Halloween Mark One

So I bought a bottle of Barry M Gelly in Mango over the summer and at the time it could not have been a more summery colour to me the perfect summer orange.

Now that halloween has rolled around I keep looking at it and wondering how I ever used it as a summer colour, it doesnt look even remotely summery to me anymore it is simply a halloween colour... If anyone can explain to me how that works Id be greatful =]

So on to the actual nails.

I love Halloween LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Secretly I am a total goff at heart.
After doing a orange and black gradient nails with alternating black and orange and getting half way through realising I had over blended the colours and it looked silly I settled on orange nails and since I have set my self a target to get better at my nail art not just nail design before the end of the year I thought I'd have a go at a cute lil spider

Orange - Barry M Gelly in Mango

Black - W7 

White - Barry M in Matte White

Purple - OPI Liquid Sand Bond Girls in Vesper 

 =]

Leopard print

I am a little behind on sorting through my images - I need to start taking < 30 pictures when I do new nails... Or get off my back side and make the light box I've been wanting to make for a few months now.

Anyway I tend to shy away from doing the 'over done' manicures especially ones I have wraps for, but last night I was totally out of ideas, motivation, time and energy.

So cheeky stamp plate ch2 and very little effort.

Max factor whispering ivory for the base
Konad special polish in black
And filled in some of the dots
OPI liquid sand Tiffany Case from the Bond Collection

No top Coat because black stamping polish smudges like a biiiatch :-(

I have 4 or 5 manicures at least to blog I just need to sort through the images

Simply Matte

So here are some Photos of yesterdays Matte Nails =]

Simplicity

Today's manicure came after having a few days off. Every time I tried something on my sisters or my nails it just went phooey so I decided if blogging isn't fun stop! (Hammertime!! - no I can't help myself).

WARNING: this one is words, I got very carried away explaining myself




My OPI Wizard of OZ I Theodora You was staring at me so I slapped it on with out really knowing where I was going with it. On my accent (ring finger) nail I've got Max Factor Nailfinity in Disco Pink. After it was all dry and pretty I was staring at it and realised I had almost the same manicure last time I went to the salon (the hot pink was a China Glaze not Max Factor but that salon trip pushed me to buy I Theodora You)
So while (I think - not that you can really tell in my rubbish pictures) I did a better job than the girl at the salon, I was both unwilling to sport such boring nails annnnnnnnnnd nails I had had before, I decided these where just no good for blogging and out came the gems.

On my left (usually pictured hand) I placed some little light pink hearts in the center of my moon. I liked the effect of the light on light pink. and on my accent nail I got some cute little flower stickers for christmas I hadnt had a chance to try out so the white and pink flower contrasted the hot pink nail but i also thought it tied in all the coulous. The little flower looked very lonely at the top of my nail so I added 2 little purple gems as a stalk.

Snap Snap Snap 50 photos later, I remember I am going to the pub later and my right hand looks baaaarrrrrrrrrrrreeeee =[. Can not be having that, but not reallllllly wanting to use up allll my little pink hearts in 1 sitting I remember I have got some little heart shaped glitter/glequin bits in a pot, a little dark for what I wanted but hey - better than having boring nails. 

On inspection of my sticker sheet there are plenty of flower stickers so I decide it is ok to waste* one. Some hexagonal glitter/glequins made the stalk on my accent nail and VOILA! I liked the new effect so much I had to contort my hand to get a photo.

*I use the word waste for two reasons: 1, I had no intention at the time of blogging my right hand and 2, I suspect by tomorrow I will want to take it off and do something new or worse - one of the gems will catch and pop off (pleasantly surprised it didn't happen shuffling cards tonight to be honest) or smear the rest of my polish and I would have to take at least one nail off to redo it and in the process of fixing one nail other nails get all acetoned up so I have to take them all off (as happened last week - which reminds me there is a blog sitting in my drafts that needs pictures adding)