Next I sponged on Julep Erica onto the tips for a little bit of fall color; then I stamped one of the French-tip skull images from Sugar Bubbles SB-008:
(1) It's Halloween time.
(2) The Walking Dead is about to start up again.
Therefore: Let there be zombies. Soon they'll be everywhere, watching you from around corners, stalking you so they can nosh on your brain...Or maybe just ringing your bell on Halloween to get some candy. You know, whichever.
I stamped with Messy Mansion Red-y Or Not, and for my finishing touch, added some spooky eyes that I bought over at Charlie's Nail Art:
Eyeballs from Charlie's Nail Art
Here's how it turned out:
Messy Mansion MM81XL over Sally Hansen Chartreuse Chase
Messy Mansion MM81XL over Sally Hansen Chartreuse Chase
Messy Mansion MM81XL over Sally Hansen Chartreuse Chase
AAAHHHRRGGGHHH!!! Okay, I don't know if that freaks you out, but it definitely freaks me out.
You can find the plate and polish in Messy Mansion's store, and you can find the eyes over at Charlie's Nail Art. If you head over there, don't forget to use my code for 10% off: LOLAM10.
The closer Halloween gets, the more you have to watch you back. Because those things that go bump in the night--their wily--they can sneak up on you before you know it...
For today's manicure, I started with a base of Zoya Liv, because I wanted a color that gave a nice contrast to creepy green zombie colors. Then I used Messy Mansion MM81XL to create two decals; I shrunk down the images of the hand and the face, and then colored them in:
What do you think? Is it spooky and goopy and gross enough?? I think this is a great mani if you want a zombie or body parts look to go with you Halloween costume. Or, even if these are your whole costume. :)
Everybody takes selfies these days. Everybody. Even people without a body.
For today's mani, I started with a base of Julip Ledi, then I stamped images from Messy Mansion MM83XL, in particular, the skeletons that I swear look like they're taking selfies:
What can I say, those skeleton guys make me smile. And I love how the reversed colors on this makes it look a bit like old-school negatives, for a little bit of a different effect. What do you think?
During my Halloween plate reviews so far, I mentioned that you can get a super-quick but still awesome Halloween mani by stamping silver webs and black spiders over a Halloween color. Today I'm going to show you two versions of this look, featuring UberChic Beauty Halloween 01 and 02.
UberChic Beauty Halloween 01 & 02 over Sassy Pants Create, stamped with Messy Mansion polishes
UberChic Beauty Halloween 01 & 02 over Sassy Pants Create, stamped with Messy Mansion polishes
For the second version, I started with a base of Wet n Wild Nuclear War. I stamped a smaller web, again using Messy Mansion Sterling. Then I stamped the same spiders with Messy Mansion Carbon:
UberChic Beauty Halloween 01 & 02 over Wet n Wild Nuclear War, stamped with Messy Mansion polishes
Which do you prefer? I like that the smaller web makes the spiders look bigger, and I love the contrast with the orange. But on the first mani I love the pop of green that gives a radioactive look, and I can't stop loving that beautiful blurple.
And, in honor of my spider mani, I share with you a poem I wrote for a spider mani three years ago:
Yes. I am in my happy place. Because Messy Mansion just released four new stamping plates. And I'm totally, completely in love, because their deliciously spooky factor is high!
I've started something new with my videos, please tell me if you like it--I made a shorter one that just shows the plates and the swatches quickly, and then my normal 'full' review which discusses how to use the plates. Here's the full version:
And here's the quick version:
Okay, let's take a look at the still shots of the plates...let's start with MM22XL:
Messy Mansion MM22XL
Messy Mansion MM22XL
Messy Mansion MM22XL
Look at the cute shapes in the word collage! A little ghost and a little tombstone, and whiskers on the word 'cat'! And the Jack Skellington-esque jack-o-lantern collage...and the Frankenstein/Alien skull collage...And spooky owls...so much fun stuff...
Then there's MM80XL:
Messy Mansion MM80XL
Messy Mansion MM80XL
Messy Mansion MM80XL
Omg, omg, omg, zombies!! And a body part collage! Yes, we've established before that while I definitely have love in my heart for whimsical Halloween stuff, I LIVE for the spooky Halloween stuff. Bloody body parts--yes please! And a layering zombie image that allows me to use my goopiest green glitter as the base for my zombie face? Sign me up. Yeeeeesssssssss. You can bet you'll be seeing nail art with this very, very soon.
And MM81XL:
Messy Mansion MM81XL
Messy Mansion MM81XL
Messy Mansion MM81XL
Whaaaattt?!?! A zombie collage?! And a zombie scene?! And retro-comic style images? And a sexy, bad-ass witch?!? Yesyesyesyesyes!
One warning on this one. The images in this collage are big, so you'll want to focus on part of them, or use the shrink technique to make them smaller. I show you the technique very quickly in the video.
And finally, MM83XL:
Messy Mansion MM83XL
Messy Mansion MM83XL
Messy Mansion MM83XL
Messy Mansion MM83XL
This one is a more traditional full-nail image plate, and there's not an image on this plate I don't adore. Those spooky trees with the spooky faces. The awesomest Halloween cats every. Menacing ghosts and skull owls, and an anarchy skull collage. That intricate web with the quilted feel--I've never seen anything like that. But my absolute favorite is the selfie-taking skulls. it doesn't get any more Halloween-cool than that.
There are lots of different sizes on these plates, so let's take a closer look:
The full-nail images on MM83XL are 3/4 of an inch wide and 1 inch long.
The collage squares on both MM80XL and MM81XL are 2 inches square.
And the collage square on MM22XL is 1.5 inch square:
So how do they stamp?
The zombie finger is a little bit smudged, but that's my fault, not the fault of the plate. The stamping quality here is crisp, clean, top-notch.
Lately I've been trying to show you a few manis that are cute and fun but super easy to create. For this mani, I started with a base of Wet n Wild Nuclear War, and awesome orange for Halloween. Then I stamped images from MM22XL and MM81XL; I stamped with Messy Mansion Carbon:
Messy Mansion MM22XL and MM81Xl over Wet n Wild Nuclear War
Messy Mansion MM22XL and MM81Xl over Wet n Wild Nuclear War
How bad-ass is that sexy witch?! And how cute is that for a fast, simple bit of stamping? Love it. :)
