Day Four TDoHNC: Damn, youse a sexy witch...

( Don't you think that would be a great Halloween remix for Akon and David Guetta? lol)

" I'll get you my pretties... and your little nails too!"

It's day four and I am feeling quite witchy, good thing I have the nails to match. As I alluded to yesterday, I have another shaped nail for you. This is channeling my bizarre desire to do a super trashy extreme stiletto tip nail into something good.

I started with a base of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 340 Mint Sorbet. I then painted the hats and features with Finger Paints striper in Ch-Art-coal Black.

I accented the hat with Stripe Rite White. The lips were painted with Sally Hansen Hi-Definition in DVD. I added a stroke of Nicole by OPI's Rainbow In the S-Kylie for that magic touch. For some reason these are giving me a retro vibe... I like it.

As always please enjoy and feel free to comment! Share the love with the other talented and fab ladies in the challenge...

Kelly from Tuxarina
Heather from Peace, Love, & Polish
Jennifer from Little J's Nail Corner

Stay tuned for day five... bats!

Day Three TDoHNC: Stray Cat Strut

"I got cat class and I got cat style..." 

It's day three already! So, today's nails are a bit unconventional. They are partially inspired by a post by Mr. Candiipants and also my desire to do a shaped nail. I achieved this look by adding a tip to my nail. 

I started by painting each of my nails a different color: 
Revlon 320 Graceful 
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 460 Wet Cement
Finger Paints Paper Mache
Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure 670 Midnight in NY
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 150 Sun Kissed

I added details using Stripe Rite in white and Finger Paints striper in Ch-ART-coal Black. 

I used either Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 340 Mint Sorbet or 360 Mellow Yellow on their eyes and filled in the nose and ears with Mary Kay VV22 Pink Sand/ Sable Rose. 

Overall I had a lot of fun doing these nails. You'll be seeing another shaped nail design very soon- they are a bit addictive. Please check out the blogs of the other amazing and talented participants. They are totally rocking this challenge! 

Kelly from Tuxarina

 Heather from Peace, Love, & Polish

 Jennifer from Little J's Nail Corner

Stay tuned... day four..."I'll get you my pretty.." I mean, witches!

 

(Special thanks to Kelly and Jennifer for their support and feedback! You are the best!)

Day Two TDoHNC: Ghosts of Nail Art Past

Did you see that lurking around the corner? It’s day two of the Thirteen Days of Halloween Nail Challenge.

Ghosts are next up and I had a lot of fun doing these nails. Unlike the distracted pumpkin debacle, I was focused for this theme. Jes really dug the super graphic feel of this design. It’s another one that is pretty frill free but I love it all the same.

I call it "Ghosts of Nail Art Past". This is dedicated to all the times where I threw on a couple of dots or stripes and I thought it looked awesome. It was a hot mess.

The base is a super one-coat color, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in 670 Midnight in NY (a black crème with superfine multi color glitter). I painted the ghosts on my four nails and thumb in Stripe Rite White and Finger Paints Striper in Ch-Art-Coal Black. On my thumb the grass is Revlon 571 Posh and the gravestone is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 460 Wet Cement.

Check out the other participants’ blogs they are delightfully ghoulish… if you dare!

Kelly from Tuxarina

Heather from Peace, Love, & Polish

Jennifer from Little J's Nail Corner

Stay tuned for day three...cats!

Day One TDoHNC: Disco Pumpkins out on a Monday Night

Queue the eerie fog, the cackling witch, and the howling wolves…

Thus begins the Thirteen Days of Halloween Nail Challenge!

So, its day one and pumpkins are on the menu. For a while I wanted to go crazy and do pumpkin pie nails. I think I was hungry. Then, I wanted to do a pumpkin patch. My thought there was, “ It’s just going to look like orange polka dots on a green background.”

I just stopped thinking and started painting. It’s a bit simple and straight forward, but fun all the same.

I call it “Disco Pumpkin” or " I had to do some Pumpkins Quick".

I started with a base of Finger Paints Paper Mache. I did the pumpkins in Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 150 Sun Kissed and Finger Paints Striper in Ch-Art-Coal Black. I accented the design in JENsation’s Happy Birthday and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 60 Disco Ball.

 

Please check out the other participants’ blogs. The ladies have done a spectacular job of representing the theme. 

Kelly at Tuxarina

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Jennifer at Little J's Nail Corner

 

Stay tuned for day two...ghosts!

Hot cocoa and caramel apples... ( OPI's Wooden Shoes Like to Know)

It’s been quite the week! First and foremost, my best friend, Sam, gave birth to my fabulous godson, John James. He is healthy and happy. He also totally digs his Nouna (“godmother” in Greek) already!

This week my color selection was a bit of a tribute to a throwback. I am rocking OPI gelcolor in Wooden Shoes Like to Know from the Holland collection. It’s a tone that is a nice basic with a kick. You can see a brief shine of pink and gold super fine micro glitter in this warm medium brown shade. This is as fall as hot cocoa and caramel apples!

Wooden Shoes Like To Know truly reminds me of a color I wore out back in the mid nineties in my high school days called Rum Raisin. Rum Raisin was a great shade from L’Oreal that gave super one coat coverage.

I am also excited to announce that I will be participating in The Thirteen Days of Halloween Challenge. This is the brainchild of Kelly of Tuxarina and Heather of Peace, Love and Polish. So far, Jennifer from Little J’s Nail Corner is also participating. Please check out their blogs, they are extremely talented and super fun to follow.

I am the total newbie of this bunch. I have to say my BFA in Fine Arts didn’t quite prepare me for a painting surface so small, but I am up for the challenge. Check out the prompts for the challenge below...

What polish is my pet, do you ask?

This is what happens when you use gel nail polish, you get creative when you can't change your polish for a post.

Also, Jes and I have a new addition to the family. He's an aquatic addition by the name of Helix. His color made me think of a polish I was loving a few years back. Voila! You get this post...

To me, Helix is so Sally Hansen HD Hi-Definition in 15 DVD. Love, love, love that duo-chrome glitter. Looking at it makes me wonder if anyone used a few of these Hi-Definition shades ( plus a few other things) to franken a Clarins 230 dupe.  

Not to be left out of the fun, big brother Mojo also has a shade.  I actually picked up this color because it reminded me of him. One of my favorite neutrals, it looks amazing mattified. I've also rocked it with a Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Disco Ball gradient. Without further adieu, I present Revlon's 320 Graceful.

So, what polish is your pet?

Totally "blue" me away... ( OPI's OPI Ink)

The end of September brought rain, rain, an indigo gel mani and lacquer pedi and more rain. After two weeks of pink, I totally remembered why I hadn't worn it in seven years. Not terrible, but so not Elena. I was having flashbacks of two of my fave colors: Chanel's Ciel de Nuit (Night Sky) and OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark.

 So, you can imagine my bliss when I saw OPI's OPI Ink in gelcolor. Let me tell you- f'awesome. Deep indigo jelly base with a purple blue duo chrome micro glitter. Sexy as hell. I also consider this color very professional. 

 
I wanted the same color on my toes, but alas the lacquer was nowhere to be found. I took this opportunity to get my mad scientist on and franken a coordinating shade. Mixing equal parts Color Club Electronica and OPI's Yoga-ta Get This Blue, I fashioned a pretty decent companion color. 

Later that day, I was in Target and saw the new e.l.f. cosmetics Python collection. There it was- 20417. A $2.00 dupe for OPI Ink. I grabbed it for the inevitable gel incident until I get my nails done again. To all the peeps who have complained about the "eww gross smell" of 20417, show me a nail polish that doesn't smell. 

I know I have some people checking out this blog and my only fan isn't my devoted and way cool hamster-son, Mojo. So give me some feedback as to your sexy nail shade of the fall or tell me which color just needs to go away ( in my case pink, right now). I promise I'll love you forever.