Glow-in-the-Dark and Halloween Costume Mani

 I was pleased with the result of this combo. I topped off a Blue Cross unnamed glow in the dark blue with Liquid Lacquer (Formerly 2Chix)- Safety Stick. There's a lot going on with this- shards and bars of black glitter, large sheer-color hex glitter, and small pieces of silver glitter. To top it all off, it glows in the dark! 

Here are a couple pictures I took of it on my phone

I used two coats of Safety Stick and dabbed it around for even coverage. This picture is with the flash.

Without the flash, you can see the smaller silver glitter. The large colored hexes in Safety Stick came right out of the bottle and there was no fishing necessary.

Here is the Blue Cross glow in the dark polish by itself. 

 This is with the flash. It was somewhat sheer and needed three coats. Blue Cross is the same brand that comes out with those seasonal Halloween pumpkin bottles, and the polishes usually don't have names.

without the flash. This polish said "Disco Lights" on the bottle and the cap lit up.

I tried to get a picture of this glowing in the dark, but it was rather difficult. In real life, this has a very vibrant glow!

For Halloween, my fiance was Dexter and I was one of his victims. I painted my nails each a different color for an added effect just like the Ice Truck Killer's victim. Here is a picture I took of it on my phone.

I decided to stick with all solid colors. Here is what I wore:

Thumb: Misa- Fire Coal

Index finger: OPI- Green-wich Village

Middle finger: Milani- Radiant in Purple

Ring finger: Covergirl- Candy Corn

Pinky: OPI- Ogre the Top Blue

I added some new polishes to my collection. This was over the past couple of weeks:

 OPI Skyfall collection magnetics!

Amy's Nail Boutique: Southwest, For Jonathan, Cherry Blossom, and a custom

 Color Club Halo Hues: top row: Blue Heaven, Cherubic, Angel Kiss

bottom row: Cloud Nine, Halo-graphic, and Harp on it. These are INTENSE holos and I cannot wait to use them. I recommend ordering them through Trans Design or seeing if a friend with a nail tech license can find them for you at a beauty supply store. Regularly priced, these are $10. They are about $7 on Trans Design.

 China Glaze Summer Neons: Hang-Ten Toes, I'm with the Lifeguard, and Ride the Waves

 China Glaze- I Herd That, ORLY- Monster Mash and Right Amount of Evil

 China Glaze Halloween Collection: Immortal, Glitter Goblin, Make a Spectacle, and Cast a Spell

New 2012 China Glaze holiday collection: Pure Joy, Glistening Snow, Pizzazz, Winter Holly, and Glitter all the Way

Misa- Embroidered Emerald

I have a special vintage gem today. This is Misa- Embroidered Emerald. It is about 11 years old. I was lucky enough to snag it in a blog sale! I don't have many Misas, but I fell in love with this one as soon as I saw pictures of it floating around in the nail blogging world.

 The color is somewhat difficult to describe. It's green shimmer floating in a dark, almost brick red base that leans towards brown. The base also sometimes looks like a plum. The shimmer looks blue in some lights and green in others.

 In natural daylight, you can see how beautiful the shimmer is!

 In indoors with the flash, this polish looks much different. You can see the dark brown of the base and the shimmer isn't as apparant. The formula on this was a little thin, so I used three thick coats in order to achieve opacity.

Indoors without the flash, it just looks like a plain brown shimmer- but it's definitely more special than that. 

There are a couple dupes to this polish. There's the coveted Urban Decay- Bruise that I do not yet own but would love to. Also in ORLY's Cosmic Fx collection released a couple years ago, Galaxy Girl has the same idea with the color, but instead of a shimmer, it's more of a glass fleck finish. MAC also makes a pigment called Blue Brown which I have that reminds me of this. I will have to add a swatch of it eventually.

OPI Call Me Gwen-Ever and Finger Paints Flecked

 For the past three days, I've been wearing OPI- Call Me Gwen-Ever topped off with Finger Paints- Flecked. Excuse the tipwear! My camera was packed up and I wasn't able to get pictures right away. Also I was doing a lot of cleaning, so that contributed to the tipwear. I now have my own porch and I can take outdoor pictures! It wasn't very sunny out today. Call Me Gwen-Ever is from the new OPI Spider Man collection that was just released in May. It is a true coral creme. The formula was great too and it only took two coats. I topped it off with two coats of Flecked. You can see the gorgeous green/purple shift. 

 Here's an indoor picture without the flash. You can really see the coral in Call Me Gwen-Ever.

I found a gem in Ashley is Polish Addicted's blog sale! Misa- Embroidered Emerald. This polish is at least 11 years old. It has green/blue duochrome in a plum base. It's so beautiful! 

Misa-Fire Coral

Over the weekend I wore Misa- Fire Coral. This is a gorgeous coral jelly. It's more opaque than most jellies, but it's not exactly a creme. It just needed two coats and the formula was really nice. I just love the way reds look on short nails! This picture is without the flash.

With the flash, you don't see as much orange. This is the first time I've worn a Misa polish, but I'm enjoying this brand so far!

Barielle- Elle's Spell and Nail Mail

I'm so glad I finally purchased Barielle- Elle's Spell. It's an AMAZING red jelly filled with flakies! I love flakies in general, but when they're suspended in a jelly, the effect is gorgeous! This is three coats. The flakies flash orange, yellow, and green.

Here you can see the shifting colors of the flakies. I've seen pictures of Elle's Spell layered over other shades, but I thought I would try wearing it by itself first. This would look pretty over a red.

I then purchased a lot of nail polish from Polish or Perish. Here is what came into the mail today:

Sinful Colors- Daddy's Girl, Dream On (the old version), and Nail Junkie. The newer version of Dream on is a neon purple. This is a neon pink/berry color. I'm not sure when the formula changed. I wasn't able to find a lot of information about it.

China Glaze- Devotion, and Misa- Fire Coral and Forbidden Lust (My first Misas!)

Eyeko- Pretty Polish and Pastel Polish and Essie- Pink is the Link (my first Essie mini!) I was excited to get the Eyeko polishes because they no longer make nail polish.

CM- Lunar Plains (First CM polish!), Sally Hansen- Lightening, and Brucci- Daniella's Curve

Unfortunately, one of my new buddies did not make the trip. Sation- Silver Glitter. I'm just thankful that it wasn't one of the more pricey brands. I'm not too upset about it. I'll probably order some Sation polishes from Trans Design eventually.