Halloween Skittles!

Happy Friday!! And happy long weekend to my fellow Candaians, this week is our Thanksgiving :) I cannot wait to fill up on turkey this weekend!

Moving on to my mani, I loved Lightmare so much that I didn't want to remove it entirely just because a few nails were chipping. What I decided on doing was keeping it on the nails that were not chippy and doing some Halloween skittle nails as a mani refresh.

With lightmare on my ring and pinky fingers I applied the following to my nails:

Fright Night Claw Polish, Sinister - Middle finger. This is THE perfect black creme polish, plus it comes in a cute coffin bottle :)

China Glaze, Papaya Punch - Pointer finger. A bright yellow based orange creme.

Ulta Salon Formula, Concrete Evidence - Thumb. A medium grey creme.

On op of each nail I added either some stamping or glitter:

Pinky - Bundle Monster plate BM-201with white polish over Lightmare.

Middle - Bundle Monster plate BM-201with white polish over Sinister.

Pointer - Unnamed pumpkin polish from Rite Aid (label reads "Chunky Nail", however I have another polish purchased this year with the same label).

Thumb - Nabi, Black Flake over Concrete Evidence

I am loving skittle nails, perfect for when you cant decide on one particular colour, design, glitter, etc!

Lightmare!

Today I have a gorgeous Halloween glitter to share with you, Lightmare from Piggy Polish, I think it is actually the only Piggy Polish I own! I picked it up last year in October, such a great Halloween polish. It is made up of gun metal grey glitter and small copper orange hex glitter, it looks great in the bottle but so amazing on the nail.

I only needed two coats to reach opacity, however the formula on this polish was not the greatest, gooey and thick. To make things worse there were two stray hairs sticking out on the brush that I ended up cutting off because I couldn't stand them any more! I added some thinner to help with application and it helped a little, the final look didn't have any imperfections or a lumpy finish so I was happy with that.

I added two layers of topcoat to smooth the glitter out and add some extra shine. Unfortunately this polish started chipping hours after application, I was so disappointed. One reason this may have been was due to me wrapping my tips with the glitter. This was a little gritty so it would chip easier and take the rest of the polish with it. Next time I would definitely wear a base colour before applying the glitter to help with wear time.

Once it started to get chippy on a few nails I just started picking it off, it came off a little too easily. I will show you what I did to refresh this polish tomorrow.

Sparkle-tacular Haul-o-ween!

It is finally October, one of my favorite months with one of my favorite holidays, Halloween. I did some shopping over the weekend and was able to pick up some of the Halloween polishes I had been eyeing for a great price too :) I am pretty satisfied with what I got, I usually wait until after Halloween when they go on sale, so I no excuse not to wear these soon!

First stop was Sally's where is lived up some of the new Orly's, from left to right Monster Mash and Right Amount of Evil.

I wish Right Amount of Evil had a more Halloween name, something to do with pumpkins or something lol. Other than the colour of these polishes, they are pretty close in terms of formula. First of all they both have hex, and fine bar glitter sprinkled with a bunch of regular glitter. They are also both very dense in all glitter with what looks to be a buildable jelly base of either orange or green. The main difference I can shee is that Right Amount of Evil has a pink micro-shimmer in the base. Below are bottle Close ups!

These can also be worn over another colour for sure if you just want a little sparkle. 

Next from Sally's, the only China Glaze that interested me from this years collection, Glitter Goblin. I love the name! Glitter Goblin is composed of copper, silver and holo glitter in a clear base. I hope this one is buildable for full opacity, I love glitters like this :)

Next I was off to Ulta, they has a good promo on polish, buy 2 get 1 free! I didn't see anything I was particularly interested in, but I did pick up one, my first ever Piggy Polish! Another Halloween on, this one is called NAME. in the bottle it appears to be a gunmetal grey kind of foil with black/silver glitter and larger orange hex glitter. It is actually 100% glitter, made up of dark silver glitter in a clear base. This one is very dense and can definitely be built up to opacity.

I had a coupon but had to spend at least $10 to use it so also picked up this body lotion that was on sale and I am seriously obsessed with it! Its Ulta brand and called Cinnamon Swirl. It Smells So GOOD! Like fresh cinnamon buns, so delicious :)

So those are my picks for Halloween 2012, I'm so glad the polishes I wanted were available AND on sale. I actually had coupons but honestly, the Orly's were ridiculous price wise, even wit Sally's discount card!

What is your fave 2012 Halloween polish?