Really Fun Halloween Manicure

When consulting about what to put on next I suggested to MDAMO that he keep in mind that it's Halloween. I love Halloween. I do. I love the idea of the spirits coming back to have one hell of a bash once a year. I love the pumpkins and the black cats. I just wish I could find that Ouija board necklace to mess with the people at work who would probably crank up the gospel and form a prayer circle to save my damned immortal soul. **massive eye rolling**

I might know where it is....

MDAMO said what kind of oranges do you have? I want ORANGE. I want PUMPKIN ORANGE. I don't look good in orange. I have a few, but with my red hair it is generally going to clash with me all the way around. I ran a few in front of him but he wanted pumpkin. Well, poo. Then I had an epiphany. That sparkly thing from the Wet n Wild collection last year. But could you still get it? He looked around on line and found some sellers that were not on evilbay. So this is still out there. And while it's fantastic for Halloween, it's not so Halloweeny that you can't wear it other times if the mood takes you. It's really fun.

I give you Creepy Pumpkin!

Really really orange with a yellow gold sparkle in it. What is not to love? And that pumpkin face is a sticker from Kiss, which I got on sale at Walgreen's. Limited edition! OOO...AHHH!
I enjoyed that sticker a ridiculous amount. I really did.

I'm kind of trying to hide him because one of his eyes came off. Creepier. These were taking in pretty much natural sunlight through the window, incidentally. It glows!

This wore incredibly well. This is the tip wear after about 5 days. Really great. For a really bargain, not meant to be worn for more than a few days polish it's amazing.

The right hand, every bit as good.I just love the sparkle in this, it looks like you could dive into it and be surrounded by it, like an orange starry sky! I know that's cheesy, but look at it! It's really wonderful.

The right hand differently.

One bottle shot. These are the ones that come in little bottles shaped like tombstones. Love it.

I didn't take a real shot of the front because my lid is all cockeyed.

Here are the stickers in their packages. Tons of fun stuff. They just stick on your finished nail and then you top coat over them. Really fun and they can be as elaborate or as simple as you like. I just thought it was really fun for the holiday.

Some other ones. I may put one on what I'm wearing now yet!

Halloween polishes are some of the most fun that come out all year, I think. It's like the polish companies can do whatever they want, be as strange or as bright as they wish and we love it. At least I do. I adore Halloween polishes. I look forward to them!

I hope you like them, too!

Happy Talons!

SpaRitual Wilde Collection - Howl Aaaaoooooooo!!!!

If you've been reading this blog for any length of time you're probably aware that I tend to flock to things wolvish, which is odd. I'm not much a wolf person, but I'm far more likely to choose a were over a vamp (Team Alcide all the way...especially if that lovely Joe fellow who plays him continues to run around shirtless. Yes.), sing along with Warren Zevon wishing my hair were perfect at Trader Vic's, and if it's called Howl? I'm probably picking it up. What??? That Illamasqua lipstick wound up being gorgeous.

So it's no wonder I had been waiting on Howl. I waited on this whole collection for a small eternity. Stupid technology.

It's a very very dark brown with hints of gold in it.

You can see it in the bottle...it's really not black.

Now you can see it on the nail. You may wish to click the swatch to see it bigger.

It's a lovely fall brown and it does remind me of the color of wolf or coyote fur. Of course...our coyotes around here look very Wile E...skinny, lanky, dusty looking. This is the color I'd like to think coyotes might be and know that wolves are.

This is a great sparkle pic. See how pale it makes my hands, though? I don't wear browns well at times. I love the gold shimmer, though...

However I do have a side note for you. See all the overspray? This polish was difficult to apply. I've never really worn SpaRitual before, though I had heard they were watery, I had no idea they meant more opaque than watercolors with all the lack of manageability. It's downright runny. BMWWU says to leave the lid off for an hour or so. I've not tried it yet but I will because these colors are so gorgeous.

I have one more swatch...

The idea was to show you that this isn't that blackened but maybe I'm kidding myself. It definitely does the dark around the edges look that I love, and I love the subtle hints of gold. I just didn't jump for joy at the application or the service from the site I ordered from. That is a story for another day, though!

Happy Talons!