Halloween Nails: OPI Holiday 2014 Gwen Stefani Nail Lacquer in I Carol About You

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OPI Holiday 2014 nail lacquer in I Carol About You

Halloween is almost here!  What better way to welcome this day than to sport Halloween-themed nails!  I am using one of the nail polishes from the OPI Holiday 2014 Gwen Stefani collection which I will be featuring in a post very soon.  This particular color is called I Carol About You, a royal purple which is very apt for both the Yuletide season and Halloween.

I stamped images using my Cheeky jumbo nail plate, and a silver chrome polish.  I love how the witch, pumpkin, bats and spider web clearly stood out against the purple background.

Swatches and my review of the entire OPI Holiday 2014 Gwen Stefani collection will be up soon!

(Media sample was provided by PR for consideration.  All opinions are mine.)

Nail Stamp Art: Finger Paints Nail Polish in Purple Pinstripe and XL Image Plate B

Remember these XL plates I purchased at Magnonails.de earlier this year?









I used one of those full nail designs from XL plate B. These are like machine cog wheels, so cute! I used one of my favorite nail polish brands, Finger Paints, a Sally Beauty exclusive. I used Purple Pinstripe which is a purple cream that is very pretty. I used Konad special polish in Pastel Violet. I missed a spot on my ring finger, but I think it still looks nice. The good thing about using an image polish in the same color family as your base polish is that the design turns out a lot more subtle, so you can actually wear it to conservative venues like the workplace without attracting too much attention.

I'll be using more of these full-nail images from my XL plates for you to see how pretty the designs are. Stay tuned!

Nail Stamp Art: Orly Rio Nights and XL Image Plate D

Here's one of my favorite nail images. I love purple polish so I find Orly Rio Nights amazing. It is a jelly though so it took a few additional coats for me to get the opacity I wanted. I used one of my favorite image plates of late, the XL image plate D:



I used China Glaze khrome polish in Millenium for the image, and I added a couple of lilac rhinestones in each nail to complete the look. So fun and easy!

Nail Stamp Art: Orly Sapphire Silk from Orly Spring Collection 2011

Here is one of my favorite shades from the Orly Spring Collection 2011. Sapphire Silk is a deep muted teal which they say is similar to MAC's Blue India. I have the latter as well and Blue India has a bit more greyish undertone, sort of more dusty:


MAC Blue India

Anyways, they are not complete dupes and I am happy I have both in my collection. In the nail stamp art using Sapphire Silk, I also used my lovely XL image plate "D" with China Glaze Millenium to stamp the image:


XL image plate "D"

I love my XL image plates, the images transfer really well onto the stamp. I accessorized it with cobalt rhinestones.

Have a great weekend!

Nail Stamp Art Using China Glaze Tronica Nail Polish in Digital Dawn

So remember when I received the XL image plates a few days ago? I used XL plate "D" for the images:


I used the bottom left image.

My base color is China Glaze in Digital Dawn from the Tronica collection. It's a nice burnt orange holo, very pretty. I used Konad special polish in Black, which was probably a mistake. I didn't like the overall nail look because the image was too dark. It would have been nice if I didn't use a stark black polish for the image. A lighter grey or pewter would have worked better. I added red rhinestones to add some dimension to the polish. Not a favorite, but at least I found out that the XL plates do work wonderfully.

American Apparel Nail Polish and XL Nail Stamp Image Plates Haul

OMG, I am so stoked right now!! I celebrated my birthday last week and I got myself some nail-related stuff for my birthday. First of all, I don't know why I have never tried American Apparel nail polish before. All I know is that this is HG status for me. Creme is my favorite formula of nail polish, and when I found out that American Apparel has the most buttery, creamy, glides-like-a-dream creme polishes out there, I just had to snag them. I like no-fuss creme polish a lot better than those fussed-up glitters, duochromes, mattes, etc. I think cream polish is the most sophisticated out of all the nail polish formulas out there. That is why when I found out that AA has dozens of the most beautiful, no-glitter, no shimmer, no duo-chrome, no holo, straight-up cream polishes, I caved in.

See rest of the haul after the jump