China Glaze It's Alive!

Good Morning Babes! It's Alive is one the polishes from China Glazes 2011 Halloween Collection, the star of the collection in my opinion. The base is a sheer shimmery muddy grass green with small and big green glitter in it. To reach opacity I needed 2 coats and the formula was no problem at all for it to be so jammed packed with glitter. I would recommend a little wait in between coats to prevent dragging, and 2 coats of SV (or a thick top coat) because it dries gritty and rough (I used 1 for the swatches but should have used 2 because it was still a little gritty).

What do you think of It's Alive? I know its been swatched by everyone but I've had it for a while and had to do it before Halloween. I Love It :)  Thanks for stopping by!

Kisses

Marketta

OPI Zom-Body To Love

Good Morning Babes and Happy Saturday! Today I have a quick post to show you Zom-Body To Love from OPI's Spookettes Collection of minis. ZBTL is a medium green glow in the dark that's sheer but buildable. In the swatches below I used 3 thin coats, but if I were going to wear it on Halloween I would go for 4 or 5. It dries a little gritty so make sure you use a light top coat if you want a smooth finish.



What do you think about ZBTL? I think its the most wearable glow in the dark, because you can actually wear it on it own if you want and it looks ok. Thanks for stopping by :)

Kisses

Marketta

Creepy Pumpkin

Good Morning Babes! So I finally got around to doing another Halloween manicure, I've just been so uninspired. Anyhoo what I have for you today is Fantasy Makers Creepy Pumpkin by Wet n Wild. Creepy Pumpkin which is actually not creepy at all, is a orange jelly base packed with orange glitter. The formula is very thick and goopy, and you will need to allow a little bit of dry time in between coats or you will have to remove and start over again because it will drag horribly. I used 3 coats and there was still some visible nail line, but with this polish I actually think it doesn't look bad. I topped it off with INM Out the Door and let it sit for about 10 minutes, and then I stamped with BM 225 with Konad special polish in black. I used Seche as my top coat and I really like how it came out. You will need to use a good top coat because it dries a little gritty.

Here's Creepy Pumpkin on its own. I actually really like this a lot despite the bad formula.

No flash

With flash

What do you think about Creepy Pumpkin? It can be found at ULTA and other places like Walgreens for $1.99. Thanks for stopping by :)


Kisses
Marketta

OPI He's My Boo

Good Morning Babes! Today I have OPI He's My Boo for today's mani. Yesterday was just a horrible swatch session, so I threw this on because I couldn't get it right. I will definitely have to make up for that today. He's My Boo is from the Spookettes mini collection, its your regular standard orange tone. This polish is a cream but the formula is very streaky and didn't even out until 3 coats. Dry time was ok but not the best, however it dried to a very glossy finish. I used a pumpkin water decal that came in the set, Nubar 2010 (this polish is thick, try very thin coats) just to see how it would look, Seche, and then I mattified it. It was very thick because I did a lot but I said I would post whether I like it or not because I'm learning as I go, so here's how it came out...


My decal has a wrinkle in it :(



With Nubar 2010



Mattified and I bumped my ring and pinkie finger

 It looked better before 2010 and matte. Eh bleh hopefully lovely things come to me when I swatch today. How do you like He's My Boo and what I experimented with it? Thanks for stopping by


Kisses
Marketta

Pumpkin Patch Manicure

Good Morning Babes :) ! This past Sunday we went to the pumpkin patch and had so much fun that I wanted to start off my Halloween mani's with something fall but still Halloween. There were pumpkins all over the place and leaves all over the ground, it was just all so pretty. I used all Bettina: Art Deco Brown, Nature Trees, Resort Sunrise, Resort Starfish, and Metallic Copper. I stamped with BM 210 and BM 224 using Konad special black polish, with Seche as my top coat. Art Deco Brown is what I used as my base, the formula is AMAZING, only took one coat to reach opacity, and dried super fast. Then I sponged (using a piece of makeup sponge) orange, yellow and green in no specific order and I didn't care if they were the exact same, I actually wanted each nail to look a little different. I used plate 210 with copper, then stamped slightly to the side using black for all fingers except for my ring/accent finger. On my ring/accent finger I used plate 224 and black. Here's how it turned out...


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And just for fun I used Essie Matte About You to see how it looked mattified. Love It!

Here's a swatch of Art Deco Brown on its own. As you can see there's a raindrop on my index finger lol, it was starting to rain but I was determined to get at least one decent picture. Below are the colors used and the pumpkin that my little monster picked out.

How do you like my pumpkin patch manicure? I think it came out ok for my first sponging attempt :) Thanks for stopping by ;-)~


Kisses

Marketta