Well, I lied. To myself, and to everyone else.

Well, I lied.  To myself, and to everyone else.

One last set of Halloween nails.

I started the month off with Jack and felt it was only fitting to end with Sally.

What I really love is that she's not necessarily done in Halloween colors.  I like these colors together, actually.  🙂  I think it's really pretty.

Happy Halloween!  😃

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Research plates;
Stamping and Dotting techniques

These are the last Halloween nails I'm doing this year.

These are the last Halloween nails I'm doing this year. I can't wait to take them off. I'm ready for something new. And I just did these last night!

I don't think I've ever seen an M&M the color of my ring finger, but they should TOTALLY make that. Who doesn't want booger colored candy on Halloween? And Shaun tried to convince me to go with a red base on my pointer finger, but I was afraid that would look too much like Christmas. So, since purple and green are the other two Halloween colors (in my head, anyway) it is what it is.

I think they are pretty cute, but I am honestly kind of burnt out on Halloween. Maybe I won't do the whole month next year. LOL

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I do NOT like these.

I do NOT like these.

But, I felt that they needed to be done. So there ya go. LOL

Various polishes;
Research plates;
Stamping and Layered Stamping techniques

I've had a lazy nail week.

I've had a lazy nail week. This one was from the other day, and I'm just now posting it.

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Stamping technique

Bewitching Nails!

Bewitching Nails! LOL

So... I have some pretty sad news. I spilled the crap out of my black stamping polish, so I had to order another. It was all I could do to get my designs to stamp as well as they did here and as you can see it wasn't that great. Too many little empty spots for me to be really happy with these.

Anyway, it should be here in a few days. Yay for that!

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Stamping and Taping techniques

I went into a Sally's...

I went into a Sally's and they had some CG Hologlam's on clearance.  Woohoo!  Nancy Pants, I had a Hologlam to send to you... I just ruined your surprise.  But when I went to pack it up the other day, it had leaked mostly out and was all dried up.  I don't know what happened, but I wasn't going to send it to you like that.  So now I got one to replace it.  I will mail it soon!  😃

So in Sally's the girl working complimented my nails and that made me feel awesome.

THEN, we went to Ulta.  Fuck yeah for nail polish!  I got two Layla's and a Zoya.  My first polishes of both of those brands.  They are not very Halloween-y, so I probably won't get to wear them anytime this month.  But, the two Layla's were on clearance PLUS I had a coupon, so that was awesome.  I've had a good nail polish day.  I don't even think I mentioned that we went also into the Sally's near Baja earlier today or that Shaun got a hand full of crackles at Big Lots.  Yeah... we might have a problem.  LOL

Anyway, anyone care to guess what I am about to go do?  😛

So... these are the nails that I tried a new thing with.

So... these are the nails that I tried a new thing with. I think they turned out pretty cute. Not bad for a first attempt at anything. 😃

So the new thing, if you can't tell, is that the patchwork stamping is colored in. Normally, it would just be the black outline. I could have done all of the voodoo dolls, but that was more work than I wanted to do. It honestly didn't even cross my mind. I had it in my head that I wanted colored patches, and that's exactly what I did. Maybe I was a bit too focused. LOL

Basically, you can make your own nail decals with nail polish, some stamping plates, a stamper and some PATIENCE. You pick up the nail design as usual, but instead of transferring it directly to the nail, you paint it in with whatever color or colors you want to use. Topcoat it and let it dry, while still on the stamper. After a while, you can peel it off, then topcoat your nails and let dry until tacky. Stick your polish image down and topcoat some more.

I almost jacked my thumb up, as you can probably tell from the bubbles. They didn't bother me so much that I had to take it off and start over, though. They are barely visible unless I'm looking for them.

So, this opens up some doors for more cool things to do when stamping. It's just kind of tedious and you have to be really patient and slow. I don't know that I'll be doing it often, but maybe for accents once in a while.

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Stamping and Stamping Decal techniques

I just finished doing my nails...

I just finished doing my nails... Unfortunately, my little cemetery scene didn't last. 🙁 I doubt that these are visually as interesting, but I got to try out a new technique where you make your own decals with the stamper and some nail polish. I am pretty psyched that I got it to work and I'm really excited to do it again with some of my other images. That opens up a lot of possibilities. 😃

Photo tomorrow! 😉

Cutesy Creepy Cemetery Nails! 😃

Cutesy Creepy Cemetery Nails! 😃

I really like these. I should - it took me HOURS to figure out what I was going to do. Getting it done wasn't as bad, but decisions are hard. LOL

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Dotting and Freehand techniques

My version of Jack Skellington nails. 🙂

Thought I would start October off right. My version of Jack Skellington nails. 🙂

I think I'm going to try to do Halloween-themed all month. We shall see if I run out of ideas. 😃

My stamping polish is almost gone and dry, hence the less-than-perfect transfer of Jack's face. Still love it, though!

Black and White polishes;
Striping Tape from BornPretty;
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Stamping and Taping techniques