Had to make my mani a little spookier (Bonus post!)

Good evening! The leopard spots were cool and everything, but I want to try out as many options with my gradient as I can. I was thinking I should be trying to practice my stamping skills, seeing as how I do have a Halloween stamping plate in my stash. Let me tell you, I swore a LOT while trying to stamp this time. A lot.

All that swearing for one stamped finger. Still looks cool though. Right? My cuticles look tore up, I had to use a lot of acetone since I kept screwing up that ONE. DAMN. FINGER. My colors are China Glaze "Sun of a Peach" for the orange, Hard Candy "Black Tie Optional" and Konad black stamping polish.

Time to go practice my stamping skills! 

Snow leopard tutorial!

I was reminded yesterday that I was kinda slackin on the blog posts...so here we are! I'd been wanting to do a sponge gradient for awhile and I thought I would mix it up with some leopard spots too! Both of these techniques are super easy, you just have to have the right tools! 

First, you'll need to choose a color scheme. Second, paint a base that corresponds with the colors you want to use. Use a large dotting tool to make spots of various sizes. At first glance,

 they kinda look like cow spots, don't you think? 

After you have dotted your spots, use a small brush or dotting tool to make "C" shapes on either side of your spot. Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect! To fill space, I added some dots too.

After I finished my spots, I did my sponged gradient. 

Ta daaaaa! Here's the finished product! This gradient is giving me some inspiration for some Halloween type nail art! Look for a gradient tutorial in my next post :-)

Beautiful Blue Bargain!!

I just want to say first and foremost...I am in LOVE with this polish. I am in love with it for a few reasons. My inner high schooler is screaming, "YES!!!! BLUE NAIL POLISH!!!!". I have been searching for just the right blue for awhile. It was $2.99. TWO DOLLARS AND NINETY-NINE CENTS!!!

 I had my eye on Essie's "Butler Please" for quite awhile, and it was in my hand at Walgreens. I was headed for the register when I passed the Sinful Shine display and this blue beauty caught my eye. 

Side by side it is IDENTICAL to butler please, and it is $5 cheaper. Bonus!

 Needless to say, this polish is gorgeous. It is extremely opaque, and took two coats for a nice finish. I've always had good luck with other Sinful "colors" and I anticipate that this one will be the same.

Go hit up your local Walgreens and pick up some for yourself!!!

Green Monster Mash mani!

Happy Friday everyone! So sorry it's been awhile since my last post. We bought a house, so my last week has consisted of getting out from under a massive pile of boxes...boxes that still need to be unpacked. All I had wanted to do last night was sit and relax and paint my nails, so I did! 

I've been waiting for October to come so I could start doing some Halloween inspired nails. I picked up a few of the polishes in the China Glaze Monster's Ball collection and used one for today's post!

First I applied two coats of Zoya's Josie. This color is part of Zoya's summer collection, but I thought it was suitable for use in a monster type manicure. I'd been eyeing it for awhile, and decided it was time to add it to my collection. For some reason, I've been on the hunt for some good greens and I really like this one!

On top of my color I added two coats of China Glaze's "Boo-gie Down". This polish is super cool! I can think of a zillion other ways to use this chunky glitter topper.

In this bottle there is a clear base filled with large and small black hex glitter, black bar glitter, medium and small metallic copper glitter and medium white glitter. It's definitely not only for fall mani's. You could use it in so many ways!

What do you think? Is it monster-ey enough for you??