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

Lovely Little Things Giveaway

Lovely Little Things is having a giveaway, click here to enter. There will be 2 winners for this giveaway, and here's what you have the chance to win:

Pink Wednesday Candy Manicure

Good Morning Babes! I wanted to do something cute with a pop for today's Pink Wednesday, so I chose a candy mani that I kept going back to look at over the past couple of months. I finally did it when I realized that I actually have the same exact colors, so for my first I'm going to play it safe and try someone else's before I get creative on my own :) (I have plenty of creams, glitters, and jellies). I saw this idea here on Tara over at Nails in Nippon blog and I immediately fell in love. I used 1 coat of OPI Sparrow Me The Drama, 2 coats of OPI Teenage Dream, 1 coat of OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston, and Seche as my top coat. With base and Seche that's 5 coats, so be patient with drying even with Seche. They jelly definitely seals the deal, but it does look pretty before the jelly :)  Here's how it turned out for me:


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 If you look at the originator post you will see that it looks completely different on a different skin tones. I loved this and I didn't want to take it off, so I will definitely be re-doing this on a fun weekend :)  What do you think of how this candy manicure came out on me? Thanks for stopping by!


Kisses
Marketta

H&M Blue My Mind

So I said I was going to start doing Halloween mani's but I had to put that on a 2 day delay due to my AWESOME swap package that I received and Pink Wednesday. H&M Blue My Mind is a lovely medium toned blue that is really bright and beautiful. The brush holds a lot of polish so you will want to make sure to clear some off first. The formula was amazing and very easy to work with, and had fast dry time. I used 2 coats and Seche as my top coat. I think that next time I will use INM Out the Door instead because it did something really weird that kind of looked like it bubbled, but when I took a closer look it left some goldish brown flecks.... Idk it was weird but enough of that. The color is amazing but kind of hard to explain so I will just get to the swatches:


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The second picture actually captures the true color which is amazing! Its actually shiny on its own without the Seche. Do you see those ickey spots that got on my middle and ring finger that Seche did? I was a very unhappy camper because of that, good thing I was only swatching the color. When I wear it as a full mani I will definitely be using INM Out the Door or Nubar Diamont as my top coat. Do you like the bigger pictures? I'm trying them out while I'm working on getting better poses so you can see pictures of my nails only, and no background. So what do you think of Blue My Mind? Its officially my favorite blue!

Edit: I had to switch the photos back to large and not xlarge because they aren't compatible with my layout. When I decide to change my layout I will try the xlarge again.


Kisses
Marketta

NAIL MAIL!

So today my heart was fluttering all over the place because I got my swap package from Catharina from Nails by Catharina (Check out her blog, I love her!), all the way from Sweden. This is both of our first swaps and I love doing them and plan on doing many more and have a few in the works :) . This swap is especially special to me because I got FIVE polishes that I have been drooling over for months that aren't available in the US. Also Catharina (and Neglelakkmani) were the first blogs that I ever stumbled upon while I was googling "Perfect Pink Polish" and ever since then I have been a frequent visitor of her blog. Here's what I got:

L-R: Notoriously Beautiful, Peppermint Fusion, Blue My Mind, HK Corrall Summer, HK Pink Summer.

All are H&M polishes that aren't available here at the H&M's in the US. Blue is my most favorite color in the whole wide world and it shares that place with pink that comes in just a smidgen behind. These were the polishes on my wish list that I had the *** by it, and I got ALL the ones from H&M that I wanted (more have since been added lol, but these are to die for). I am one happy woman today :) To be seen SOON! THANKS CATHARINA!


Kisses
Marketta

The TraceFace Philes Giveaway

Today The TraceFace Philes is having her 1900th follower giveaway, and its a big giveaway! There are going to be NINE lucky winners!!!!! Click here to enter, and check out what you have a chance to win:

One person will win the Color Club Back to Boho Collection

One person will win the Color Club Foiled Collection

Four people will win Nic's Stick Rainbow's End and Silver-Ella

Three people will win a Grab Bag Polish set of 7 in assorted brands/colors

Nails by Catharina Giveaway

Today one of the first blogs that I ever followed is having a giveaway to celebrate her 200th follower - Catharina over at Nails by Catharina! This giveaway is awesome especially if you are a US resident because its opened internationally and you get goodies that we can't here! Click here to enter the giveaway. Here are the goodies:

Make up store Greta - a great silver holo. I love this.
Isadora City Khaki - a shimmer.
H&M Blue my mind - a fantastic blue creme.
Kicks Cha cha red - a red creme.
Depend 250 - a light grey creme.
Depend 252 - a glitter, bright blue.