spider on my candy corn

sorry I've been MIA for a bit. here is my latest Mani!


I have had about 3 manis since I last posed but my laptop was in the shop....
apparently Macbook pro's Media cards go bad. anyway as I have noted many times I am new to this I see soo many super cute Halloween Mani's and I am not confident enough in my skills to attempt. I do play around with a brush before I remove my polish so I am hoping to get better. not to mention having an infant makes it hard... she doesn't usually let me go for much more then 1 hour without some TLC during the day. I got the candy corn idea from my simple pleasures. I love her you tube videos and her candy corn seemed like something I could attempt to replicate.I chose to keep more white because i like how its sort of close to a french mani but with the slight edge. I also seriously wanted to Halloween it up with a spider, I also seriously need to get better with my freehand skills. at this point its my technique that needs refined. I struggle with too much polish on the brush or not enough so i end up with streaks or with globs... :(... part of it is the Matteseelite polish I used was runny as all get out. especially the yellow...

polishes used
ME- Matteseelite Neon's explosive
ME- Matteseelite Neon's caution
Kiss stripers white and black.

NYC Flat iron green

I got this for .99 at Duane Reade I usually don't go for the dark shades... mostly cuz I HATE HATE how crappy they look when they start chipping but since I am finally giving into my obsession and since I have the time to reapply and work on getting an even application I am really starting to like them. This one is almost black its such a deep green. I really like it. I stamped over it on the 3rd day with BM214 in a really super old gold in an afterthoughts bottle called gold fever. I did it cuz its old and kinda clumpy and I would probably have a mess of a time painting my whole nail with it. as it is the polish was really gel like and smeared alot... maybe its because I stink at stamping??? or maybe its the polish??? right now imma make myself feel good and say that its the polish. I am left handed and my left hand looks SH**y... ahh well I had the plain color on a bit and Ill be redoing this mani later this week. I was going for a *fall leaves look. but overall I think its a fail :(.

Wet-N Wild stamping

This is wet-n-wilds bite the bullet. its a nice neutral ish purple. I find its tone kinda boring to me.


This is my 2nd attempt at stamping. I must also note I have Swarovski stones left over from my invitations to my baby shower... ill be damned that I don't use them for something else.. they are a bit large, and since I am new to nail art I don't have different sized stones in my arsenal just yet. I also did a pedi with this same color scheme. I almost added silver to each nail but imma wait a day or two and decide if I still want to add.

the black is made with the black special polish and a black art deco. BM223 stamp plate

first ever stamping attempt

This was my first ever stamping attempt Its really off... sorry for the blurry/small pics and flooded cuticles... this was before clean up and I originally dint plan on posting... I hated this mani and eneded up changing it after about 3 days. the colors to me are too close together to really show up well. not to mention my application of the stamps were bad. OOOH I should probably also mention since I am out of work! I am using BUTT OLD nail polish... I have over 100 bottles a lot of it old I figure if it needs rescue with some thinner fine but imma try out all I have then probably buy cheap stuff.

Polish used- Victorias Secrets - crushed plum.-- this is so old this bottle is outdated by a few years I actually have a few diff colors in this bottle so im sure it will come p again as a post my mani's

stamping is just the black special polish the stamp is from some ebay site I actually forget the name but I bought it back b4 I was pregnant then out of being scared of harming my baby I rarely did manis during my pregnancy... I HAD to keep my pedis done cuz thats just nasty in the summer but I did everything as little as possible and with "friendly" polishes

owl nails

This is my first attempt at freehand and using the dotting tool. not the best but it worked somewhat. I got this from Cutepolish on you tube great way to get me back interested in nail design. and just working on my skills

polish used Sephora- Mangue- I actually really like this orange alone the application was smooth and it has a nice shine to it naturally. Its actually got me liking orange polish though I will admit after a week I was ready for a change...

accent is some old Bareielle that I have its a tiny TINY bottle that came in a 3 in one set. its actually a deep burgundy type color that almost looks brownish black when in small amounts.

white is acrylic I just find I can get a better line with acrylic I am totally new at this but I hope to stick with it enough to track my progress as well as my hair/ other crafts etc on this blog.

IM BACK!!!!

Ok, I have been MIA for 3 years.... I have moved a few times had a job that kept me mad busy and had a BABY!!.
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I want to get this all set up right and really start posting again on my hair/ makeup/ nails. I got the time now that I am once again unemployed hehe.....