8 Spooky Nights Day 5: Witches

Hello my pretties!
Please enjoy my entry for today!




You may notice I have one stiletto nail. That puppy broke off in my sleep last night so I filed it down to a point for today's challenge. As of the time of me writing this it's already broken off so expect some nubbin on that finger. For this I used some crystals I got at the dollar store, painted my nails with my base green, Revlon Street Wear in Drab, then Saran wrapped with Essie Mink Mittens and a Pure Ice I cannot remember the name of. It's similar to Essie Mojito Madness but with a shimmer. I topped my wart with Revlon Espresso. My hubby says they are creepy!






Please go visit my other witchy participants!
Peace Love Lacquer
XO, Noelle
College Polished
PishPosh & Polish
Beauty Dish
Nail By Katie
Jenerally Speaking 
Galactic Lacquer 
Tres' Chic Nails 
charlottes-nails 
Manic Manis
The Life, Time and Lacquers of Lilmoon
Makeup and Nails, Not War
Not Too Polished
Mimi Manicures
Seriously Swatched8 Spooky Nights
Jilltastic Nail Designs

Love,
Tres

8 Spooky Nights day 4: Ghosts

Hello all!

Welcome to my entry for day 4!




I used a base of CG Smoke & Ashes. This is so pretty in the bottle. Doesn't translate to the nail though :( I used Whirlwind White and Wet N Wild Black Crème for the eyes. This reminds me of Scooby Doo for some reason!







Please go visit the other participants in the challenge!

Peace Love Lacquer
XO, Noelle
College Polished
PishPosh & Polish
Beauty Dish
Nail By Katie
Jenerally Speaking 
Galactic Lacquer 
Tres' Chic Nails 
charlottes-nails 
Manic Manis
The Life, Time and Lacquers of Lilmoon
Makeup and Nails, Not War
Not Too Polished
Mimi Manicures
Seriously Swatched8 Spooky Nights
Jilltastic Nail Designs
Love,
Tres

8 Spooky Nights day 3: Candy

Hello all!
Welcome to my challenge entry for today.



I had a ton of fun doing this mani and even made my hubby say "What the eff are you doing?"
For my pointer I used a BM stamp and two random pink and red polishes, middle finger is candy corn (I swapped the colors though, oops!) using OPI Need Sunglasses? and Atomic Orange. My chocolate nail was done with Nubar Milk Chocolate Crème and Essie Mink Muffs using the cling wrap method of blotting. Finally, some real candy sprinkles!






Please check out everyone else doing the challenge as well!
Peace Love Lacquer
XO, Noelle
College Polished
PishPosh & Polish
Beauty Dish
Nail By Katie
Jenerally Speaking 
Galactic Lacquer 
Tres' Chic Nails 
charlottes-nails 
Manic Manis
The Life, Time and Lacquers of Lilmoon
Makeup and Nails, Not War
Not Too Polished
Mimi Manicures
Seriously Swatched8 Spooky Nights
Jilltastic Nail Designs Lilmoon
Makeup and Nails, Not War
Not Too Polished
Mimi Manicures
Seriously Swatched8 Spooky Nights
Jilltastic Nail Designs
Love,
Tres

8 Spooky Nights Nails challenge day 2: Vampire

Boo!
Today is day two of the challenge and it's vampire day!



I tried something that didn't quite work out. I think I need a smaller brush. For my base I used Sally Hansen InstaDry In A Flurry. This was everything I wish CG Smoke and Ashes was. Except it's a bit runny, but not unbearable. Again OPI OPI Red and Whilrwind White for the red and white.







Check out everyone else's entries!
Peace Love Lacquer
XO, Noelle
College Polished
PishPosh & Polish
Beauty Dish
Nail By Katie
Jenerally Speaking 
Galactic Lacquer 
Tres' Chic Nails 
charlottes-nails 
Manic Manis
The Life, Time and Lacquers of Lilmoon
Makeup and Nails, Not War
Not Too Polished
Mimi Manicures
Seriously Swatched8 Spooky Nights
Jilltastic Nail Designs
Love,
Tres

8 Spooky Nights nail art challenge day 1: SKULLS

Hi there!
I have joined a nail art challenge for Halloween and today is the first day.




Today's challenge: skulls! Fun! I'm actually wearing my skull hoodie today too. I think my skulls are self-explanatory. My stamped skull came out icky though, not sure why but I think I need to practice stamping more.


I used Sally Hansen InstaDry Whirlwind White, Kiss black striping polish and OPI OPI Red.

Please go visit my nail polish sisters who are also participating!

Peace Love Lacquer
XO, Noelle
College Polished
PishPosh & Polish
Beauty Dish
Nail By Katie
Jenerally Speaking 
Galactic Lacquer 
Tres' Chic Nails 
charlottes-nails 
Manic Manis
The Life, Time and Lacquers of Lilmoon
Makeup and Nails, Not War
Not Too Polished
Mimi Manicures
Seriously Swatched8 Spooky Nights

Jilltastic Nail Designs


Love,
Tres

My Zoya link

Some of my favorite polishes are made by Zoya. I know some of you don't polish your nails much or just read this blog for entertainment and I think if you want to start polishing your nails Zoya is the place to start. Some of my favorites are Ivanka, Charla, Wednesday, and Arizona. Go check them out! They often send out email specials and have EXCELLENT customer service.
Let me know if you buy anything from them, or if you need help deciding which colors to get!



Love,
Tres

This link is my personal referral link and gives me points towards the Share The Love referral program

Tackling the Untrieds-Black

Howdy,
How is everyone today? It's the first day that feels like fall here, kinda overcast with beautiful swooshy clouds. Of course it's also Balloon Fiesta, wind means no balloons. Happens every year. I want to show you a picture I took the other day of the mass ascension from the west side of the city. I am so lucky to live here, what an amazing sight.



All those dots are hot air balloons! It's incredible when you think about it. I've lived here my whole life so I tend to take it for granted, or complain about all the tourists, but really it is something unlike anything I've ever seen.

On to the polish for today. I decided to start going through my untried polishes in color order. I can't remember what is an old polish and have some one off brands so color it is. I've used OPI Metallic 4 Life from the Nicki Minaj collection. Cool black base with silver glitter. This is three coats. It's a little gloopy honestly. Probably needs some thinner. Not too hard to work with though. For my accent nail I have a franken I made to imitate Butter London's The Black Knight. This is also three coats, and it's not opaque. I'll wear this over black in the future so I don't get tired of painting and leave VNL.

I must say, this was hard to capture. My camera doesn't like to focus on glitter I guess. Here's your shots!









And with flash. You can see the blue glitter in my franken best on this shot.

So, what do you think? Have you frankened before? Are black nails too goth or just another color?

Love,
Tres

I have the blues

This is a mani from last week. I wore Sinful Colors Grecian Sun topped with OPI Can't You Sea? It was a nice combo, very pretty blue and sparkly. Grecian Sun is a sky blue cream, easy formula. Can't You Sea? is a sheer blue with pink, silver, ad blue shimmer. I don't think you could build this to opaqueness if you wanted. It's definitely meant to be a topper. I also did an accent nail of Orly Mermaid Tale. This is a lovely green glitter with some holo glitter mixed in. I wasn't able to make this opaque either, I gave up at four coats and a quarter inch of polish on my nails.



This is Grecian Sun by itself. I need to find a better spot to take pictures at my parents house, I swear I'm not jaundiced.




With the accent of Mermaids Tale and Can't You See topping the blue.




Bottle shot of Cant You Sea? You can see the shimmer here.



The brown spot on my pointer? Meatloaf. I painted everything, ate dinner then put top coat on. Apparently I didn't wash my hands as well as I thought. This is a more color accurate picture.




And finally, shade. I like all these colors but I'd definitely wear Mermaids Tale over something. And also avoid meatloaf.

I was going to post pictures of Sally Hansen Lava but I broke a nail the night I painted them, then another nail a couple days later. I dropped and broke the container of water for our humidifier and spilled a gallon of water all over the carpet in the process as well as losing a corner of my index finger. Pinky nail just snapped off one day. Such is my life. So, be prepared for some wonky nails for a few days. Till then!

Love,
Tres

Brown Ombré Mani

This is my third attempt at an ombre mani. I've done teal and black before and when I saw brown on Pinterest I knew I had to try it. Unfortunately I don't think it turned out as well as it could've, my middle three colors are not quite right. So my quest for better browns shall continue.













For this mani I used:
Revlon Top Speed Espresso Nubar Milk Chocolate Crème
China Glaze Mahogany
Natural Glow Super Shine Cool Cameo Crème
SHCSM Café Au Lait

And just for comparison here are my previous two ombres.






Have you done an ombre mani before? What's your favorite color to do them in?

Love,
Tres