October Manis

Hi guys. So with the exception of a couple that I didn't include here, I wanted to show an October mani collage. Mostly because it's cute and pretty :-)

I got this from getLoupe.com

The mani of firsts, but the first of many! (heh)

I crack myself up. No, really, I'm proud of that title! Go ahead, read it again.

You're back? Ok, now for explanations. The other contender for the title was going to be Halloween Skittlettes (skittlettes being a term coined by Marta of Chit Chat Nails, to be explained later). The evolution of this manicure into a Halloween based mani was completely accidental. I originally picked Sinful Colors Hazard and Love and Beauty Bronze because I just wanted a bright and cheery but not an overdone mani. So my first iteration of this mani was actually this:

Keep reading after the break for more.

Twinkling Night with Diamond tips

I showed you guys my franken polish Twinkling Night in my last post. In today's post I'm going to show you the shimmer/glitter tips I added to this mani. I felt like it needed a little more bling. The "just plain black" look was just begging for some work on it.

Since I can't leave a mani alone until it's time to take off or it's just too thick, I added these large glitters to the base of each nail. The first time I saw them being used this way is by Nailasaurus. I think she got hers from the Born Pretty store but I got mine at a local dollar store.

My First Franken!

I am so excited to bring you today's post. Not many of you might think that the polish itself is exciting but I do because it's my first franken! I created it after seeing recipes for BL The Black Knight but in the process I deviated from the formula and came up with this. It's not quite where I want it but I can always tweak it.

I created this a while ago so forgive if I don't remember exactly what I have in here. I think it is a combination of WnW Black Creme, SH Rockstar Pink, Ulta Pinata-Yada-Yada and L.A. Colors Rainbow Glitter with clear. I think I need to up the clear and glitter quotient more. In real life from a little distance it just looks black. 

Honestly, if I just had more empty bottles, I would be mixing polishes all the time. (I know, I can buy them. Just haven't gotton around to it.)

Here is a further away picture. 

What do you guys think? I love how it looks in pictures but I'm going to have to work with it to get it to look better in real life.

Sangria Stamped

So yesterday I posted a swatch of Savina Sangria. Today I'm going to show you the stamping did over it. This was done with a Sally Hansen Color Quick Fast Dry Pen in Fuschia Chrome. The image used is from the Mash m60 plate.

Savina Sangria

Peoples, I am very excited. Today, as I got ready to write this post, I discovered that overnight I passed 1000 pageviews! That means you all are actually coming to read this! Thank you :-)

Muse with Fall Inspired Sugar Spun Accents

Hello everyone! The start of this weekend is a wet cloudy morning but I don't mind. It's days like this, when the sun peeks through once in a while that you can really see the beauty of all the fall colors. Everything seems so saturated with color! As I mentioned in my post of Sinful Colors Muse, it was another such fall day that inspired this next manicure. I also used a technique that was new to me called the sugar spun technique.

Sinful Colors Muse

Wow, look at this you guys. I am actually going to show you a polish that is somewhat current! This is Sinful Colors Muse, from the fall Muse collection. Many colors of that collection were new as far as I know. The only ones I already had were Last Chance and Rain Storm.