October 2014 in Review | Monthly Favorites

October was actually a pretty good month for me for several reasons. I started getting all my teeth pulled in preparation for getting dentures which in the long run will help me to feel better since I will no longer have infections in my mouth anymore. I'm excited to keep going with the process of getting myself healthier. 

Also, October was a great month for my blog. I am still not reaching the audience that I would like as I'm not sure very many people actually read my blog but as far as bettering myself as a blogger and my nail art I think I've accomplished a lot this month and I couldn't be happier. So this post is just going to be a recap of some of my favorite things that have happened here on my blog.

October was Breast Cancer Awareness month and I love how these turned out. You can find more details on this mani Here.

I also did a 13 days of Halloween Series which you can find all of those Here, but here are a few of my favorites.

These were day one of the Halloween series and probably one of my favorites. You can find the details Here

I actually surprised myself with how well these patchwork nails turned out. Find out the details on these Here

 

For the last of my monthly favorites for this post are the reason I started doing nail art in the first place. I really love how these turned out and cant believe how far I've come in 2 years since beginning this journey. You can see my progress in this post Here.

So that is my October 2014 review and monthly favorites. I'm going to try and do a post like this from now on every month. For the month of November I plan on swatching my collection along with a few fall manis and of course some Thanksgiving nails. Hope you will all join me!

13 days of Halloween | Nightmare Before Christmas

Sadly it is the last day of the 13 days of Halloween. My obsession with nail polish and nail art began 2 years ago today when I saw somewhere online that you could paint Jack Skellington on your nails. Who would have thought, Right? I had to try it out. I had about 4 bottles of nail polish and 2 striping polishes at the time. I wont scare you at the beginning of this post with a throwback picture of that failed attempt at nail art, however, I will post it at the end. I will also mention that at that time I had just found out that I had Psyriosis which had severely affected my skin especially parts of my hands. So when It comes to the last picture of this post, please excuse my skin. So lets get into day 13 with some Nightmare Before Christmas nail art.

 

 

You'll have to excuse the Sally pattern. I had taken pictures shortly before going to bed and when I had woken up the next day to start editing the pictures, they were gone. So over night Sally had gotten a little squished. :(

Items Used:

China Glaze - White on White

ELF - Dark Navy

LA Colors Rapid Dry

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints:

White

Black

Mosaic Blue

Apricot

Pink Eraser

Bright Yellow

Laguna

Now for the throwback. Please remember these were two years ago when I had NO IDEA what I was doing and looking back still have NO IDEA what I was going for. At the time I thought they were the greatest things since sliced bread. Boy was I wrong!

Looking back at this picture I would have never thought that 2 years later I would go from 4 nail polishes to over 700 nail polishes and still be doing this. You can definitely see the improvement. If I only knew then what I know now :).

Well that's it for the 13 days of Halloween series for 2014. I've had so much fun that I plan on doing it again next year. Hope you all enjoyed. Have a great and safe Halloween!

13 days of Halloween | Sugar Skulls

We've almost come to an end of the 13 days of Halloween. Its already day 12 and I have sugar skulls for you today. I will say that I wanted these to turn out differently but my mouth was in a lot of pain from having my teeth pulled only a few days before I did these. So I did my best not to mention these were my first time doing sugar skull nails.

Items Used:

China Glaze - White on White

LA Colors Rapid Dry

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints in:

Black

Apricot

Kiwi

Bimini Blue

Mosaic Blue

Fuchsia

Bright Yellow

Flower fimo slices

Tomorrow is the last day of the 13 days of Halloween and then its off to Fall nail art. I'll see you back tomorrow with the final Halloween design.

13 days of Halloween | Horror Movies!

I love horror movies so I had to do some horror movie monster nails for day 11 of the 13 days of Halloween. I have monsters from 4 different movies and I love how these turned out. I was sad to take them off.

Items Used:

Index Finger (Sam from Trick R Treat)

ELF - Smokey Brown

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints in Black, Nutmeg Brown and Pewter Grey

Middle Finger (Jason from Friday the 13th)

China Glaze - White on White

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Black

 

Ring Finger (Jigsaw from Saw)

China Glaze - White on White

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Flag Red, Black and White

 

Pinky Finger (Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street)

Sinful Colors - All About You

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Flag Red and Lite Mocha

 

Pure Ice - Siren was used for the blood splatter

LA Colors Rapid Dry

 

 

2 days left until Halloween. What are your costume or nail art ideas for Halloween?

13 days of Halloween | Skull & Crossbones

Its day 10 of the 13 days of Halloween already. I'm getting sad that its almost over. For today I have Skull & Crossbones. I actually went a little girly and glittery for these.

Items Used:

Sinful Colors - Silver Screen

Sinful Colors - Fantasy

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints in Black, White and Fuchsia

LA Colors Rapid Dry

Only 3 more days until Halloween. Stay tuned for more.

13 days of Halloween | Zombies

For day 9 of the 13 days of Halloween I have Zombies. I had originally planned on doing a Halloween watermarble but didnt feel up to it, so I decided to go with some Zombies. It also gave me the opportunity to use an untried indie polish which I am in love with. So here are my zombies.

Items Used:

Sinful Colors - Beau Khaki
Polish Addict Nail Color - Zombie Love
Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint - Black and Flag Red

The Polish Addict Nail Color glows in the dark but my camera sucks so it wont pick it up, but let me tell you. It glows amazingly!

Were almost to the end of the 13 days of Halloween Series. Stay tuned for the final days.

13 days of Halloween | Monsters

Today's post for the 13 days of Halloween is actually 4 nail art ideas in one. Sometimes you can just never decided on one thing to do, so why not choose them all. Its day 8 and I have monsters for you.

We have Frankenstein, a Vampire, Frankenstein's wife, and a Mummy.

Items Used:

Wet N Wild - Ghoul time

China Glaze - White on White

LA Colors - Whipped

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints - Black, White, Fuchsia

LA Colors Rapid Dry

How cute is Frankenstein's wife with her little bow. Of course I had to add a cute factor to all those monsters. Stay tuned for the rest of the 13 days of Halloween.

13 days of Halloween | Candy Corn

I decided to go with something rather simple for day 7 of the 13 days of Halloween. Today we have candy corns. I went with candy corn for the simple fact that I have not done them before and I love doing gradients. Not to mention, who can go without candy corn around Halloween?

 

Items Used:

China Glaze - White on White

Pure Ice - Drive me Crazy

Pure Ice - Showstopper

LA Colors Rapid Dry

We are halfway through the 13 days of Halloween. Who's still with me, there is plenty more to come.

13 days of Halloween | Patchwork/Stitches

Day 6 of the 13 days of Halloween is one of my favorites so far. These were inspired by The Nailasaurus which I found on Pinterest Here. I love the color combination so I decided to recreate them.

Items Used:

China Glaze - White on White

Wet N Wild - Stand the Test of Lime

Wet N Wild - Who is Ultra Violet

Pure Ice - Drive me Crazy

Apple Barrel Black Acrylic Paint

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat

There is still more 13 days of Halloween to come. Hope you are enjoying them.

13 days of Halloween | Haunted House

Have you ever been to a haunted house at Halloween time. Last time I went to one, I got the (insert your own word here) scared out of me. Don't get me wrong, I love all things horror, but there is something about a man running after you with a chainsaw after you have already watched way to many scary movies and crime shows that just doesn't sit well with me. Feel free to tell your haunted house stories in the comments below.

Items Used:

Pure Ice - Kiss Me Here

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints in Black and Bright Yellow

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat


I have entered these into a Pure Ice contest, so if you wouldn't mind clicking the link and voting I would appreciate it. You can vote Here

More 13 days of Halloween to come.

13 days of Halloween | Spider Webs

Its day 4 of the 13 days of Halloween and today's theme is Spider Webs. I've done spider webs before and loved doing them. They are so easy and fun to do and you can add so many things including spiders, dew drops or anything you would find in a spiders web.

Items Used:

Wet N Wild - Black Creme

Sinful Colors - Pumpkin Spice

Wet N Wild - Matte Top Coat

Apple Barrel White and Black Acrylic Paint

There's still more 13 days of Halloween to come so stick around.

13 days of Halloween | Blood Splatter

For day 3 of the 13 days of Halloween I decided to go with blood splatter. I did blood splatter and paint splatter some time last year and had a lot of fun with it, so I figured I would give it a go again. If you haven't tried paint/blood splatter you should definitely give it a try. Last year when I did blood splatter, I had left all the excess nail polish on my skin to give it a more realistic feel. Kind of a bad idea depending on the polish you used. After leaving it on last years design, when I went to take it off....It had stained my skin. Big Uh Oh. So i decided against it this time.

Items Used:

China Glaze - White on White

Pure Ice - Siren

Topped with LA Colors Rapid Dry

Stay tuned for the rest of the 13 days of Halloween.

13 days of Halloween | Pumpkin Nail Art

October is my favorite month since my favorite holiday falls during the month. Halloween has always been a fun time for me. I've always loved dressing up as a kid and now having two 8 years olds I get to dress them up and take them out for a fun time. I started doing nail art 2 years ago this October. So you could say that is where my obsession started, with the Jack Skellington nails I had done. They turned out awful so I plan on redoing them this year. My sister and I sat down the other day and came up with 13 different nail art ideas to bring you for my 13 days of Halloween.

So to get started I have decided to go with pumpkins for day one.

Products Used:

LA Colors base coat
Kleancolor - Madly Black
Sinful Colors - Black Magic

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints:
Jack O Lantern
Harvest Orange
Lime Tree
Black

Topped with LA Colors Rapid Dry

Stay tuned for the rest of the 13 days of Halloween.



Zombie Halloween Inspired Water Marble

Here is the first of many Halloween inspired water marble/nail art. This one reminds me of zombies, disease...Better yet, have you seen the movie Chernobyl Diaries. Lets cross that with The Walking Dead. This SUNDAY is the premiere of The Walking Dead. Who else is with me with excitement!!! Anyways, On to the nails.

I used colors that were suggested by Katherine over at Rambles of a Polish Addict. She gave me quite a few colors but I was having trouble with them drying so I chose a few. I went with green, red and black. I did have a little frustration with these. The middle 2 nails were done 3 days before the other two, and the color difference kinda upset me.

Polishes used:

Pure Ice- Black Out

Wet N Wild Wild Shine-Stand the test of lime (Pop Art Collection)

Wet N Wild-Red Red

Black acrylic paint

Glossy Glam Top Coat

I hope you've enjoyed these and stay tuned for more Halloween water marble and nail art.

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See you next time!!!!