Abominable Snowman Nails

As you know, December is already half way over. Most of my holiday designs have been very simple, and even plain in my opinion. Before I run out of December I wanted to squeeze in a couple more intricate designs. I decided to do one tonight. And the one that I chose to do was Bumble, the abominable snowman from the Rudolph movies.

Here is a picture of him, in case you've never seen Rudolph

I only chose to do Bumble on my thumbs. On the rest of my nails I chose to do a magnetic polish with a few snowflakes.

They're adorable right ? Yes they are. I love them ! 

Polish Used

1. Lucky Star Magnetic Polish - No Name
2. Pure Ice - Bikini

Acrylic Paint Used

1. Folk Art - Licorice
2. Folk Art - Wicker White

Winter/Christmas Nails: Snowflakes

I did this design rather quickly a couple days ago. I needed something to get me to the weekend. I decided to do snowflakes, because they're Christmas-y, and cute.

How to get the look, 
I painted my nails white, heavily sponged on some blue, added a layer of iridescent glitter, painted light gray snowflakes first, then went over the gray with white, leaving a very tiny gray outline to the snowflakes (i felt that would make them stand out more), then finally added small white dots in the empty areas. I also decided to add rhinestones.

Here is the design,

 

Polishes Used, 
1. Jordana - White
2. Pure Ice - Bikini
3. Shades of the Season - No Name Glitter
4 (gray and white snowflakes were painted using white and black acrylic paint)

Christmas Character Nails

I have been really busy lately, and have not been doing much nail art. However, I got back into gear, and have a couple new designs to post. The first being this Christmas character design I did about a week ago. The characters being: Santa, Rudolph, a penguin, a gingerbread man, and a snowman. I thought these were really adorable, and I loved them.

Here they are,

Let me just say, I made on change to these after I photographed them. That change was the eyes of the gingerbread man, I covered the black pupils with white. So the eyes were completely white. The black pupils were a little creepy. Haha.

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All Halloween Items 50% off at Rite Aid !

     Hey guys, got some more polish today. I had been given $5, and wanted to go spend it on more snowmen polishes. However, when I got there they were in the middle of putting all their Halloween items on clearance. They moved all the Halloween beauty products to the clearance bin. There were some pumpkin polishes (which I almost got), some Wet N' Wild Fantasy Makers stuff, and all other Halloween makeup/polish collections.

     One thing in particular caught my attention in the clearance. It was the set of five glitters by the same company that did the pumpkin polishes. They have all the glitters polishes available in the pumpkin bottles, in this set.The set was originally $5, and is now $2.50 on clearance. I thought that was an amazing deal. I got all 5 of the glitters for under the price of one pumpkin polish. Great deal. However, they do not contain as much polish as the pumpkin bottles. They only have 0.016 fluid ounces. Where as the pumpkins have 0.5 fluid ounces. I, myself, don't mind that factor, seeing as I have about 300 polishes. These mini bottles will last me quite a long time.

Here is the set, and as far as I know these are only available at Rite Aid. 

 This is a picture from a previous post of mine, where I had purchased four of the pumpkin polishes, and two of the glitters are the same as in the set, so I used this picture for the swatches. 

1. The first in the picture is a clear based polish with tiny blue and fuchsia hexagons. 
2. The second is a clear based polish with tiny purple hexagons. 

 Here are the other three polishes in the set. 

1. The first is a clear based polish. It has fine copper colored glitter, as well as copper hexagons, copper tinsel, and black tinsel. 
2. The second is also clear based. It has a ton of fine pink and silver glitter, as well as a bit larger darker pink and silver circles. 
3. The fifth and final polish has a bright pink base, and contains gorgeous iridescent hexagons, along with fine silver glitter. 

I am more than happy with this set, and now is the best time to get them. 

Holiday Lights Polishes

     I purchased another new polish today from Rite Aid, thanks to an +UP reward we received. I was going to purchase another snowman polish, and right next to the snowman display is the one for the holiday lights polishes. Which I hadn't payed attention to before because they're $5. However, something specific caught my eye in this display.

     The previous day, my sister had come home with a snowman polish, and hers was gorgeous ! I was so upset that I hadn't taken a better look at the display when I bought one. When we went back to Rite Aid today, and looked at the holiday lights polishes, I noticed something. The holiday lights polishes are the same exact polishes in the snowmen bottles ! I quickly noticed they had the same glitter one my sister had gotten in the snowmen kind. I was so happy !

     The holiday lights polishes are $5, $4 with a Rite Aid gold card. The snowmen are $3, $2.40 with Rite Aid gold card. The one I picked out, that was the same as my sisters was a clear based iridescent glitter. It had multiple shapes of glitter as well as the snowman glitter I had purchased. The link to the post about the snowman polish I picked up is here : http://nailpolishmonster.blogspot.com/2012/11/snowmen-polishes-at-rite-aid.html

     Now, let's get to the good stuff, PICTURES ! (:

^ Here you can see my sisters snowman polish, and my holiday lights polish. They're EXACTLY the same. I even looked them up, and they are in fact the same brand. Which is Blue Cross. 

^ Here is the bottle (: 

 ^ Here is the bottle again, but a better look at the glitter ! (: 

Swatches !

  ^ These swatches are 3 coats, on their own. There is no base. 

One more thing, I took a quick video of the light that is inside the cap. It lights up multiple colors. I love it !

Gradiated Dream Catcher Nails

This is my second time doing dream catcher nails ! Here is the first one I had done, just in case you're interested. 

     All day today I had been trying to figure out how I wanted to do my nails. I knew I wanted something Fall-ish. I just didn't know what design I wanted to do. I went browsing on the internet, didn't find any inspiration. So, I went looking through my previous designs, and came across the dream catcher nails posted above. I was suddenly inspired to do a new dream catcher design. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, I had no idea what colors I wanted to use. I was stuck between a few oranges. Then it hit me, use three of them in a gradient ! That is exactly what I did.

I wanted to also use some rhinestones in this design. I have so many, and hardly use them ! I picked out a red for each nail, and also added some red micro beads. 

Colors Used

1. Julep-Hayden
2. China Glaze-Peachy Keen
3. Revlon-Make Mine Mango
4. Black Acrylic Paint
5. White Acrylic Paint
6. Jordana-White

Snowmen Polishes at Rite Aid !

      So, I took a trip to Rite Aid with my dad & sister today. We went for a couple 2 liters of Pepsi, and came out with three 2 liters, and a  polish. Haha. Anyways, on our way to the checkout, I took a good look at the new displays, and on the bottom shelf I spotted a display of snowmen nail polishes ! My jaw, and heart dropped. They are so gorgeous ! I am about 99% sure that the same company that made the pumpkin polishes, made these too. They're even the same price, $3. Of course I have my 20% discount, and only paid $2.40.

     Now, back to the display. We were in kind of a hurry, so I didn't look too long at the display. However, from what I recall, I don't think there were two of the same polish. Everyone looked to be different. Don't take my word for it though. I didn't get a good look at them. My only worry about these, is that I'm hoping they restock. At my Rite Aid, when a pumpkin polish was bought, it was gone for good. They didn't restock any of those this year. Hopefully they restock the snowmen, if a lot of them sell. I am hoping to buy a ton of them. & there were around 15-20 polishes in the display. Again, don't take my word for it, didn't get a good look. I just want to get a good variety of them, and even am planning on picking some up for a friend. 

     On to my specific polish, I quickly grabbed whichever one caught my eye. It didn't matter to me which one I got, as long as it was a glitter. The one I picked up has a clear base, with multiple shapes and colors of glitter. As far as colors go I noticed a teal, red, pink, gold, and silver. Maybe there's more colors, or maybe less. Haha. As far as shapes of the glitter go I noticed holographic hexagons, shards, tinsel, and circles. Enough struggling to describe it to you. I'll just let you see it !  

They have the cutest little hat lids ! 

 This is two light coats, my camera didn't pick up any of the holographic, but it's there. 

Ghost Couple Nail Design

Here is another design for Halloween 2012, and possibly the last. Although, I think I'll squeeze in one more !

I have an awesome friend who sent me some Halloween nail stickers. She purchased them from Walmart, and they were $2 for a pack of 24 stickers. 

They are very tiny, so I painted my nails black to match the sticker backgrounds. 

I decided to do matter red glitter on all the non-sticker nails. 

I am in love with my nails right now !

Witches Brew Nails

I seen a video a few weeks ago by ArcadiaNailArt (on Youtube), and she did witches brew, and I loved it. Then, 3140babygirl (Youtube) did a video of witches brew too, inspired by ArcadiaNailArt. Seeing the design a second time just pushed me to do it. I just loved it so much ! So here is my twist on their designs. I changed the background & brew color, and added tentacles to the thumb & accent nails.

Polishes Used

1. Wet N' Wild Fast Dry - Ebony Hates Chris
2. Wet N' Wild Megalast - Bite The Bullet
3. Sally Girl - No Name (Blue)
4. Sinful Colors - Cross My Heart
5. Spoiled - Shuffle The Deck
6. Pumpkin Polish - No Name
7. Pure Ice - Wild Thing

Skeleton Tattoo Nails

   I went shopping today, at the Dollar General, and picked up some of their tattoos. (Located in the toy aisle) I bought them for my nails, they do work on nails. & I picked out the skulls for my design today. I figured it would be great for Halloween ! I only applied the tattoos to my thumbs, and painted a rib cage on my accent  nails, and bones on all the other nails.  Also, I was not able to get a good picture of them glowing in the dark :( But trust me, they glow ! 

(Apply them the same way you would on your skin)

Polish Used

1. Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud
2. Sinful Colors - Green Ocean
3. Black & Withe Acrylic Paint

Vampire Teeth French Manicure

This mani is inspired by vampires, and is another design of mine for Halloween. I think it's super cute. It has a french manicure style, but is still dark, and Halloween-ish !

Polishes Used 

1. Fantasy Makers - Once Upon a Time
2. Sinful Colors - Black on Black
3. L.A. Colors Art Deco - Red Glitter
4. White Acrylic Paint

Eyeball Nails

Here is another Halloween nail design. I wanted to do something with eyes, but I didn't want them to be too plain. So I painted them at a side angle, with the nerves still attached. I love the design so much ! 

Polish Used 

1. Sinful Colors - Amethyst 
2. DIY Glitter Polish
3. Sinful Colors - Energetic Red
4. Sinful Colors - Why Not
5. Sinful Colors - Mint Apple
6. Sinful Colors - Nirvana
7. White & Black Acrylic Paint

Cute Candy Corn Nails !

My newest Halloween nail design has a sweet theme. CANDY CORN ! I love candy corn, and wanted to come up with a cut design involving it. I didn't realize it until I was finished,  but the white and yellow should be switched around. I however, do not care enough to redo it. I still think they're cute ! 

Polishes Used

Base

1. Wet N' Wild Wild Shine - Eggplant Frost
2. Color Club - Metamorphosis (only on tips) 

Candy Corn

1. White Acrylic Paint
2. NYC - Times Square Tangerine 
3. Kleancolor - Neon Yellow

Halloween Inspired Cheetah Print Nail Design

Here is yet another Halloween design. I've missed my animal print, and I have not done cheetah in a while. So I grabbed some Halloween colors, and came up with a Halloween cheetah design. I chose to sponge on an orange, a purple, and a green. Here is the finishes result.

Polishes Used

1. Wet N' Wild Megalast - Bite The Bullet
2. Wet N' Wild Wild Shine - Sunny Side Up
3. Sinful Colors - Innocent

& I also used black acrylic paint. 

Rite Aid Pumpkin Polishes !

I have been excited for these polishes since early this year ! I couldn't wait to get my hands on some ! Today I was finally able to pick a few up. I purchased 4 of them. They're $2.99 a piece, but since I have the Rite Aid gold card, I got my 20% discount, making the new price $2.39. Isn't too bad. Anyways, I plan on getting more. These are just the ones I got today !

P.S. They don't have names !

NOTD: Jack O' Lantern Water Marble

I love water marbling, and wanted to squeeze a few of them in for Halloween. So, I decided to do one today ! I went with a jack o' lantern themed marble. Using black, orange, and green.

Polishes Used

1. Sinful Colors - Snow Me White (Base)

2. Sinful Colors - Black on Black

3. NYC - Times Square Tangerine Creme

4. OPI - Who The Shrek Are You

UPDATE on last NOTD!

So, instead of the design being all about Jack, I decided to do my other hand Sally themed. So now, the design is Jack & Sally !

Here's the full set ! 

NOTD: Jack Skellington Nails

My all time favorite movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington is also one of my favorite Disney characters. Plus, Jack & Sally are my favorite fictional couple. So, you can imagine how much I love The Nightmare Before Christmas. I thought a NBC themed design would be great for Halloween. I did Jack themed nails. 

I know they aren't perfect, but I love them regardless ! Happy Halloween ! 

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NOTD: Spider Web Nails

So, I couldn't just leave my nails plain. If you read my last post you know what I'm talking about. I decided upon spider webs, since I'm doing all Halloween designs until November. 

L.A. Colors 'Jewel Tone' (over black)

I have had a long busy weekend, and my previous design peeled off on one finger. I could not just leave my nails like that, but I was tired. Considering this, I chose something simple, yet gorgeous. What I decided to do was top a glitter polish over black, and I chose an L.A. Colors glitter. I love this look. It's gorgeous.

Polish Used 

1. Sinful Colors - Black on Black

2. L.A. Colors - Jewel Tone