Yoshi!

As promised, this is my homemade Halloween costume of this year.

Photo courtesy of www.fanpop.com.

I am Yoshi, and my boyfriend Andy is Mario. No...he did not ride around on me.

It took me a day to go out, buy everything, and put it together. I think it's worth it though, and it's something I won't outgrow, so if I ever get lazy when it comes to costumes, I'll be set already.

Happy Halloween everyone!

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Thanks to my sister for telling me about this!

Seeing Spots

Sorry for the missing posts the past few days. Halloween costume making took up all day yesterday. When it was time to hit the bars, I was barely finishing the costume. It turned out great though, and I'll post pictures of it tomorrow.

For today, I painted something I've been thinking about for a while. Unfortunately, it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, which I partially blame on having short nails. I also blame it on taping the wrong side of my nail. Oh well, here it is.

As you can see, it got a little blotchy at the base of my nails. I'm wishing I had just left it with the stamp, and not the additional black bottom. It was a little too ambitious.

In the picture below, you'll see my nails painted in the opposite way. The top half of my nails are adorned in black on my right hand, which looks a little more sexy. As I'm typing this, I'm favoring my right hand. If I had done it on my left hand, it would've looked better for sure. I'm not ambidextrous, but I'm working on that.

Should've wrapped those tips huh?

It still turned out okay though, I can't beat myself up too much. You're seeing Black on Black (Sinful Colors) as the stamp on top of Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri Lightening. (It actually is spelled that way...not like lightning that comes during tumultuous thunder storms.)

Overall, pretty tasty, but it looks a little too leopard print. The image on the plate (BM 211) doesn't come across that way, but it's probably the color combination that's turning it into that. Oh well, enjoy, and keep an eye out for my costume post.

Ghost Fingers

Does anyone reading this believe in ghosts? Do you think those little orbs that show up in photos are spirits trying to communicate? Do you spook yourself when the lights are off? Do you get nightmares for days after watching a scary movie?

Well try not to get nightmares after viewing these horrifying nails. Truly...terrifying.

Rotated to be upside down for better viewing. Awkard?

See? Terrifying? Not in any way adorable or cute.

For this one I used China Glaze's Secret Peri-Winkle as the base, Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri Whirlwind White for the stamp (BM plate 223), and Time Off from the Sinful Colors Nail Art brush for the outline. It was tedious to say the least. And my right hand suffered. But it's worth it, and I'm happy to share it with you all.

Who's ready for Halloween?

Don't forget...

Hey guys,

Just wanted to remind all of you sweet followers that I am offering a free custom made graphic to all new followers. I made my current blog header, and also these images shown below. (The images shown were made in Paint Shop Pro, but I can definitely recreate them now with the more advanced Photoshop. I'm still working on mastering animation in Photoshop, but if that's what you really want, let me know and I'll do my best to make it happen.

That's me on the right, from prom. Don't judge the duck face.

I used to create graphics on LiveJournal, and here is my examples page.

Wicked Witches Digits

Ding dong the paint is on! I was going through my stamping plates and realized I had a witch I wanted to use. But I didn't want to reuse orange from last manicure's palette, so I went with green. But I've never seen five witches together, have you? Witches fly solo (except the Hocus Pocus girls). So I drew motivation from my personal favorite, The Wicked Witch, and her poor, poor sister. So here it is, the witch, her socks, and those ruby red slippers.

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For the feetie fingers, I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Whirlwind White as the base. Then I taped off the top white portion of my nails and dabbed on a little Hey Sailor from China Glaze. Before I took off the tape, I put on some Mrs. Claus (also from China Glaze).  Finally I took off the tape, and SLOWLY striped on some Sinful Colors Time Off. If you're looking for a good way to get black stripes or small accents, I suggest buying this small Nail Art brush (I got mine at Rite Aid).

For the witch herself, I used some Lickety-Split Lime (from Insta-Dri) and then stamped the witch from my Bundle Monster #13 plate with Sinful Color's Black on Black.

This whole thing took me a few hours, but I love it.

Inspiration from Colourlovers

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Pumpkin Pickin'

Growing up in California both in the desert and along the coast, I didn't really get to experience seasons quite like the rest of the country. When I was younger, I lived in Utah, but I was so young that I didn't appreciate what happened right around October. All I really cared about was which kind of candy I was going to get on Halloween, and what I was going to be that year. I was Captain Jean-Luc Picard three years in a row. But I digress.

Now that I live in Colorado, I'm getting the whole fall/autumn fever that comes with the pumpkin pies and falling leaves. These leaves are right outside our yard.

Yep...they're as crunchy and fun as they look. I have tested them and approved them.

Along with this fever comes the fever for pumpkins. So some friends and I (after recovering from last night's outing to the bars) went pumpkin picking. I had to sport some appropriate nails for the occasion. Originally I wanted to do a Konad/Bundle Monster of the Jack O' Lantern stamp I have, but I don't have an orange polish that stamps really well, so I bailed on that idea. Instead, I just went with a pumpkin-y colored polish from China Glaze called Papaya Punch and some Nubar 2010.  Here's the result:

In-the-shade shot.

Pretty damn close huh?

I picked a perfectly round pumpkin at the second patch we went to. The first was so picked over only the rotting ones were left. I will give the first one some credit for being more family-fun friendly though. They had tractor rides, a corn maze (albeit a pathetic one that even my short-ass self could see over) and a petting zoo (with kittens?). Usually the petting zoo would win me over, but we already had an animal with us, so I was happy.

Hey there gold!

Who doesn't love sparkle? I do, especially after rewatching Gossip Girl.

This manicure just feels so luxurious, and I'm almost mesmerized watching myself type by all the sparkle and the contrasting black. It's fun and...well...sparkly! It's Konad's m57 plate with Sinful Color's Black on Black (again...it's the perfect black stamping polish for an unbeatable price). I layered Color Club's Gingerbread (from the Holiday 2011 collection) on top of Antiquated (from the Foiled collection).

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Doesn't this remind you of Sally Hansen's Salon Effects Misbehaved? Personally, I like this better, but I'm biased.

Pastel Blue with Gold

Late post tonight! Or...early post for the morning? I haven't decided.

I don't have a name for today's manicure, but it reminds me a lot of basically every piece of jewelry available at Urban Outfitters, Forever 21 and Anthropologie. All those pastels and golds. It's something we see everywhere, but I honestly can't remember seeing something like this one someone else's nails. I absolutely love it though. I think is my favorite manicure so far. You'll see some of its sister manicures in upcoming entries. Pastel pinks and teal will both be mixing with this gold glitter, Set the Stage, from Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear. Is it stupid that I forgot Rite Aid was a good source for the cheaper polishes (Revlon, Wet N' Wild, Sally Hansen). This XTREME polish is one that I picked up today there. XTREME!

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Seriously love that. You're looking at Savina's Light Mist under that XTREME glitter. Mmm mmm pretty!

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