the state, so I might be cheering for them a little more today.
 I used Sally Hansen Navy Baby for the ring fingers and the tips on the index fingers. The rest is done all in acrylic paint with the exception of the blue reflects shimmer, it's a no name polish I bought back in Japan. The seahawk and bronco I did for myself using the nail art sticker method, you can see that here. I made them in my off time at work since it's a pain to paint something like the broncos head on my non-dominate hand

 Are you cheering for anyone today?

OPI Brazil Toucan Do It If You Try and I Just Can't Cope-acabana

 Hey guys! Today I have two polishes from the OPI Brazil collection.
 Toucan Do It If You Try, a coral orange shade. Picture is two coats with top coat.
 I Just Can't Cope-acabana is a fabulous lemon yellow. Picture is two coat with top coat.

Halloween Black Cat, Bats, and Glitter

 Happy Halloween everyone! I can hardly believe it's already here. This past year has flown by for me, I know I haven't been around much but this past year has had a lot of changes and I am thankful that you all have stuck around with me.
  Anyways, today I have a simple, fun design with a cat silhouette and bats. The index and pinky fingers are OPI Emotions which is a black sand polish, I really like this one and if you haven't seen it in person you really should. The middle is China Glaze Bat My Eyes with Boo-gie Down over it. The ringer fingers are OPI A Roll In The Hague with black acrylic paint for the black cat and bats.

 Here is my other hand with the bats. I messed this one up, that's life sometimes, by touching the top coat right after applying it and had to go back and redo some of it.

 And last is my pumpkin, Jack, from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

 I hope you all have a wonderful day! Do you have any plans? I will most likely be painting my face and dressing up the dogs to go out and about, then give out candy to the kids later. Check back tomorrow to see my actual Halloween mani and maybe a few other things!

China Glaze Monsters Ball

 Hey guys! Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year and I love doing nail art for it. Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to devote to here or my nails really. I did pick up four of the China Glaze Monsters Ball Halloween polishes for this year a few weeks ago and am just now getting around to trying them. I know, I fail. Anyways, on to the polish.
 Fang-Tastic is a clear base with blue, green, and pink glitter. Picture is two coats over a sheer, light shimmer polish with top coat.

 Howl You Doin' is a rich, deep purple base with copper flakes and purple shimmer. It's very reminiscent of OPI Merry Midnight. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Bat My Eyes is a black jelly base loaded with gold glitter and a bit of orange bar glitter here and there. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Boo-gie Down is a clear base with black, orange, and white various sized hex glitter with black bar glitter as well. Picture is two coats over Agro with top coat.

 What will you be doing for Halloween? Check back tomorrow for a bit of Halloween nail art and my pumpkins for this year!

Bright Summer Leopard

 You guys all know how much I love leopard print nails! And now, since I am a licensed nail tech, I have been somewhat hooked on gel polish. So, while I was checking out the new Gelish gel polish colors over the weekend at the supply store I picked up I'm Brighter Than You and Brights Have More Fun. After I got home I thought they would be prefect to pair together for a leopard print.
 I'm Brighter Than You, a neon orange, is the base and I used Brights Have More Fun, a neon coral, for the spots with black acrylic paint for the outlining and a rhinestone on each ring finger. These are so much more ridiculously brighter in person, I am in love with them!

Sinful Colors Orange Cream

 Hey guys, another polish from the Sinful Colors Sugar Rush collection today! Orange Cream is a peachy orange, almost pink, with hidden silver shimmer. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 I added a Color Club gold holographic glitter, which I think is Gingerbread from the Beyond The Mistletoe collection but not positive since I bought it in a set at T.J. Maxx and none were labeled, near the cuticle and dragged it down. It really reminds me of something exploding and raining down.

Black Cat with Skull, Glitter and Stones

 Hey guys, I hope you had a great weekend! Sadly, this might be my last Halloween design for the year, I've been busy with work and haven't been able to do much. There is another design I want to do but I don't know if I will have time to get it posted before Wednesday, we will see.
 This design came from a travel cup I bought last week, I couldn't pass it up because it was orange, glows in the dark and had cats, skulls and pumpkins on it! Since I have been pressed for time lately I only did the design on my left hand ring finger, the base is OPI A Roll In The Hague covered with China Glaze Ghoulish Glow and a bit of Glitter Goblin, the cat and skull are acrylic paint. The rest of my fingers are a base of black polish with Orly R.I.P on my middles, China Glaze Glitter Goblin on my right hand ring finger and China Glaze Ghoulish Glow with stones on the rest.

Candy Corn Half Moon with Bats, Stones and Tutorial

 Hey guys, I have a quick and easy Halloween design with a tutorial for you today! I haven't had as much time this year to do many designs for Halloween as I would like but I am trying to get one or two more done before it is over.
 The design for today is a yellow and orange half moon with simple bats and stones.

 If you would like to see the tutorial keep reading. 

Orly R.I.P.

 Hey guys! I haven't really had time to do any Halloween designs but, hopefully, I will this coming week. I am dying to do some nail art but today I have another Halloween nail polish.
 Orly R.I.P, from the Spellbound collection for Halloween, is a black jelly base with small and large orange hex glitter. The base is pretty sheer but it builds up well or can be easily layered over black. Personally, I like it alone to get the depth of the glitter in the multiple coats. Picture is three coats with top coat.

China Glaze Glitter Goblin

 Hey guys! I had meant to post this yesterday along with Immortal since I layered it over that but I didn't get the chance to edit through all the photos and I couldn't wait to post Immortal so it had to wait until today.
 Glitter Goblin, a clear base with orange, silver and holographic glitter, was the only polish I had planned on getting from the Wicked collection. Even though Immortal was a surprise favorite of mine, Glitter Goblin is a close second! Picture is one coat of Glitter Goblin over Immortal with top coat.

Candy Corn No Water Marble

 Just a quick post today. I wanted to do candy corn tips like last year but try it a different way. I loved the fall no water marble from a few weeks ago so I went with that idea. I used OPI Barre My Soul as the base and Alpine Snow, A Roll In The Hague and L'Oreal Tweet Me. The colors a a bit too swirled together on my index finger but other than that I like the way it turned out.

China Glaze Orange You Hot? with Gradient

 Hey guys! Orange You Hot?, from the Summer Neons collection, is one I picked up on sale a while back from Sally's. It's a bright neon orange with orange and silver shimmer. Because it is neon it does dry matte and needs top coat to be shiny. Picture is three coats with top coat.

 I had to try Orange You Hot? with L'Oreal Tweet Me sponged over the tips for a subtle gradient since they seemed great for each other.

OPI Deutsche You Want Me Baby

 Hi guys! I finally broke down today and made a trip to Michaels and bought my first Melmer because my polish has been sadly sitting in a huge box on the floor. When we moved we got rid of some of our furniture since we didn't know where we would be living and how much space we would have so I ended up not having much storage for my polish. Since we don't live near an IKEA I went for the next best thing and I have to say I am pleased, it holds a lot more than I thought it would.

 Today I have the last polish I picked up from the Germany collection, Deutsche You Want Me Baby. I saved my favorite of the bunch for last. Deutsche You Want Me Baby is a rusty orange with a gorgeous shimmer, it seems to glow. It really makes me think of fall, mostly Halloween which you all know I love and can't wait for! Picture is two coats and it was perfect formula wise.

 What is your favorite season? I have always adored fall; the weather, the colors, it has always been my favorite!

Revlon Tangerine

 Hey everyone! I've still been pretty busy so I apologize for the lack of posts recently. I didn't get around to doing any nail art for the fourth of July but I should be back to doing nail art and tutorials soon.

 Today I have Revlon Tangerine which is a bright orange with gold shimmer. It is super bright and very summery. Usually, I love orange polish but this one just doesn't go great with my skin. Picture is three coats. The only problem I had was it is bit runny.

OPI A Roll In The Hague

 Hey guys, I hope every one had a great weekend! We saw Battleship and I have to say it was better than I thought it would be. 

 Wow, bright orange radioactive Cheetos nails, anyone? A Roll In The Hague is from the Holland collection, it's a super pigmented almost neon orange. It is so bright, I don't know any other way to describe it. I have nothing else like this one. It's so much more amazing in real life and my pictures do it no justice. I absolutely love it, I would probably fight you over it, honestly. I don't like red polish so much but I adore orange for some reason. 

 Pictures are three coats. The formula was good but looked a little uneven with two so for the sake of pictures I applied three.

 Come on warm weather, I need to wear this on my toes with flip-flops!  

 What is your favorite bright polish?

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Wet N Wild 9.0.2.1.Orange

 Just a quick post today, I know I said I was going to try and post every day til Christmas and missed yesterday but we had a Christmas party to go to earlier. Plus, we volunteered to make ten dozen cookies for the military that are here with no family and have to be turned in on Monday so I have been a bit sidetracked. 

 Anyways, today I have Wet N Wild's 9.0.2.1.Orange. It is a beautiful orange with shimmer/glass flake. I used four coats, I didn't notice the nail line in real life, it only showed up in the pictures here but it does start out sheer. 

 Hopefully, I will be back tomorrow or Monday! 

Day 7: Favorite Freehand Nail Art Design

 Day seven is Favorite Freehand design with Marketta, Carolina and Marta! 

 My favorite freehand nail art has to be zebra/tiger stripes just because they are super easy and no matter what way you do them they look amazing. This is the design I always resort to when I don't know what I want to do with my nails. I was also inspired by the animal print nails Marketta did on day four of our challenge, check them out here if you haven't. I really liked the way she did them with the red so I made an orange to red gradient with a bit of red glitter on the tips in Gettin' Miss Piggy With It, because we all know I can't resist glitter, before making my stripes in acrylic paint. 

 Have you tried any freehand nail art, what is you favorite?
 Be sure to check out Marketta, Carolina and Marta to see their favorite freehand designs! 

Sally Hansen Pumpkin Spice

 Pumpkin Spice a sheer brown jelly with orange glitter. Most you have probably seen this but my Mom picked it up for me and I finally got it a few days ago and was excited to try it out. I didn't wear it for long but I really like it. I think it would look gorgeous layered over a black, brown or even orange since it is a bit sheer. 

 I used two coats in the photos below. With three or four coats it would cover and look great alone I think. I will be experimenting with this one next week. 

 I have another Halloween tutorial which should be up tomorrow and then I will be packing for our trip to Guam. We leave Thursday and I wont be posting until after the 26Th when we return but I will have one or two more Halloween tutorials before the end of October.
 Is there any design you would like to see before Halloween is over? 

Halloween Candy Corn French Tutorial

 I have been wanting to do a french manicure for a while and since I haven't done one in so long I thought it should be candy corn french tips for Halloween. This is so easy but very cute. 

 If you would like to see the tutorial for this design keep reading.

2012 Mercy Me Orange Crackle

 I am a little disappointed with this one, Mercy Me was very thick. So thick that I had to put about forty drops of thinner just to make it start cracking! Seriously? Ridiculous. It could use more but I was too frustrated to deal with it anymore. 

 Have you ever been excited over a polish only to be disappointed once you get it on?