My favorite Halloween manis from 2014

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Hello!

Most people are not super-duper-cray-cray about Halloween the way I am, so you're probably just now picking out what you want to wear on your nails for Halloween week (Halloween day?). I thought I'd do a compilation of my favorite Halloween manis from the past years. Today I'm focusing on last year's manicures. For each I'm including a link to the original post, and a quick list of plates and polishes in case you want to recreate the look.


Freshly Dead

Freshly Dead (click here for original post)

Polish(s): Color Club Look Don't Tusk, Barielle Miami Heat, Barielle Pillow Talk
Plate(s): MoYou London Gothic 04
Stamping polish(es): Konad Black



Spooky Punikens

Spooky Punikens (Click here for original post)

Polish(s): LynBDesigns Do I Look Like A Frolicker, Nfu-Oh 51 
Plate(s): Bunny Nails HD-D
Stamping polish(es): Konad Black



Halloween Poem

Halloween Poem (click here for original post)

Polish(s): Color Club Look Don't Tusk
Plate(s): Stampaholic ST02
Stamping polish(es): Sally Hansen Orange Impulse, Konad Black



This Is Halloween

This Is Halloween (click here for original post)

This Is Halloween (click here for original post)

This Is Halloween (click here for original post)

Polish(s): The Lady Varnishes & Sweetheart Polish Grim Grinning Ghosts duo (still available!)
Plate(s): MoYou London Gothic 01
Stamping polish(es): Konad Black, Konad White

Spider Juggling

Spider Juggling (click here for original post)

Polish(s): Barielle Soho At Night
Plate(s): MoYou London Gothic 04
Stamping polish(es): Sally Hansen Lively Lilac, Barry M Silver Foil


Can Anyone Give Me A Hand?

Plate(s): Bundle Monster H08, Bunny Nails HD-C
Stamping polish(es): Sally Hansen Lightning, China Glaze Grape Pop



Stripey Skulls

Stripey Skulls (click here for original post)

Polish(s): Barielle Moda Bleu
Plate(s): Cici&Sisi plate 18, Bunny Nails HD-C
Stamping polish(es): Sally Hansen Brisk Blue, Konad White



Great Night For A Broom Flight

Great Night For A Broom Flight (Click here for original post)

Polish(s): Orly Beautiful Disaster, LynBDesigns This Is Halloween
Plate(s): Bunny Nails HD-C and HD-D
Stamping polish(es): Konad Black, Konad White, Pure Ice Silver Mercedes




The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead (Click for original post)

Polish(s): Lucky 13 Fool Of A Took
Plate(s): Bunny Nails HD-C
Stamping polish(es): Konad Black

NOTD: Whimsical Halloween Poem mani with Stampaholics ST02

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Hello!

I have a quickie NOTD to show you; it's the sort of Halloween manicure suitable for children's parties and more whimsical (rather than spooky) events. :)

Today's theme in the Challenge Your Nail Art Halloween challenge is to use classic orange and black for a mani, so here goes!

I started with a base of Color Club Look Don't Tusk. Then I stamped on it using Stampaholic ST02 (you can see my review of the plate here); I used Sally Hansen Orange Impulse for the images, and Konad black for the words:

I think it's sweet and captures the fun of the season. I hope you do too! :)

Halloween hugs,
M.

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Review and Before & After: Halloween Nails with Stampaholics ST02

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Hello!

Fall is here and one of my favorite holidays is right around the corner--that's right, it's almost Halloween time!! To be sure you have time to get your hands on it in time for Halloween, I'm going to review a super spooky plate that will allow you to spookify your nails for whatever Halloween get-together you have on the books. :)

Today I'm gonna show you Stampaholics ST02, one of many cool plates you can find in the Stampaholics store. First let's take a gander at the plate:

Stampaholics ST02

The plate comes packaged in its own little cellophane package, with blue film to protect it. There's a little something for everyone; if you just want something a little fun, say you want a cute look for your child's Halloween party, there's a sweet little trick-or-treating ghost, some bats, a happy witch flying through the air. There's jack-o-lanterns, a haunted house scene, a fun pumpkin with pretty swirls. And if you're a little more twisted, like me, there's a scary body hanging in a graveyard--muah hah haaaahhhaaahhhhh!!

Can you guess what I used?

For the base of my manicure, I chose China Glaze Stoked To Be Soaked, a bright orange creme that I think is a perfect shade for Halloween:

China Glaze Stoked To Be Soaked

Then I stamped the graveyard scene in Konad black; I stamped the tree portion on my ring finger, and the graveyard over the other fingers. I picked up the bat and moon from the top of the haunted house image to put on the top of the middle finger, and then the smallest bat of the bat trio for my pinky:

A walk among the tombscene

Yep, it's a little gory, it's a little gruesome, it's a little scary, but hey! It's Halloween!! You gotta roll like that on Halloween!!

So what do you think? Are you into Halloween? Which image on the plate is your favorite?

Hugs,

M.