Stripes a-plenty

So...after spending a few hours looking at my last mani and being unhappy with the pairing of Glitter Goblin over Bizarre Blurple I decided it had to go.  I was just going to do a plain color, no art, because I still had costumes to finish for my kiddos.  But then I ran into this post from Let Them Have Polish and knew I had to be a super huge copy cat.  I used to play roller derby and have fond memories of wearing lots of stripy socks and tights.

I used 3 shades from Sinful Colors for the base on alternating nails:  Cloud 9 (orange, right hand), Dream On (neon purple, left hand) and Irish Green (both hands).  Then I got down with the striping tape and the Wet 'N Wild Shine Black Creme.

Here are my stripes!  They're not as good as the inspiration but they'll do.  Yes, there is a huge ding on my pinky on my right hand - it was a casualty of last minute costume finishing.

Sort of Halloweenish

Halloween is my favorite holiday but for whatever reason I am having issues getting into it this year.  I bought the China Glaze Wicked polishes a little while back and have yet to use them so I did a little something today.  It's just a simple manicure but I like it.  I used Bizarre Blurple and Glitter Goblin to do simple stripes. I have to say I'm kind of disappointed in Glitter Goblin.  I don't know what it is but to me it just looks dirty and muddy.  I probably would have liked it better if the silver in it was gold instead.

Z is for Zombies

Happy Hands Nail Polish recently had Z is for Zombies in stock and I had to have some. :)  I love, love it.  I have 2 coats of it here layered over 1 coat of Zoya Yara.

Blood

I'm starting to get in the mood for Halloween, it's my favorite holiday. So yesterday I did the blood splatter nails...really, really should have taped my fingers. Such a mess but it was fun to do. Added bonus - they glow in the dark. For this I used Piggy Polish Nocture-Nail (for the glow in the dark goodness), Fingerpaints Signed in Wine, Sinful Colors White on White and my current favorite top coat Seche Vite.

Manicures of the past month.  These all looked way, way  better in person - I really, really suck at taking pictures.