Hello Kitty Halloween 2.0

Hi everyone,

Last year I did my first Halloween mani and the theme was none other than my favorite: Hello Kitty! You can check it here.So this year I had to paint her again, which I did... Not only once, but 4 times!!!

I really love how the HK turned out. But I had 2 small issues: 

1 - I chose a way too dark blue shade for the gradient (Color Club Blue-topia). The black costumes don't really stand out. Too bad!

2 - The orange paint I have didn't really give me the opaqueness I was hoping for. As you can see the pumpkin costume (on my pinky), the dark base color is kind of showing thru the paint. This brings me back to issue #1 above.

Leaving those little issues out, my HK are pretty cute, right?! ;-)

Happy Halloween to all of you!!

Thanks for reading!

Dollish Polish - "Nightmare Before Christmas" Halloween 2012 Collection [PICTURE HEAVY]

Hello my lovely readers!

Today I have some Dollish Polish Halloween polishes to show you! This is the "Nightmare Before Christmas" collection that was released last year. Since last year I was pretty busy and was hardly home, I had no time to swatch this collection back then. So I've bee waiting a whole year for this! So here we go!

First up is This is Halloween. It's a mix of orange, gold, green and black glitters in a clear base. Really perfect for halloween and fall too! The swatch below shows 2 coats of This is Halloween over Orly Black Vinyl.

I'm the Boogieman is a mix of green glitters in a shimmery green base. You could either use it on its own or layer it over another polish. The swatch below shows 2 coats of I'm the Boogieman over Kiko #268, which is a perfect match for I'm the Boogieman's green base. 

What's This? What's This? is an awesome combo of purple, green, orange, white and black glitters in a clear base. This one is very "halloweenie"! I applied 1 coat of What's This? What's This? over Kiko #356.

We're Simply Meant to Be is a mix of blue, gold, lavender, plum and black glitters in a clear base. It's such a unique mix and perfect for layering. The swatch below shows 2 coats of We're Simply Meant to Be over Essie Lapis of Luxury.

Deadly Nightshade is a mix of purple, teal and black glitters in a clear base. This one actually got me confused. All the swatches I've seen on other blogs shows a purple shimmery base, but mine was obviously clear. So I chose to layer it over a purple base polish, and the one I chose was Kiko #301.

Vampire's Coven is a mix of red and plum glitters in a sheer black base. You can apply it on its own, but I chose to apply it over Essie Carry On, which is a deep burgundy purple shade. 

Something's Up With Jack is such a fun polish! It is a mix of purple with black and white squares, bars and hexes. I applied one coat of Something's Up With Jack over OPI A Roll in the Hague.

Spectral Pup is a fine mix of orange hexes and white hexes and squares in a shimmery/iridescent base that glows in the dark! For the swatch below I applied 1 coat of Spectral Pup over OPI My Vampire is Buff. If you want the shimmery base to stand out, then a dark base would be ideal.

Here's a shot of Spectral Pup under UV light. You can see the Glow in the Dark particles in the base lighting up. 

I hope you like these beautiful and fun glitter polishes! Thanks for reading!

[Review] Born Pretty Store 5 pc Nail Art Brush Kit - Part 2

Hello again!

Last time I showed you that super nice 5pc brush kit I received from BornPrettyStore.com. Remember? If not, then just click here!

So I've been playing around with my new brushes, but I'm still not quite where I though I'd be. This one stroke technique is harder than I thought.

But anyway, I came up with some Jack-o-lantern design, since Halloween is around the corner.

For these pumpkins I used brush size 2 from the 5pc brush set. Size 2 is the smallest in the set. I started painting these pumpkins using the one stroke technique, but my paint wasn't opaque enough. I added layer over layer to achieve full opacity. This, in turn, messed up with the one stroke looks. I have no complaints about the brush. It works as it's supposed to!

This 5pc nail art brush kit can be purchased from BornPrettyStore.com and it retails for $5.68. They offer FREE WORLDWIDE shipping. If you use my code AA7J61, you'll get 7% off of your entire purchase! 

Materials used:

Color Club - Blue-topia

Acrylic Paints

*** These products were sent to me for my honest and unbiased review. ***

Hello Kitty Halloween

Hello everyone!

I know it's a bit early, but I want to share with you my first halloween nail art ever! I totally missed it last year - don't ask me why, because I can't remember what I was doing around this time last year.

My inspiration was this desktop background that Ive had for ages and always thought it'd turn into a nice nail art. Since it's not a theme that one would wear on a normal day, I had to wait until halloween.

Source: unknown

This Hello Kitty wasn't the easiest to paint, it's so small and full of tiny details for the mummy wrap. But I did my best!

The kitty head shaped moon and the spooky eyes glow in the dark!

Materials used:

OPI Into The Night (2 coats)

Acrylic Paint

China Glaze Ghoulish Glow (2 coats)

Thanks for reading!