Halloween Explosion!

Finally a new nail post! I wanted to do something fun and still Halloween-related. I tried several different Halloween designs only to be reminded that I fail at anything art-related. So, I decided to do a tape mani that I have done before with different colors.

I followed the tutorial from the amazing blog Nailside (see the tutorial here). She has some amazing designs and easy to follow instructions. Since I wanted to make it Halloween-themed I used black and orange (original, I know lol). For my orange I used 3 coats of OPI Ya'll Come Back, Ya Hear? and for my black I used 1 coat of Sally Hansen Black Out. I finished this mani off with Seche Vite. My edges look a little jagged in the pics but they looked clean to the naked eye. Darn macro setting. 

What do you think of my Halloween explosion? I think it's super fun!

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Halloween mani time!

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I decided to try to do Halloween manis from now until Halloween since it's getting so close. I love Fall and wish we had true Fall weather here in Arizona! We're still in the triple-digits. Yuck.

My friend Sarah at Chalkboard Nails did a jelly sandwich mani a couple weeks ago that I really liked and wanted to replicate with Halloween colors (you can see her mani here). A jelly sandwich is where you layer glitter (or flakies) between layers of jelly polish to make it look like it is buried in the polish.

I am showing you this mani in a few different forms - the base color by itself and then 3 different variations I did with the glitter. I used OPI Ya'll Come Back Ya Hear? from their Texas Collection (this is one of their "sorbet" finishes, which is the same as a jelly) and Wet 'n Wild Tangled In My Web from the LE On The Prowl Collection.

The first three pics are 3 coats Y'all Come Back with NO topcoat.

As you can see, even with 3 coats there is still a visible nail line (VNL). This is typical with a jelly finish.

And then I added the glitter - this is 2 different variations in one mani. I loved the way this looked with just the glitter on top....when I layered the orange over the top I wasn't as crazy about it. So I did the jelly sandwich on my index and ring finger and left the glitter uncovered on my middle finger and pinky. The jelly sandwich fingers have 2 coats of Y'all Come Back on top of the glitter, all nails were topped with 2 coats of Orly Sec 'N Dry.

 Outside in the shade...the truest representation of the color.

Then, I wondered what it would look like to add another layer of glitter over the top of the "sandwich nails" so there would be buried glitter and glitter on top. This is what that looked like...

Which version do you like best? I can't decide. LOL 

I have an awesome mani coming in my next post with my new GOSH Holographic....and it is Halloween themed! I will post it tonight or tomorrow morning. :)

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