Falling for Nail Art: Cloudy Skies

Hi everyone! Today for the "Falling for Nail Art" challenge the theme was "Cloudy Skies". For fall, I thought that a dark dreary sky would be more appropriate, so I did a subtle gradient using Color Club Shabby Drab and Alessandro Blue Lagoon (received from Birchbox one month). Then I lightly sponged some white (Sinful Colors Gel Tech in Wisp) in random places to look like wispy clouds and then used my dotting tool to create fluffy clouds. I loved the color combo of the dusty purple and blue for the gradient.

Thanks for looking everyone!

Haunted Woods Stamping

Hi everyone! Today I have a stamped mani that is Halloween themed. I was so excited for this one because I have finally gotten my hands on the PERFECT silver polish for stamping: China Glaze Millennium. I never believed the hype about this polish until I happened to get my hands on it through a swap box. And man...it lives up to the hype and then some. It is perfectly opaque and crisp to stamp with. I was also lucky enough also to get its gold counterpart, China Glaze 2030, from a very lovely and generous friend after I mentioned my love for Millennium and I can't wait to use it!

So for my mani, I used a base of Sinful Nova, which is a deep blue jelly base with green and teal shimmer in it. Certainly a cheap thrill that everyone should indulge because it is a fantastic polish. I used several Bundle Monster plates for the design (BM 224 for the pumpkin, BM 225 for the "trees", and BM 223 for the ghost) and of course China Glaze Millennium for stamping.

 

 

Here is Nova on its own. It is hard to photograph, but the shimmer is really visible in real life. I included some blurry pictures to show the pretty shimmer. It is out now in displays as part of Sinful's Winter Shimmer collection.

 

 

 

 

 

I can't wait to do some more Halloween themed stamping...I still have some cute Halloween designs to use! Thanks for looking everyone!