CNT Halloween Nail Challenge: Witches

     Today in the Facebook group, Crumpet's Nail Tarts, our challenge is witches.  As with all these challenge post's I never have any idea what the heck I am going to do.  All I knew is that I wanted to use Scandalous from Revlon as the base.  Scandalous is a black base with purple hex and micro glitter.  This formula dried very fast on me and is opaque in two coats.  I am a sucker for a dark color and this seemed perfect for a Halloween mani.  I was going to use a dark purple creme for my accent nail but then figured my witch design wouldn't show well against a dark base.  Then I saw Essie's Pretty Edgy and knew that this was the perfect accent color.  A beautiful green that would be perfect for a witches face.  And the rest is history from there!

Base coat: Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Hardener

Base color: Scandalous from Revlon -2 coats

Accent color: Pretty Edgy from Essie - 2 coats

Witch colors: Lamp Black and Lemon Yellow from Artist's Loft acrylic paint

Top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat

I hope you enjoy my witch!  If you want to check out some crazy, awesome witch manis check out these ladies blogs who are also doing this challenge.

CNT Halloween Challenge Day 3: Zombies

     Today in Crumpet's Nail Tarts Halloween Challenge we are supposed to do Zombies.  Now, let me start off by saying, I am not a fan of zombies.  Don't like them, don't watch them, don't know what they look like, don't want anything to do with them.  Off to Google I went... (Does this sound familiar?  I love Google).  I searched "cute zombies" and found this image.  It was the cutest one I could find and I figured that I could re-create it.  I think I did a pretty good job.  

     After I painted Ibiza on my ring finger I painted the entire zombie in white acrylic paint so that when I added the color it would pop.  

Base coat: Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Hardener

Base color:

  accent nail: Ibiza from Zoya - 1 coat

  other nails: Night Prowl from Wet N' Wild - 2 coats - How ironic, right!  Perfect name.

Zombie attire:

  face and hand: San Tan-Tonio from O.P.I.

  brain: The One That Got Away from O.P.I. mixed with white acrylic paint

  shirt: I Need A Refresh-Mint from Wet N' Wild

  pants: Why Not from Sinful Colors

  heart: The One That Got Away from O.P.I.

  outline: Lamp Black from Artist's Loft acrylic paint

Top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat      

AND a close up of my cute little zombie...

I hope you guys like my take on the zombie mani.  If you are interested in more gorey zombies, check out the other manis from this challenge.

SassyNails NailAween Nail Art Challenge: Day 3 - Bloody Nails

     Hey everyone!  Today I am skipping MSMD Monday to get along with one of my nail art challenges.  This one is hosted by SassyNails on Facebook.  I am on day three and today's challenge was bloody nails.  Now, I'm sure you all have seen  bloody nails around, especially around this time of year, and they all seem to be the same to me.  Now this is ok but I really wanted to do something different, so I came up with this idea.

     After I painted a white base on my nails and it dried, I painted on some red acrylic paint, waited about 30 seconds for it to dry a little and then rolled my finger through it to create a bloody finger print effect.  I think that this turned out pretty cool.  I went to clean up the mani but decided it looked much bloodier if I didn't.  What do you guys think?

Base coat: Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Hardener

Base color: Superstar from Pure Ice - 2 coats

Acrylic paint: Crimson Red from Artist's Loft

Top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat

These were taken with the flash because it picked up the red the best

I hope you like these!

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AIS: Metallic Madness - Silver Sweep from Sally Hansen With Mash Plate 46

     Happy Sunday all.  I hope that you are all having a very relaxing weekend.  I am not. :-) On top of my normal 60 hour work week I added on an extra ten hours working at the fall festival yesterday and today.  Oh well.  Other than my feet hurting, I can't complain.  Made enough money to cover a bill so that is all that matters, right?!

     Today's stamping challenge in the Facebook group, Adventures In Stamping, is Metallic Madness.  Now, I don't have that many metallics so I knew that I would be stamping with Silver Sweep from the Sally Hansen Insta Dri line.  For my accent nail I also used this color.

Base coat: Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Hardener

Base color: Ibiza from Zoya - 1 coat

Accent nail and stamping color: Silver Sweep from Sally Hansen Insta Dri - 1 coat

Stamping plate: Mash 46

Top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat

Taken inside with flash

Taken inside without flash

All right, well I need to get caught up on my laundry for tomorrow since I wasn't able to get it done today.  I hope you guys enjoy this mani.

Sat-ART-day Challenge: Tarts

     Hey everyone!  Today marks the start of a new art challenge!  Debbie Crumpet, owner of the Facebook group, Crumpet's Nail Tarts, decided to start a new challenge since our summer one ended.  I only participated in a few days of the summer challenge because I joined about half way through.  I also didn't know how fun they were!  The thing I love about a group challenge is seeing the variety of nails people can come up with for one theme.

     Today's theme was... tarts.  I know, I know, right?!  What the hell!  Debbie posted this in the beginning of September, ( I think) and I brainstormed the entire month!  I almost didn't participate but I figured, what the hell, it is a challenge for a reason!  Off to google I went.  Turns out there are two definitions for a tart.  One, "a small pie containing fruit or the like,"  and two, a "prostitute or promiscuous woman. " Both definitions come from the dictionary.  So, if you're anything like me, your jaw just dropped.  You know it did.  How the hell am I supposed to draw a pastry on my nails!  I sure as hell wasn't going to put prostitutes on my nails!  Welp, I believe I solved the problem.  As soon as I was done with these, I asked my hubs what was on my nails and he guessed on the first try, so I figure they can't be that bad, right?  Hopefully you can guess as well.

If you guess strawberries, you're wrong!  They're blueberries!  I am very pleased with how this turned out and I hope that you were able to guess what they were.

Base coat: Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Hardener

Base color: Audrey from Zoya - 2 coats

French tip color: Superstar from Pure Ice

Blueberries:

 light blue - Vintage Blue from Avon

 dark blue - Why Not from Sinful Colors (both applied with a dotting tool)

  stems - Scream from Pure Ice (applied with a small brush)

Top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat

If you're curious as to how others approached this tart challenge, check out these other blogs!

Thanks for stopping by and feel free to comment! :-)