Monday Blues & The Neverending Pile Challenge: Cygnus Skittle

Hello!

Today again we are going to stretch the boundaries of Monday Blues with a Blurple duochrome that turns red and bronze at the edges. I give you I <3 Nail Polish Cygnus Loop, which is also the most expensive untried in my pile (today's theme in The Neverending Pile Challenge):

I <3 Nail Polish Cygnus Loop

I <3 Nail Polish Cygnus Loop

I <3 Nail Polish Cygnus Loop

I <3 Nail Polish Cygnus Loop

I've been in a skittle state of mind, so I decided to skittle this lovely, inspired by the colors she flashes:

For the index finger, I stamped using MoYou London Greek Mythology collection 02, and Sally Hansen Red-io Active. For the middle finger, I added a coat of Different Dimension Penny!!!. For the pinkie, I used red and rust and orange-copper glequins, and a light purple triangle sequin. And of course, I left the ring finger plain, so the original polish could shine on through. :)

So there you go--a sexy skittle to help you through your Monday. Hope you're having a good (or at least short) one!

Hugs,
M.

An InLinkz Link-up

An InLinkz Link-up

Before & After: Mutagen Graveyard

(All products in this post were purchased with my own money.)

Hello!!

Today is one of those days when I have a deeply special polish to show you. This is I <3 NP Mutagen, one of their gorgeous new multichrome polishes; this particular one is green, blue, and purple, and even some rose gold. Here are a ridiculous number of photos, to show you all the beautiful shifts:

Something about this said Halloween to me, probably the strong purples and greens, so I decided to do a Halloween manicure with it--this was actually one of the first ones I did this year, in anticipation of the prompt theme for today, which is 'Graveyard'.

I saw a different Halloween manicure that did a cool shadow stamp technique, so I decided to try it out myself. I first stamped my tombstones with Sally Hansen Orange Impulse, and then stamped over it again with Konad white (the image is from Bunny Nails, HD03, and she has a slightly smaller version on her new plates):

Here lies Jonathan Blake

Stepped on the gas

Instead of the brake

These pictures can't capture how cool the shadow stamping looked against the multichrome in motion--I wish I'd taken a video of it. But you can see how well the colors work together, and how great this polish is for a Halloween mani. :)

Don't forget to check out the other graveyard manis below, when they get linked up. :)

Hugs and loves,
M.

(All products in this post were purchased with my own money.)

Before & After: What all the best-dressed zombies are wearing

Hello!

Fall fashions are upon us, and one of the most important fashion questions needs to be answered: what does the stylish, fashion-forward zombie wear on her nails when resting up from the pressures of brain-hunting on a lovely romantic zombie date?

Here's the perfect answer. Start with a base of Finger Paints Harvest Hues; this is a deliciously putrid shade of green that will accentuate all of those rotting tones in your skin. Next, add a coat of I <3 Nail Polish So Ghoul, and clear-based topper with pea-soup green, black, purple, and gunmetal gray-purple glitters that will help call attention to your well-earned abrasions and pus pockets:

I <3 Nail Polish So Ghoul over Finger Paints Harvest Hues, artificial light

I myself recently wore this look out to a dinner, and got nothing but compliments from my zombie girls. Unfortunately, I don't ever seem to make it through an evening without spilling something on myself when I'm eating, and tonight was no exception:

What did the zombie say to his date? 

I just love a woman with BRAAIIINS!

So take heed ladies, because that brain matter and spinal fluid stains something fierce, and is just a nightmare to get out!

Stay tuned next time for my tips on which topcoats will hold up best when ripping through flesh and pulling out entrails!

XOXO,
M.

(Stamped with Bunny Nails HD-C, Barry M Silver Foil, and Konad Red.)