Saturday, October 13, 2012

Halloween 2012: Ghoulish Glam

Happy Saturday polished prisoners,


This week has been a mother...ah let's just leave it there.  Suffice to say I'm so thankful it's the weekend as I'm exhausted and I get a one day reprieve from the shade of it all ;) Man oh man I have been so psyched up for the manicure I'm about to show you since I saw the announcement for the Bundle Monster Fright Night Competition!  I literally thought I have to do something that leaves me gagging (um in delight not because it's gross I don't do gross...) - lol.  You can vote for my entry HERE.  Oh my a shameless plug but I do need your votes to win! In any case this was such a labor of love and evolved so slowly every nail took me forever, but it was worth it.  Now onto the art...


Lacquer Lockdown - Bundle Monster 2012, Bundle Monster, BM14, BM211, BM223, BM305, China Glaze Millennium, OPI What's With the Catittude?, Orly Velvet Rope, Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl, Orly Liquid Vinyl, IMN Northern Lights, OPI I Have A Herring Promblem, Cm Nail Art, Essie To Buy Or Not To Buy, Essie Navigate Her, Orly It's Not Rocket Science, China Glaze Near Dark, Halloween nails, Halloween nail art, Halloween 2012, nail art, freehand nail art, stamping nail art, sponging, gradient nail art


Mani-louge
Thumb: Base: Orly Liquid Vinyl stamped with Konad Special Polish in Light Green, Light Purple and Purple
Index: Base: OPI What's With The Catittude? sponged with Orly Velvet Rope and Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl and Orly Liquid Vinyl, freehand accents: Cm Nail Art Brush in Black stamped with China Glaze Millennium
Middle: Base: INM Northern Lights in Gold with OPI I Have A Herring Problem sponged with Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl and Orly Liquid Vinyl; Floral vines: Cm Nail Art Brush in Black and stamped with Konad Special Polish in Black.  Rhinestones: 1-3mm rhinestones in various colors
Ring: Base: Essie To Buy Or Not To Buy; Gradient: Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl and Orly Liquid Vinyl; Stamped: Konad Special Polish in Yellow and White; Accents (dots): Essie Blanc
Pinkie: Base: Essie Navigate Her sponged with China Glaze Near Dark and Orly It's Not Rocket Science and Liquid Vinyl; Freehand accents: Cm Nail Art Brush in Black stamped with freehand accents: Cm Nail Art Brush in Black stamped with Konad Special Polish in White
Stamping Plates: BM14, BM211, BM223, and BM305 

Lacquer Lockdown - Bundle Monster 2012, Bundle Monster, BM14, BM211, BM223, BM305, China Glaze Millennium, OPI What's With the Catittude?, Orly Velvet Rope, Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl, Orly Liquid Vinyl, IMN Northern Lights, OPI I Have A Herring Promblem, Cm Nail Art, Essie To Buy Or Not To Buy, Essie Navigate Her, Orly It's Not Rocket Science, China Glaze Near Dark, Halloween nails, Halloween nail art, Halloween 2012, nail art, freehand nail art, stamping nail art, sponging, gradient nail art


That mani-louge is something else right?  So many polishes and plates and tiny detail work.  I can't remember the last time or if I have ever done such a complicated mani before.  Every single nail was thought out and thought out again.  I wanted to create something pretty and a little spooky and of course extremely unique.  I couldn't even figure out the colorway for this mani which I usually always do before I start.  I just made it up as I went along which I have to say at least to me is so much harder to do.


Lacquer Lockdown - Bundle Monster 2012, Bundle Monster, BM14, BM211, BM223, BM305, China Glaze Millennium, OPI What's With the Catittude?, Orly Velvet Rope, Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl, Orly Liquid Vinyl, IMN Northern Lights, OPI I Have A Herring Promblem, Cm Nail Art, Essie To Buy Or Not To Buy, Essie Navigate Her, Orly It's Not Rocket Science, China Glaze Near Dark, Halloween nails, Halloween nail art, Halloween 2012, nail art, freehand nail art, stamping nail art, sponging, gradient nail art
Notice how I "snuck" some bling into this jazz hehe!

So what do you think? Once again if you like it please vote for me over on the Bundle Monster Facebook page under the Fright Night Contest here.  I'm pretty happy with the results though in all honesty I doubt I'll do a tutorial for this manicure as it'd be over 30mins long even condensed down :/  Totally worth it though since I cannot stop staring at my nails! How am I ever going to be able to take this off?  In any case thanks for reading and I'll see you next post! Toodles...

3 comments:

  1. THIS IS AWESOME !!! Well done !! Now off to vote for ya :)

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  2. These turned out gorgeous! Well worth the hard work! I love your pointer nail!

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