Dexter Inspired Blood Spatter Manicure

Well, hello everyone! Welcome to my entry for the Nail Polish Canada Halloween nail art challenge. We were invited to share our grotesque nails. Not that you have to, but I thought I would try. Please note that I am aware that the polish is on my fingers. I purposely left it there as I thought it looked more realistic that way.

This mani is inspired by the TV show Dexter. He loved to splatter blood on paper. And I was a big fan of the show. (until the final episode, don't even get me started)

Products used were Zoya Purity, Revlon Fire, and China Glaze Velvet Bow. And of course, some straws! I need to point out that my husband walked in while I was doing this. I think he thinks that I have now completely lost it. Although he did point out that it really did look like blood to him. I guess that is a complement!

Sorry for all the picks. The sun came out and I couldn't help myself. Quite happy with how these turned out. I admit, I am not the most creative, so when a mani turns out like I had hoped, I get pretty excited.
If you are interested in participating in this challenge, please visit Nail Polish Canada. The link will take you right to the contest page.
Thank you for the visit. I hope you liked it.

Revlon Mayan Riviera and French Roast

Today I have two random Revlon shades for you.

Mayan Riviera is a new shade from their pebbled texture collection. Personally, I find this to be more of a densely packed glitter polish opposed to an actual textured polish. It was very dense which made it difficult to apply nicely. A lot of dabbing was required. It dries to a matte finish. I didn't use top coat. I really liked the colour of this polish, but other then that, it was a fail for me. This also was slow to dry.

French Roast is from their Colorstay line. I actually found this at a dollar store! It's a medium brown creme with a lighter brown shimmer and a small amount of blue microshimmers. I used two coats plus top coat. It self leveled perfectly, and was nice and shiny. I really enjoyed this one!

At least one of them was a winner for me! I won't be purchasing anymore of the Revlon textures, that is for sure. Revlon is available at most drugstores.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Revlon Ripe Raspberry

Hi everyone.
Today I have a shade from Revlon that I found at my local dollar store. It turned out to be a great find, I've used it a few times already. This is Ripe Raspberry which is a super creamy magenta shade. Full coverage in two coats and completely self leveled on its own. Kept most of its shine as it dried. I will admit that I had hard time getting a good pic of this. Don't know why this colour was fighting with me, but it did!

Lesson of today's post is to pop into your local dollar store from time to time. You might find a great score!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Tri Polish Challenge Jan. 7

Hi everyone. This year I have decided to try out Crumpet's Nail Tarts weekly tri polish challenge. For the month of January the colours chosen were yellow, orange and red. Ew yellow! Anyway, below is my first submission.
Polishes used:
yellow - OPI Candlelight
red - Revlon Colorstay Red Carpet
orange - Sally Hansen insta-dri Heat Flash
glitter topper -  Nubar White Polka Dots

So I decided to try out some new things this year, and this is one of them. I also hope that it will improve my nail art skills. I guess we will see about that. Don't forget to visit the other bloggers below that are also taking part in the challenge! 

Revlon Chroma Chameleon

Hi everyone!  Today I have two polishes from the Revlon Chroma Chameleon collection. This was a set of colour shifting or duochromes that was released a while ago. I happened to find these on clearance for $1.99 cdn at my local drug store.

Amethyst is a true duochrome that shifts from purple to green. I used three thin coats for full coverage. The formula is a bit sticky, so I recommend that you let dry a bit before applying more coats. Minimal brush strokes. This is quite eye catching, but at the same time it isn't all that unique.

Topaz in the bottle looks like a green to blue colour shift. However on the nail it just translated to a green gold metallic finish. No matter what, I couldn't see a flash of blue. Also required three thin coats for full coverage. Again, minimal brush strokes. This was a disappointment as I was looking for a duochrome finish.

If you are interested in these you might just want to search the clearance section of your local drug store.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Revlon Colorstay Sunburst

Did you know that Revlon had a new jelly polish?  I was so excited when I saw this, and it didn't disappoint!
Sunburst (095), part of the colorstay line, is a fiery orange jelly. So bright and squishy!

sunlight

shade

Photos are three coats with no top coat. It dries nice and glossy on it's own! Typical jelly application. No issues to report. There is still a bit of vnl, but this is a jelly polish, so I expect that. A fourth coat may have eliminated the vnl, but it looked so pretty, I stopped. I have to mention that I really love the brushes used in the colorstay line. I find them so easy to work with.  Do you love jellies? Hate them?

Thanks for the visit!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Nail Polish Canada challenge week 3

This weeks theme is "trim the tree"

As we decorated our tree last night I was finally inspired to sit down and do my mani. I think this turned out better then my first attempt in the challenge. As I'm a nail art newbie don't expect too much! Everything but the bell is done with polish. The bell is a sticker. On to the photos.

Unfortunately my holly looks more like a blob of green:(

And yes, I do have candy canes on my tree.

Well, what does everyone think?
 Please vote here.

Colours used: China Glaze snow globe, running in circles, and white on white; Revlon red carpet, posh, and hypnotize; essence wanna be your sunshine; Barielle date night.

Thanks again for looking!