On Wednesdays We Wear Spooky Stuff // Halloween 2018 #3

Happy Halloween?? Ok so this isn't the spookiest nails ever done but I just wanted to wear pink man. I love pink so much and I just picked up the pale pink shade from TK Maxx the other day and I've been wanting to use it so bad. And since Halloween this year is a wednesday....

So yeah...here's some pink nails with Halloween images thrown on top...

If you really think about it though Mean Girls can be considered a horror film. A group of girls take over a high school to the point where even the teachers are scared of them and if you join them you'll lose all sense of who you used to be.........

Terrifying. Anyway, I also saw the Unicorns Dream Dust shade sat in my Nails Inc box and I haven't used it in forever and thought it would pair perfectly with Vintage Tee. I messed up the ghost stamp though when painting on the stamper so it was relegated to the little finger. I really need some better Halloween plates for next year because this one is an actual nightmare to try and use. The middle of the plate bends in slightly as well as there being a curve around the edges...I just can't get a straight scrape and it's very annoying.

But the pink saved it. I'm hoping by next year though my nail painting skills will be much better.

Polishes/Tools Used:
- Nails Inc Fashion Fix // Vintage Tee (pale baby pink)

- Nails Inc Unicorns  // Dream Dust (pink to gold shimmer)
- Born Pretty Stamping Polish // #4 (white)
- Born Pretty Stamping Polish // #3 (black)
- Revlon //  Quick Dry Top Coat
- Barry M // Matte Top Coat

- Born Pretty // Celebration BPX-L007 plate

Happy Halloween!

The Halloween Antidote // Halloween 2018 #2

Roll up, roll up for the scariest nails I've done thus far in my nail journey! I am so happy with how these turned out; even if there were a few hitches along the way. Like the last Halloween post, I had no idea where this was going; just that I wanted to use Orly The Antidote and Morgan Taylor Sweet Escape somehow.

I eventually ended up applying a base layer of Sweet Escape and then sponging on a gradient of The Antidote, Sweet Escape and Essie Roarrrange as it really is more red than orange. The Essie shade really gave it that orange pop it needed near the cuticle. I really love the sponged result, so much I stopped to take photos and you'll see that up soon as it's own post. I then added a little of The Antidote up near the cuticle and it kind of looks like blood stains dripping down; perfect.

I also like how the ghost on the pinkie looks like it's holding a walking stick and yelling "get off my lawn kids!"

The hardest part of the look was the stamping. That Born Pretty black polish can get messy but this time round my hands looked dirty from constantly having to clean the plate. The BP plate I used has some nice Halloween designs on it but near the edges the plate is slightly rounded and because of that I couldn't get a clean swipe across the design with the scraper and it took me around 20 minutes to get these images which aren't perfect but the best I could do. I think I may have to invest in some MoYou Halloween plates for next year.

But other than that I think this may be one of the best looks I've done yet. However, I'm wary about using The Antidote again. It's a beautiful shade but it stains the cuticles and skin something awful; my nails looked like they were bleeding and it took me a while and a lot of acetone to get it looking somewhat presentable. I'm hoping my new liquid latex which is on the way will help with cleanup though.

Polishes/Tools Used:

- Morgan Taylor // Sweet Escape (bright warm red)

- Essie // Roarrrange (bright orange)
- Orly Breathable Treatment + Color // The Antidote (deep plum)
- Born Pretty Stamping Polish // #3 (black)
- Revlon //  Quick Dry Top Coat (used to set ombre)
- Revlon // Colorstay Diamond Top Coat (used to set stamping design)

- Born Pretty // Celebration BPX-L007 plate

Happy Halloween!