Orange Windows.. or beetle wings?

Hello, Fireflies!

I have been having computer problems alllll day long, and I haven't been able to get a post up! So, here at literally the 11th hour, is a little bit of pseudo-Halloween nail art for you!

I got the idea from a NOTD post over at Nailblog.net, only she used a pastel color, and I went more Halloween with a bright orange, played by Urban Decay Bang.

I took advantage of the sale where they had a bunch of polishes for $5 - and I almost didn't get Bang, but I needed just a few more dollars to get free shipping.  Boy, am I glad I got it, because you'll see it in almost all of my Halloween nail art this year! It's a great bright pumpkin orange.

After painting all my nails with Milani Black Swift, I painted a V-gap with the Orly Point Blanche.  It's designed for French tips, so the brush is a little smaller, which is good for nail art!  I painted Bang over the white, and then capped the tips off with more of the Black Swift.

Bottle shot:  Milani Black Swift, Orly Point Blanche, and Urban Decay Bang.  Love the skulls on the top of Urban Decay bottles! So appropriate for Halloween manis.

I have a whole bunch of Halloween-y nail arts coming up for you in the following days leading up to the big day!  Are you a fan of Halloween?

Got to keep on keepin' on!

Hello, Fireflies!

Welcome to November! Time to put all the Halloween stuff away, and prepare for Turkeys.  Or, if you're influenced by all the stores, time to get ready for Christmas-y stuff.

This time of year can be tough.  For me, and many teachers, it's the last push to get through the semester before Thanksgiving break that is the hardest! So, that's one reason why I chose to put on Different Dimension Just Keep Swimming.

Not to mention, it's freaking *gorgeous*.  Supposedly, it's a close match for Enchanted Polish Marge's Blue Beehive, but I don't have that one - and it's likely I never will, given its rarity.  Don't need it, now.  Trust me, Just Keep Swimming is spectacular.

When it was time to change my mani, I thought I'd play around with some v-gap nail art.  Guess they're more like hearts, less like Vs.  First, Finger Paints Black Expressionism.

I love blue and grey together, so I thought it might be nice to use Not Too Polished Camellia, a soft, dove grey scattered holo.  It's a little translucent, so I had to use a few thick coats to get it opaque.

If I was starting this mani from scratch, I might switch the grey and blue around, so Camellia doesn't have to be so thick to cover the black. 

Bottle shot:  Different Dimension Just Keep Swimming, Finger Paints Black Expressionism, and Not Too Polished Camellia.

Do you like to play with your polish before you take it off?  Do you try stamping, or nail art?

The Dark Side Has... Unicorns?

Hello, Fireflies!

I have a treat today - it was a treat for me to wear, and I hope it will be a treat for you to see.  Holos from a new Indie - Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer.  If you aren't following Wishes of a Blue-Eyed Girl, I think you should be.  As long as you keep following me, too.  Yeah... yeah!

This is Blue-Eyed Girl The Dark Side Has Cookies, a dove-grey linear holo.  It's pretty sheer, and does remind me of wearing a holo topcoat on its own, but it's not that sheer, and it's a bit more grey.

I love grey and pink together, so I paired it with the soft jelly pink of Essie Shop Till I Drop.  This is a pretty sheer jelly, so I laid it on rather thick for this mani.

I also added some studs I received in my Winstonia July Grab Bag.  Too cute! 

Next up, an LE polish that she's no longer selling (sorry!) Elusive Unicorn.

This one is also a little sheer, but the formulas were both so nice, you could probably put on as many coats as you wanted.

I wanted a little more in-your-face pink, so I added a V-gap with LA Girl 3-D Dazzling Pink, a hot pink scattered holo.

V-gaps are pretty easy, and I could have added more definition by adding some black with a striper, or even some dots, but I loved this just as it is.

I don't normally wear tons of pink, but I enjoyed both of these looks a lot!  If you'd like more information about Wishes of a Blue-Eyed Girl, she can be found on Facebook, and her blog.

Are you thinking pink?  Or wishing like a blue-eyed girl?