Halloween: Pumpkin manicure

Deborah Lippmann Lara's Theme with black pumpkins. I used Bundle Monster plate 222 (BM-222). This is cute, simple, and fairly easy to do. I consider myself a konad novice and I don't think it came out too bad! I used the black konad polish for the pumpkins. I did suffer from bubbles because I tried to do a thick coat of topcoat so I wouldn't smudge the design. Boo. It wasn't too noticeable though.

Here is a quick picture of what the BM plate looks like. I purchased this from Amazon. It is from the second set. Click here for the direct link.

Also, I should note that at first I had a little trouble getting the polish to stick onto my stamper. I never had this problem with the konad brand plates. I just took my glass file and filed the top of the stamper a tiny bit. I heard this helps adhere the polish to the stamper and it worked!

Is it too early for July 4th Nails?

Well, I'll not be updating for the 4 day weekend and wanted to show you guys my weak attempt at nail art. I'm not very good at it, which is why I don't do much of it. But to help get into the spirit of Independence Day, I tried to do something more creative than I normally would have.

I present to you, red, white and blue stars. Tadaaaa!

Yeah, so that's it from me for today! Please have a safe and wonderful weekend and I'll see you guys next week!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!!!

Football season, that is! Yes, the time of the year when you can go enjoy yourself with a great meaty meal and beer at tailgate parties, or go to the store wearing your team's jersey and no one will look at you twice! So in honor of my favorite team playing tonight (Go Chicago Bears!), I decided to show my spirit by matching my makeup to my Jersey. I have a #54 Urlacher jersey that I wear during their games. And this was my interpretation of a Bear's spirit manicure!

Now, first let me apologize for the obvious booboos. Please keep in mind I did a very hasty job on this because I was in a terrible rush. Not only did I put the top coat on a bit thick (you can see the bubbles) but I dinged my nail with the camera lens and they're not dry yet! ARGH! I didn't invest the time to try and fix it or change it though because it's only going to be on for today. I think considering I'll be wearing orange eyeshadow with blue liner and orange and blue nails with my orange and blue jersey, that the bears will get my good vibes all the way at Soldier Field and won't mind one bit :p Of course we know, if they lose, it'll all be my fault for being such a jerk :( I do hope the Bears win tonight. Go Hester, Go Urlacher, Go, Go, Go Bears! :p

Direct Sunlight

Indoors light without flash

Here's a short video showing how shiny they look!

I used American Apparel's Mount Royal as the base blue, then I did a stripe of orange with OPI's Hot & Spicy and put a thin coat of OPI DS Treasure on top of that. Then the shimmery blue stripe is Orly's Lunar Eclipse and the dots of course are also OPI DS Treasure. That's it from me for today. Thanks for looking and hope you guys are enjoying football season as much as I am! :D