Dixie Plates Halloween 2017!

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Hello!

Today we're gonna take a look at this year's Halloween plate from Dixie Plates, Halloween 2017--here's my video review of it, along with DP 05, the Halloween plate from last year:

Le'ts take a closer look at the plate:

Dixie Plates Halloween 2017

What I love best about this plate: OMG, where do I start?! The negative space eyeballs, dancing skeletons, the skeleton hands, I have nothing like those and I am sooo excited to use them. But I think the every best part is the bottom of the plate, which is like a build-your-own scary costume accessory for any look that involves slashes gashes or drips of blood, pus, and gore. So whether you're going as a zombie or a vampire or a crazy asylum inmate, your nails can have the appropriate damage and gore. LOVE.


The full nail images are 2.1 x 2.5cm, and here's a shot with a ruler along the bottom so you can judge the size of those images:

How about quality? These swatches are done with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Grease Lightening and a clear stamper:

 

Great detail in the fine lines and great large, solid areas. Top-notch, my friends.


For my first mani, I had to test out the build-your-own-gore look, because I'll be doing a zombie scare for my trick-or-treaters this year, and plan on being a zombie ring-master. So, I started with a base of Zoya Darcy on my accent nai, and Scout on the rest. I saran-wrapped Zoya Dree over Scout, and then stamped my images with Messy Mansion, Carbon, Ivy, and Spring Green. Finally, I sponged a mixture of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Grease Lightening and Messy Mansion carbon around the edges of the nails to make them look like they'd been clawing dirt:

Dixie Plates Halloween 2017 over Zoya Darcy, Scout, and Dree

Dixie Plates Halloween 2017 over Zoya Darcy, Scout, and Dree

I love how this look came out, and I absolutely am going to redo it for Halloween night!


For my second mani, I couldn't resist playing with the skeleton hand image, and I'm currently obsessed with Dixie Plates Marbled 01, so I thought I'd add that in for a cool skittle mani. I started with a base of Sally Hansen Blacky O and Moonflower Polish Atardecer en el Morro (a stamping polish formulated for use as a regular polish, as well). Then I stamped using Messy Mansion Carbon, Chalk, and Moonflower Polish Atardecer en el Morrow. Then, for the first version, I added a skeleton hand charm from Charlie's Nail Art that I've been dying to use:

Dixie Plates Halloween 2017 over Sally Hansen Blacky O and Moonflower Polish Atardecer en el Morro

Dixie Plates Halloween 2017 over Sally Hansen Blacky O and Moonflower Polish Atardecer en el Morro

For my second version, I stamped one of the claws on the index finger in place of the charm:

Dixie Plates Halloween 2017 over Sally Hansen Blacky O and Moonflower Polish Atardecer en el Morro

Dixie Plates Halloween 2017 over Sally Hansen Blacky O and Moonflower Polish Atardecer en el Morro

Which do you like better, with the charm or without? I can't decide...Either way, I put together a video tutorial so you can get the look yourself:

If you're in the US or Canada, you can find this plate at Lantern & Wren, and if you're in the UK, you can find it at Nail Stamping Queen UK. For other locations, check the Dixie Plates site for suppliers who ship to you. You can also stalk Dixie Plates around the interwebs here:

Dixie Plates Facebook Fangroup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/461694520667496/

Dixie Plates on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dixie_plates/

Happy spooky stamping!
M. xoxo