NOTD: Happy Halloween (literally)

Hi y'all!

It's been a while since my last post-- I apologize. but work has been (and apparently will continue to be) very, very evil.  I believe that's why I slanted towards the sweet side of Halloween this year.

Granted I am by no means a "dark-type" in personality.  But I was willing to go a bit out there this Halloween (with my costume).  Then I did w'iddle mummies last week!

Mummie!
100% inspired by the mani the nice lady at the DMV was sporting,
when I went to renew my license. (Bad, over-processed cellphone pic.)

For the curious (and if you're reading thus far, you are =) I used the inner guts of a pen as a dotting tool for the eyes. Fitting, no?  ^_Q   

Actually this was the mani that wouldn't die.  After I got bored of the gray (China Glaze's Hunger Games Stone Cold and some corner swipes of Jordana's Bronze Fest) I took it all off and went bright orange, with Barry M Coral and L'Oreal Coral Starfish.  That accented the mummies much better (sadly, no pics, sorry).

But that wasn't my Halloween mani.  This was ^_^

31 Day Challenge - Day 28: Flag

Yeah... I didn't like how this one came out.  =(

Red ~ Claire's Stilettos

Green ~ Bettina Mojito

White ~ Essie Blanc



Inspiration: the flag of Belaruse ( Sorry Dmitry -_- )

 

I like challenge #29 though, so... tomorrow.

~*Ari

31 Day Challenge - Day 13: animal print

Hey!

This post features another first for my dotting tool & my nail art 'skills' (such as they may be). 

My Cheetah print nails:




(L-R) Essie Sand Tropez, Color Club Get A Clue, Avon Jade
with Essie Heart My JR Jewels (french tip)

31 Day Challenge - Day 11: polka dots

Hello!

For today's challenge I went with a couple of untrieds-- among them my dotting tool. 
This was my first polka dot nail art, y'all.  ;-)



OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow and Just Spotted The Lizard

31 Day Challenge - Day 4: green

Hey!

I have a personal fondness for green.  For one thing, it's my Mom's favorite color.  For another Loki, with his green and gold outfit, is all kinds of interesting in my book right now. 


Tom Hiddleston as "Loki" in The Avengers

The polish I chose for the green challenge happens to be an untried.  I got it while on vacation this summer.  As soon as I saw this bottle (in the clearance bin no less, oh K-mart thou wast epic ♥) I had visions of mermaid nails:

Maybelline Be Scene in Green

 

This is Maybelline Be Scene in Green, (2 coats, over clear basecoat and no topcoat).

 

It's simply gorgeous.  I love it.  It's a rich and complicated color. Obviously it's green but it also has micro-shimmer particles in gold and turquoise. My lame photos don't do it justice. (Must stop taking cellphone pics and bust out the real digital.)

 

NOTD - The Indie Avenger: LOKI

When it comes right down to it, a fangirl could say that's just what Loki is: he's not really a bad guy, he's just an indie! He's so much a part of the group, he-he's practically an Avenger. (Wouldn't that be something. ;-)  

This where Kawaii Nail Lacquer comes in.  For her first collection Jamie Constantino chose The Avengers as her inspiration, creating seven polishes: Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and Loki.  Much to my inner fangirl's joy, she did not leave out my favorite character of the series.

Kawaii Nail Lacquer - Loki

It would seem...

...that I have a 'buy now' button in my brain, accesible in the following way:  name your indie polish after the hottest character currently tooling around my sub-conscious...



Loki smiling... I'm in trouble now...