Halloween Nail Art

Hi guys! So since this IS a nail art blog, I figured id post some Halloween-related nail art every once in a while from now until Halloween:

The base color is Face the Music by Girly Bits. This is a NEON bright green jelly base with black hex and star glitters (there are no stars on my nails...I didn't fish, but if I did I'm sure I would have gotten them out no problem). When I first saw this on Jen, the Polishaholic's blog, I had to have it. It is the first polish in Girly Bits' Concert Series, where each polish is inspired by a musician/band/concert. Also, this polish glows under UV light. I actually had to wait about a month for this polish to come back into stock. 

The pointer finger has a line of clear square rhinestones. 

Middle finger is from Mash Image plate #29. 

Ring is a cross made out of black rhinestones. Note: I did not use nail glue for any of these, I put some Tough Coat on the spots the rhinestones were going to go and then another coat over. 

Pinky is a 3D star decale with black nail tape at either end. I have found nail tape to be extremely difficult to work with...and it peels/frayes within a couple of days. I don't know if ill be working with it much longer. 

Thumb is a flame design from Mash plate  #48. 

Seal with topcoat and done!

xoxo

Belle

Nautical Nonsense

Hi! Just wanted to post a quick summer-is-basically-over mani: 

The base color is Julep's Dianna, that I got in the Big Picnic Mystery Box. It's a really pretty mint green, and it goes on so nicely. I love Julep polish because they're some of the only ones I've tried that don't leave bubbles on my nails. 

The thumb is a freehand attempt to draw a...boat steering wheel? (It probably has a different name). I used a nail striping brush. I did it in gold first, but it came out terribly, so I did silver over it. The effect wound up looking pretty cool by accident. Also used a striper for the pointer finger. I've seen stripe designs like this on Pintrest, and I love how it came out. 

Middle finger is from one of the Mash image plates #32. I used China Glaze Elephant Walk to stamp with. The circle around the compass is supposed to be really thin, but it kept not coming out, so I  just went over it with a striper brush. 

For the ring finger I looked up pictures of anchors and copied it. Before each rhinestone I put a coat of Tough Coat (clear nail art polish), and I used Mash nail art tweezers. 

The pinky is white nail tape. 

This is probably the second favourite manicure I've done (next to the Egyptian one). 

In other news, be prepared for a bunch of subscription reviews and multi-chrome polish swatches (I bought like 10 multichrome polishes and subscribed to a few more nail polish boxes [my bank account is crying]). That's all for now!

xoxo,

Belle