Orly Monster Mash

Hello! Today I have Orly Monster Mash. It's from the Flash Glam FX line, but it's sold through the 2012 Halloween collection. I almost wasn't going to get this, but of course I talked myself into it. I'm very glad that I did! Monster Mash has grass green hexagonal glitter, as well as small round and bar glitters in a light green jelly base. You can't see the base in my photos because I swatched over black, which I hadn't really considered until I was done painting my nails. The glitters all have holo to them. The formula is a tiny bit on the thicker side, but that's pretty much expected with a glitter polish like this. This polish is awesome, I couldn't stop staring at my nails the whole time I wore it, and I got a ton of compliments. I can't wait to try this over other colors.

Stamping

Hello! This is my last post from the draft vault. I can't wait to start posting new stuff! Today's manicures were done while I was experimenting with stamping. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out! For the first nails I did a base of Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau and stamped on China Glaze Deviantly Daring using BM-21. There are a few mess ups in the stamping, but I love the color combination!

 

For the second manicure the base is China Glaze Man Hunt and I stamped on Essie Good As Gold using BM-19. The stamping itself was a bit better, but I just wasn't huge on the color combination.

Antique Nails

Today I have a nail technique that is very simple and pretty neat. I originally saw is on Chelsea's Get Nailed, and I recreated it during my 31 Day Challenge Metallic Nails. Although at the time of the challenge I had already done these. The look is antique nails. When I think of antique nails I picture old worn wallpaper.

 

For this manicure you first start with a base color. Then you take another color, I think metallic polish looks best, and try to get as much polish off of the brush as possible. With whats remaining, roughly paint your nails. 

 

On my right hand the base is China Glaze Purr-Fect Plum, with Essie Good As Gold on top. My left hand is Essie Go Overboard with Xtreme Wear Pink Satin.

Icing Hey Sailor

Today I have Icing Hey Sailor. I purchased this because I love Deborah Lippmann Across The Universe, and this is supposedly a dupe. I don't have The Lippmann, So I can't really say if it is or not, but I do know that this polish is awesome. Coming From Icing, I wasn't expecting much at all. But the formula was pretty good, and it didn't stain my nails like I anticipated. Hey Sailor has green and blue hex glitters, and micro blue glitters in a dark blue jelly base. I believe this is three coats.

Maze Nails

Hello Everyone! This is my first non-31 Day Challenge post in a while! This post, along with pretty much the next 6 or so are all from my drafts folder from a month ago. Before I unexpectedly began the Challenge I had a bunch of posts lined up and ready to go about a week in advanced. Well, I started the challenge and all of those posts got trapped in the draft folder.
My first post uncovered from the drafts are these maze nails. Sarah from Chalkboard Nails did these on a few occasions and I thought they were awesome, so naturally, I tried it out. I love the result! First I sponged on a gradient of colors, and then with a small striping brush I painted a bunch of lines in a sort of maze-like design.

I had to try more than one combination of colors.

For the base of the pink nails I used Color Club Vintage Couture, Xtreme Wear Pretty In Hot Pink, and Pink Punch. The design is Essie Mint Candy Apple. On the blue nails I did Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau, XW Pacific Blue, and China Glaze Man Hunt, with XW Wet Cement for the details.

31 Day Challenge II Roundup

Hello! Now that the 31 Day Challenge is complete I thought I would just do a quick roundup post of all the manicures I did! Clicking a photo will take you to the post for that manicure.

31 Day Challenge II: Recreate A Manicure

 Wow! It's the last day of the challenge! That went by incredibly quick, and much easier than last year. The last day is recreate a manicure that you love. I feel like I've been seeing lightning manicures all over the place lately. One in particular that I really like is this one by Holy Manicures. I think the hardest part about this manicure is sponging in such small areas. To create the lightning I used a toothpick. It made thin lines, and also gave me enough control to create the shakes in the lightning.

 

I sponged Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau, China Glaze Man Hunt, Purr-Fect Plum, and Xtreme Wear Raspberry Rave. 

And that wraps up the 31 Day Challenge! Believe it or not, I'm actually going to miss doing it!