Indie InLinkz: Halloween Nail Art

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Halloween Nail Art!

It's time for another Indie InLinkz post. Indie InLinkz is a group of bloggers who do an indie-themed mani every month. This month's prompt was Halloween! I don't have too awfully many indies that are straight grey cremes so I used a couple of Girly Bits polishes in the nail art.

I used Nails Inc. The Thames as a base, Girly Bits Thump Your Melons mixed with a few other random polishes in the pumpkin for the right color and Elephant Shoe as the lighter grey in the tombstone. The rest was done with acrylic paints.


Check out the other Halloween manis below from the Indie InLinkz Gang in the links below!!

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An InLinkz Link-up

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Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin for Halloween!

I just love her names! Who wouldn't love a Slutty Pumpkin? That's actually a great name because it's a great pumpkin color with a very sexy linear holo and sexy black hex glitter pieces. I didn't have any issues with this one. The glitters came out of the bottle nicely and spread nicely on the nail. All of them laid flat and I only used one coat of Seche to make it perfectly smooth. I layered this one over Milani Brisk Orange for a base on all but the accent nail where I layered it over a plain black creme. I think the linear holo really pops over the black. This polish can definitely be worn alone and the color builds nicely in 2 to 3 coats.

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin

What do you think of this one? Perfect for Halloween! The holo does show up quite nicely even not layered over black, I just wasn't able to get any sun...which is totally weird for South Texas. But I'm not going to complain because the rain is GLORIOUS! I'd say this polish is a "don't miss" for Autumn/Halloween.


Darling Diva polishes can be purchased through her Etsy store here and retail for $8.00 - $12.00 for a full 15 ml. This one is $12.00.  Be sure and follow her on Facebook for updates, restock information, new collection announcements, etc.





*This PR Sample was provided to me for my honest review

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The Nail Junkie Halloween Line - Swatches and Review

Back again! Tonight I have a Halloween Collection for you from The Nail Junkie! (And Psssstttt - there's a giveaway link at the bottom!)

The Nail Junkie Halloween Line: Candy Corn, Black Cat,
Frankenstein and Pumpkin

As with other collections, $1 of the proceeds from the sale of each bottle goes to charity. To see which charity she chose for the Halloween Line polishes, visit her blog here. Also, with each purchase you will receive a free gift of a hand-blended Cutie Balm and felts for polish removal. Check them out here.

So lets get started with Candy Corn! Candy Corn is described by the creator as  "A 'crelly' (almost creme but jelly enough for layering) white base with matte yellow and matte orange hex glitters. Candy corn will make your nails look sweet enough to eat."  I used three coats of this one by itself and finished with one coat of Gelous. The first coat looks as if it wasn't going to be too sheer and wasn't going to apply easily but the second coat fixed it right up and I added a third layer just to get a few more glitters. The 3rd coat certainly wasn't necessary though.

The Nail Junkie Candy Corn

The Nail Junkie Candy Corn

The Nail Junkie Candy Corn

The Nail Junkie Candy Corn

 

The Nail Junkie Candy Corn

The Nail Junkie Candy Corn

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Black Cat is described by the creator as "a sheer black jelly loaded with three different sizes of black glitter and just a hint of holographic shimmer. All the black cat without the bad luck." The only thing I disagree with her on a little bit is that it's only semi-sheer to me. I used three coats alone on one finger and layered it over a base color on the rest and you can't tell which is which. I am very happy with that as sheers aren't my favorite. It is, however, sheer enough to layer one coat over a contrasting color for another great look. Check out The Nail Junkie's quick swatches of it over grey and white here. I used three coats and one coat of Poshe for the photos.

The Nail Junkie Black Cat

The Nail Junkie Black Cat

The Nail Junkie Black Cat

The Nail Junkie Black Cat

The Nail Junkie Black Cat

The Nail Junkie Black Cat

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Frankenstein is described by the creator as "a green shimmer polish with black bar and black hex glitters. This polish is meant to be reminiscent of the screws, stitches and bolts it took to put together the poor, misunderstood green monster named Frankenstein." Yep, spot on! The shimmer in this one is what really makes it, in my opinion. I didn't have any application problems with this one and used only two coats and one coat of Poshe for the photos.

The Nail Junkie Frankenstein

The Nail Junkie Frankenstein

The Nail Junkie Frankenstein

The Nail Junkie Frankenstein

The Nail Junkie Frankenstein

The Nail Junkie Frankenstein

The Nail Junkie Frankenstein

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And I've saved my favorite of the collection for last. Pumpkin! Pumpkin is described by the creator as "an orange shimmer creme base custom blended with super fine green glitter and green holographic glitters. Nothing represents Halloween more perfectly than a bright orange pumpkin." The application was dreamy on this one. Two coats with no "underwear" and one coat of Poshe made this one easily my favorite.

The Nail Junkie Pumpkin

The Nail Junkie Pumpkin

The Nail Junkie Pumpkin

The Nail Junkie Pumpkin

The Nail Junkie Pumpkin

The Nail Junkie Pumpkin

The Nail Junkie Pumpkin

The Nail Junkie Pumpkin

So what do you think of these? Do they just scream HALLOWEEN? Which is your favorite? I've already told you mine is Pumpkin. The Nail Junkie polishes, including the Halloween Line, can be purchased through her store here and retail for $10 for full 15ml bottles. Always FREE domestic shipping and $5 Flat International shipping. Remember, $1 of the proceeds from the purchase of each bottle goes to the charity she discloses in her blog here. Don't forget to follow her on Facebook here to stay up-to-date on availability, restocks, new lines, etc.

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AND EVEN BETTER NEWS!!!  She's having a giveaway of a full set of these Halloween Polishes! Click here to enter her giveaway! Ends October 6, 2012...

*These PR Samples were provided to me for my honest review.

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Thrifty Thursday! Sort of... OPI Chopsticking To My Story

I think this qualifies for a Thrifty Thursday entry because Ulta was having a 2 for $10 OPI sale on some older collection polishes. So I picked up Chopsticking to My Story, which looks like a Pumpkin Spice Latte to me! Fitting for the rare "cold front" that blew in last night. It's from the OPI Hong Kong Collection for Spring 2010.

Standard OPI creme formula, goes on great, great brush leaving no clean up necessary. This one took 3 coats rather than 2 for me to get the opacity I wanted, but certainly, less persnickity people could get by with two.

Natural lighting:

OPI Chopsticking To My Story

Artificial lighting:

OPI Chopsticking To My Story

 Truest color in natural lighting:

OPI Chopsticking To My Story

Isn't it yummy???

I don't actually drink pumpkin spice lattes - but I am having a plain ole cuppa joe and wearing my sweater and boots! (Don't get to do that very often here in extreme southern Po-Dunk.)