Spiders! (Not scary though)

I bought this color because I saw it on someone else's blog. It is so NOT me, yet I was drawn to it. It's Orly "Nite Owl". (Also, don't look at the abundance of top coat that are in my cuticle area) I used Konad special polish in black and BM13 plate by Bundle Monster. I think it's cute and simple.

Skulls!

So I went and got a manicure. I hated the way they filed my nails. Also, why so much paint on the cuticles? Before I took this photo, I re-shaped and cleaned up the paint edges and it looks much better. The major reason I get a mani is for the cuticles to get done on my opposite hand. Really. I get them done maybe a few times a year. Anyway, onto the nails! This is OPI DS (Designer Series) "Extravagance". I used Konad special polish in white and Bundle Monster plate BM225.

Jack O' Lantern

I bought Essence nail polish for the first time the other day. This is the color "Black is Back" and it's one of the Color n Go types. I bought it to use with my Konad/Fauxnad plates since I've had a lot of streaking problems with my Konad black Special polish. I decided to try it as a full polish, not just for stamping. The coverage was nice, only needed to coats to get full coverage, but the wear was absolutely horrible. It was barely 2 days when it cracked right off....I don't mean a chip, I mean half of my thumbnail polish was gone when a hit my thumb on the counter top. My stamping left something to be desired too. I have been working a lot and have had a minimal amount of time to do my nails at all, so I apologize for my lack of flair and minimal posts, but that's how it works sometimes. This was a Halloween plate D03 that I got from Chez-Delaney. I used Konad special polish in yellow. Nice to know that the yellow is opaque enough to use over black!

Wired

I totally cheated and used my Sally Hansen strips today. These were from last year's (2011) Halloween collection that they came out with. My packages were unopened and still worked like new, so I guess these have a really good shelf life. These are called "Wired". I know it is barbed wire pattern, but it still reminds me of Frankenstein's Monster stitches.

Going batty!

I love Halloween. I also love bats! I have 6 bat tattoos on my arm. I am in the fall/Halloween spirit so I decided to do a themed mani! This is OPI "French Quarter for Your Thoughts" and Bundle Monster plates 305  and 213 with Konad black special polish. I love how they turned out except for the few streaks. Have a great few more hours of your weekend!

Under da Sea!

Although I originally wanted to use the Breast Cancer Awareness OPI color "I Think in Pink", I kept gauging it and it never dried quite right. So, I used the OPI Nicki Minaj color "Pink Friday" instead, and that seemed appropriate today :) Again, loving my water decals, I got a ton of Disney Princesses. This is Ariel (of course in the scenes where she has no voice after she signed it away to Ursula). I thought the bubbles seemed nice with the theme of "The Little Mermaid". I used Konad special polish in white with the Konad plate 16. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Playing around

I was looking for water decals and found some awesome ones online. I was playing around with Betty Boop. I love Betty Boop. The funny thing is that I wasn't sure what to do with the other nails. I didn't want to use up all of the Bettys, so I had to think up SOMETHING. :) The problem I found with the colors I chose is red is very "bleed-y" (no pun intended) and the white had pink iridescent action, which just exacerbated the bleed-y effect. Ok, so I started with a base of OPI "Alpine Snow" then a coat of OPI "Fit for a Queensland" (the one with the pink shimmer). Then the Betty Boop decal on the ring finger. I did the dots with Konad special polish in red, and used the same polish for the bows on Bundle Monster plate 317. It turned out cute, but a bit smeary. I may do this one again, but try to do it a bit cleaner. Thanks for checking in!