NEW Crumpets Nail Art Challenge; Halloween in the Wrong Colours

For this weeks Crumpets Nail Art Challenge, the prompt is Halloween in the wrong colours; here's what I came up with!

I've been wanting to wear Colors by llarowe Lotus as soon as I got it but because I was late in getting it and by the time I did, I was wearing fall colours and doing Halloween nails, I thought now would be a great time to finally put it on my nails.  This is two coats, no top coat.  

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  The top coat really makes this beauty shine and enhances the ever so delicate shimmer!

Added stripes using Delaney Linges & Traits.  I tried several clear stampers but any of the squishy or semi squishy make wiggly lines so found that the Original Clear Jelly Stamper - second version, worked well to keep the lines straight.  Of course, even with a clear jelly stamper, I messed up on placement, so pinky isn't the best. But I had already stamped some of these so many times trying to figure out which clear stamper wouldn't stamp wiggly lines, so decided to live with it.  Middle image is from Apipila Super Place F; used FunkyFingers Gesso.

Topcoat ed with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  I really liked the look of this mani at this point but it didn't look very Halloween-y to me, so I decided to do some more stamping.  Wasn't the best decision, but it is what it is.

Apipila Super Placa F

Delaney Linges & Traits

Stamped using MdU 60 using images from Marianne Nails n.117 (pinky and thumb), Marianne Nails n.61 (middle) and SPH-008 (index), then shadow stamped using same images using MdU 2.  Added dots to skull eyes on ring finger then topped everything with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.  I didn't take pix of just the single stamping with the MdU 60 as I wasn't quite sure I could shadow stamp these well enough to share as my shadow stamping skills just aren't the best.  Still need some practise but I guess they could be worse lol!  

SPH-008

Marianne Nails n.117

Here's the other ladies Halloween in wrong colour mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Birthdays; October 2016!

It's Digit-al Dozen Birthday time; this month, we're celebrating Amber from Nails Like Lace's birthday which was a couple weeks ago!  Happy belated Birthday, Amber!  For each birthday post, the birthday girl picks an inspirational photo and the members do mani's based on the pix she chose.  Based on Amber's pick of Unicorn Wood, this is what I came up with!

This is the inspirational photo, aptly titled Unicorn Wood!

To create the effect, I did blobs of polishes in what I hoped would be close colours on a sponge.  Used Essie I'm Addicted, Essie Castaway, Essie High Class Affair and Essie Sittin' Pretty. 

Applied one thin coat of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls as a base.  Then repetitively pressed my nail into the sponge hoping to hit the same spot pretty much until the colours where dark enough.  I did these nails first thing this morning and apparently I was still sleeping as I forgot to apply liquid latex!

Cleaned up as best as I could.

Added a coat of magical unicorn dust aka I Love Nail Polish My Private Rainbow (Scattered).

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

I made a stamper decal using an image from BM XL214 and the same polishes; white is acrylic paint. (Edit from original post to add:  This image was double stamped; first with Uber Chic Luxe stamper to shrink, then onto a stamper to make a stamper decal.  This is why the image is reversed from the original image.)

Applied the decal.

Using the same image as the unicorn, stamped on star background by double and triple stamping as needed using GirlyBits clear jelly stamper.

Bundle Monster BM-XL214

Added unicorns from Nailways Darker Period Fairy Tails using FunkyFingers Dark Knight.  (I could not for the life of me get one. single. clear. jelly. stamper. to stamp these images thankfully I was able to use my regular go to FAB UR Nails semi-squishy and place the images decently.  But it so annoying when the clear jelly stampers don't work well!)

Finished the mani off with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Here's the other ladies birthday nails!

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Thanks for looking!

The Upsidedown by CANVAS lacquer

Thank you to CANVAS lacquer who sent their new The Upside Down collection for review!  While it was hard to pick which one to wear first, I ultimately decided to wear The Upsidedown by CANVAS lacquer** first that I turned into a scary Halloween mani!  



Scary Halloween nails!



Started with a base of two coats of The Upsidedown by CANVASlacquer.  This is shown with no top coat. Two coats gave opaque coverage; there were no application, formula or brush issues.



The Upsidedown by CANVAS lacquer is described as "a black jelly base, sparkling with holographic shimmer and gunmetal holographic hexes".



Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.



For nail art, the very first thing that came to mind was galaxy nails!  But with Halloween around the corner, decided to do galaxy nails another time and turned the broody base into Halloween nails!  Stamped using FAB UR Nails red using images from Delaney Halloween A002 (middle, ring and thumb), Bunny Nails HD-C (thumb) and Sugar Bubbles SB001 (pinky).



Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  Love how this turned out and love the sparkly base with just the right amount of holo and glitter to make it interesting for stamping....or all on its own if you don't do nail art!



But as much as I loved how this turned out, I decided to do some double stamping and turn this into A Nightmare on Elm Street scary nails!  Added images from ZZ Scream (thumb), Delaney Halloween 001 (middle) and Sugar Bubbles 001 (ring) using FunkyFingers Gesso.



ZZ Scream.



Topped it off with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.



Does anyone want to buy a set of press on nails???  Joking!  I used one coat of UNT peeloff base and these nails came off perfectly!



I'll be sharing the rest of The Upside Down by CANVAS lacquer collection over the next few posts!  Thank you again Alana and Lan for thinking of me to swatch and share your collection!

The Upsidedown by CANVAS lacquer and other CANVAS lacquer polishes are available via their Etsy shop here!

Thanks for looking!

**polish provided for review; please see disclosure policy