Halloween Nail Art

You didn't think I'd let a holiday pass without doing some sort of nail art to commemorate it?!?

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These are my only Halloween nails I've done this year. I think it's because of my lack of stamping plates, or my obsession with fall manis, but this was all I did. It's cute and colorful so I like it, but man I've totally used these Halloween stamps before.





First off, to create these awesome stripes, I broke out my MoYou London Pro Plate 01 and used Painted Polish Midnight Mischief on the stripe image – then on the stamping head I painted the stripes using Dreamland Lacquer Plastic Pumpkin (orange), Sugar Coma (green) and Questionable Costume (purple).

After waiting a minute or two for the microglitter to dry on the stamping head, then I stamped the image on my nail (over a layer of Midnight Mischief, which I already had painted on my nails). This stamper decal method is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. I find it so much easier than using my UberChic mat, because I find decal placement and transfer to be my biggest issue.





Then I did my accent nails which truly made it halloween using my Bundle Monster BM-H08 and my Jolie Stamping polishes. Check out how awesome that green looks against the black background.



Anyway I really liked how these turned out, especially the stripes. Sorry I didn't do more fun Halloween looks this year like I have in the past. But don't you worry, November is going to be FULL of fall colors and leaves manis!

Hope you all have fabulous Fridays, and have you entered my giveaway yet?!!?

Dreamland Lacquer Outlander Collection and Halloween Polishes

Hey everyone, there is a chill in the air and its just about time to start sharing some beautiful fall polishes with you

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Today I have Dreamland Lacquer’s Fall polish collection and their Halloween Trio, both which release for preorder on September 19 at 2 p.m. CT at the Dreamland Lacquer site. The preorder will be open for 72 hours.

The first is a set of four polishes for the Outlander-themed collection. This collection retails for $11.50 each, or all for for $42.









First up is Dreamland Lacquer A Hundred and a Thousand More. The inspiration for this polish is from Claire’s wedding dress and wedding ring, named for the inscription inside the ring.

This is a lovely medium grey jelly polish with holographic glitter and flakies. This polish dries down flat and sparkles for miles and miles. This is a beautiful polish full of bling, and the inspiration behind it is charming. Opaque in two easy coats.









Next is Dreamland Lacquer Over the Sea to Sky. The fairy pools on the Isle of Skye and the Outlander theme song inspire this gorgeous polish.

This is the ultimate teal polish in my opinion. It is a teal jelly polish filled with holographic flakies – depth for days. Teal is one of my favorite polish colors so I gasped when I broke this polish out. It was opaque in two coats, but do wear a base coat, because it stained slightly without one (I was able to clean off pretty quickly though and trying again with basecoat, there was no issue).









This is Dreamland Lacquer Red Jamie, inspired by everyone’s favorite 18th century Scottish highlander, James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser.

This is a dusty muted red chestnut polish with a gorgeous linear holo finish. Dreamland makes some of the best linear holos in my opinion. Just love what Noelie can do with these polishes. I have a lot of red holos, but this one is unique in my ever-growing collection. Perfect for fall. Opaque in two easy coats, almost a one coater!









Last out of the fun Outlander Collection is Dreamland Lacquer Sassennach. Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser, 20th century English wife of Jamie Fraser, was the inspiration behind this polish.

Be still my fall-loving heart. Brown holos stole my heart last year and I am just so in love with this new brown linear holo from Noelie. This is dark and deep and has a great linear gold holo glow. Just in love with this polish. I think it might make a mean fall gradient with Red Jamie too! Opaque in two coats, almost a one coater.

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Now I have the Dreamland Lacquer Halloween Trio collection to share with you. These three polishes will retail for $10 each or the collection will be $27. They will also be available for preorder on Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. CT.











First up we have Dreamland Lacquer Plastic Pumpkin. This is a great medium orange jelly polish filled with holographic microglitter. Opaque in two coats but might want to add an extra layer of topcoat for a smooth finish.











This is Dreamland Lacquer Sugar Coma. This is a bright slime green jelly polish filled with holo microglitter. Noelie does microglitter right, it’s always super fine, but sparkles and has a lot of depth. This bright green made me think of the Moster Mash while I was playing with it! Opaque in two coats, may want to use two layers of top coat. I only used one.











Last but not least we have Dreamland Lacquer Questionable Costume. This is a beautiful medium purple jelly microglitter polish. I just love this shade of purple and paired with the other two in this trio, it could make a great Halloween mani! Opaque in two coats, may want to use two layers of top coat. I only used one.

Both sets of these polishes will be available for preorder on September 19 at 2 p.m. CT at the Dreamland Lacquer site. The preorder will be open for 72 hours.

Hope you enjoyed my swatches and fun Halloween stamping. I loved playing with these polishes, really got me in the mood for fall and Halloween. I know it’s just around the corner and it’s my favorite time of year! Which of these are making your to-buy list?!

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40 Nail Art Ideas – Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! Today I've got a fun skittle look I've been rocking all week and boy do I just love how happy and fun this look is!



I went on Pinterest and picked my favorite of all the Halloween mani tutorials out there and combined them to create this look, with holo bases of course (holo ALL the things).



So I freehanded most of this, except for the witch stamp and jack-o-lantern face, both were from Winstonia W116 plate and stamped using my favorite black stamping polish B Polished Midnight in Death Valley. In fact all the black in this mani, including the freehand, is with this awesome polish. And an extra note for you, B Polished is having a sale right now, check out my last post for details.



So for the bases I used a bunch of fun holo polishes which I'll tell you about here. The thumb is a base of Smitten Polish Cauldron Bubble, with the moon freehanded with Literary Lacquers Curious Yellow*. The index finger base is Smitten Polish Oh the Hue-Manatee* and white stripes are freehand with KBShimmer Eyes White Open, the eyes are Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Universal Loner. The middle finger is a base of Smitten Polish Poach-Busters* (LE this month, so grab it while you can!). The ring finger is a base of Elevation Polish Aconcagua. The pinky finger is a base of ILNP Paper Route, a lovely almost white holo, perfect for the skull.

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I really loved these nails, they were just different enough for me not to get bored and rock all week long! This is the most effort I put into Halloween this year for sure. We have a potluck at work today and I tried a Pinterest recipe that I think I kind of failed at but oh well. Oh and I had to show you the right hand attempt at this mani, just to keep it real and show you that not all nail art is easy. My freehand still has a long way to go!



So what are you doing for Halloween? We are headed to a coworker's house for the holiday, she lives in this wealthy enclave of town that is like THE place for Halloween. So we are going to bask in the fun, see the decorations and help pass out candy to 800 plus trick-or-treaters! Should be fun! Hope you all have a lovely holiday weekend!

Oh and don't forget to check out the other ladies of Crumpet's Nail Challenge, listed here in the inlinkz below. I'm sure they've come up with some truly creative and fun Halloween nails to browse!


   

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Simple But Creepy Halloween Nails

Hey everyone, today I've got my first Halloween look to share with you. Super simple, I just stamped some fun designs on my three center nails.



For the base of this mani I broke out Fair Maiden Polish Pretty People Taste Better, which was a part of the limited Halloween release. Good news is this polish is still available if you find it tickles your fancy!



This polish is a lovely sage green holo with a bright green shimmer. When out in the sun, I swear at some angles I saw an almost pink or nude colored glows as well.



This polish was a tad thicker in consistency than what I'm used to with Fair Maiden Polish. It applied opaque in two coats, but I found the polish did not self level too well. Top coat hides all that, but just thought I'd mention it. Thin coats with a minute or two between coats is probably the best method of application for this polish.



Now on to the art. For this look I broke out my new go-to black stamping polish. I've found a 5-Free black stamping polish that works AMAZINGLY (but more on that in an upcoming post I promise). So what is this amazing polish? It is B Polished Midnight in Death Valley – it's not too thick or thin and stamps super opaque with no nasty smell!



All the images for this nail look are from the Bundle Monster BM H-08 plate, and I thought they all went well together. Sort of like a creepy things that go bump in the night type of images!

Hope you guys are all having a great week, I'm suffering through a migraine at the moment, but I'm hoping things look up soon!