I'm baaaaaccckkkK! :-D With CANDY CORN NAILS!!!

I'm doing horribly lately at getting my posts done. Twelve master's credits really are as bad as my advisers told me they'd be! But while I should be utilizing this day off for working on a paper...I'm updating the blog quick with one of my favorite mani's that I've done in a long time :-D

First of all, I LURVE candy corn. Second of all, today (October 30) is National Candy Corn Day! So, naturally, candy corn is my theme :-) Here I've used Orly Spark for the yellow base on all but the ring finger. Then I sponged Sally Hansen Sun Kissed for the orange gradient, and used China Glaze Lightning Bolt crackle. For the ring finger, the base is Sally Hansen White on, with Sparked and Sun Kissed sponged on in a gradient fashion. The whole thing is topped off with a coat of China Glaze Ghoulish Glow, but I couldn't get a good picture of the glow :-(

With flash in fluorescent light

No flash, fluorescent light

No flash, incandescent light

Had to do a picture of my mani with the shirt I'm wearing today!

Now I'm working on a mystical witchy mani for Halloween tomorrow, and I'm having a hard time with it!!!

Peace!
-Jessica

Polish Haul! I've been on a roll...

So while school and work have been incredibly overwhelming, I have had polish to keep me sane :-). I haven't kept the best track of my mani's thus far, but I HAVE picked up quite a few polishes in the past couple of weeks! I'm hoping to be able to show some of this off in the near future, depending on how much I want to procrastinate on graduate work, lol.

So I'll start with my little haul from approximately two weeks ago. This is from three places: Sally Beauty, Beauty PLUS, and Hot Topic.

From left to right: Finger Paints Easel-y Entertained and Where Art Renoir?, China Glaze Desert Sun and Jungle Queen, OPI Super Bass Shatter, China Glaze Hello Gorgeous, Color Club Worth the Risque (holo version!)  and Wink Wink Twinkle, and a Hot Topic Blue glow-in-the-dark skull polish

And here was one mani I did after getting this haul:

One coat of Finger Paints Where Art Renoir? with a coat of China Glaze Hello Gorgeous. Check that holographic sparkle!!!

 Then yesterday, I had the day from HELL at work. So I hit up Sally Beauty again, who is having a 50% off all clearance items sale...so I got the following:

China Glaze Halloween pack with Roughish Red, Glitter Goblin, Bizarre Blurple, and Ghoulish Glow. Orly Flash Glam FX Mermaid Tale and Sashay My Way, Finger Paints Fall of Surprises, and China Glaze Swanky Silk

And then today I had some amazing nail mail! I had ordered a grab bag from Jen over at Jen's Nail Files. She guaranteed ten polishes and at least one full size indie. WELL, she definitely gave what she promises and more!

Julep Boris and Nicole, OPI Didgeridoo Your Nails, Color Club Hot Like Lava, China Glaze Skyscraper, Confetti Pink Confetti, and Tip Top Rocky Road Glitter

Claire's Flamingo Feather, F4 Hawaiian Punch mini, Darling Diva Antares, Creative King's Ransom, Monster Mixers and Elixers Stratosphere mini, Spoiled Use Protection, and Avon Stunning Cobalt

WOW! I ended up with one full size indie, two mini indies, and a total of 11 full size and two mini bottles of polish. *Billy Mays style* BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

Halloween Candy!

Bag of goodies including dolphin nail file, witch eraser, two mini vials of glitters, a notepad, and four magic grow beans.

Like, I'm looking at this influx of new polishes dreaming of the different combinations possible! Do I put the Hawaiian punch over the Flamingo Feather? Stratosphere over Stunning Cobalt? Rocky Road Glitter over Hot Topic glow in the dark? Ghoulish Glow under Super Bass Shatter?

What do you guys think I should do with some of this? I did show one combo, because it was GORGEOUS and I had it on for like, four days without chipping! Anything else?

Good night!
-Jessica (Sparkle and Shine)