Glam Nails Challenge: Nov.29 - First Frost

Hey guys! I have the last mani of November's Glam Nails Challenge, and the theme for Nov.29 was First Frost. When I thought about the challenge, frosted windows came to mind. I thought it would be so cool to capture the look of frosted windows, so I looked on Google for some inspiration. Well, it was more for knowledge, lol! I live in Southern California, so I have no idea what a frosted window looks like. After looking online, I put some thought into what products I'd use, and it was a bit tough trying to come up with a way to execute this properly. Anyway, I ended up choosing a sheer frosty white, I applied a coat of that and let it dry. Using that same polish, I applied some on a sponge, and sponged it on the outer sides of each nail. Afterwards, I used a coral image to create the "frost" on the sides. Then, I added some small white shards from a topper polish with the help of an orange stick. To finish off, I sponged on some white on the edges of each nail, and applied top coat when it was dry. I hope you like them.

Close-Ups:

I actually like the way they came out, and I think they look pretty neat. I just hope that I was able to achieve the look I was going for. They look kind of better in real life though.

Just so you know, I'm planning to join the December challenge, so stay tuned for that. Thank you for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Sheer White: Wet N Wild "Break The Ice"
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Topper Polish: Super Nails Lacquer "Ice Ice Baby"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Coral Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM-501
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prizes: Super Nails Lacquer "Ice Ice Baby"; Bundle Monster Coral Stamping Plate.
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store White Stamping Polish, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Super Nails Lacquer Swatches & Review

 Press Sample / Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize 

Hi guys! Today I have some swatches and a review on 3 polishes by Super Nails Lacquer. They are all glitter toppers, 2 are from KC's Halloween collection and 1 from her core line.

When using glitter toppers, I highly recommend you turn them upside down before using to allow the larger glitter to go towards the top. That way it'll be much easier to access the bigger glitters. Just a suggestion. Anyways, let's get to the swatches.

First up we have the core line polish called Poker Face. It's a clear base polish full of heart, diamond, club and spade shaped glitter in a variety of colors and finishes. The glitter was a bit difficult to get out since they're bigger, so as always, I recommend you turn the bottle upside down for a while before using it. You'll also need to apply a generous coat of top coat to smooth out the glitters. I thought it was a fun glitter topper, but I do think it'd be a bit better if the glitters were a smaller size like the diamond glitter in the polish. Instead of applying a coat of the polish, I decided to do a glitter placement over a white and black gradient. You can see all the different colored glitters and finishes, including: matte, metallic and holo glitter. So colorful.

Glossy:

Matte:

Glossy/Matte Comparison Close-Up:

Black Cat Crossing is the first of the Halloween polishes. It's a clear base glitter topper with black and silver holo micro glitter, and black holo cat shaped glitter. The formula was great, and turning the bottle upside down made it so much easier to get out the cat glitter. What you see in the pictures is 1 coat over Wet N Wild (Fergie) Glowstick, a few of the cats were individually placed.

Glossy:

Matte:

Glossy/Matte Comparison Close-Up:

Crushed Leaves has got to be my favorite, it's the perfect glitter topper for Fall time. It's a clear base glitter topper with gold, orange and red-orange metallic shards; orange square micro glitter; orange or copper holo hexes; and gold holo circles. I had no trouble with the formula. The circles were a bit tough to come across, so I turned the bottle upside down. 1 coat over Sinful Colors Calypso is what you see in the pictures. Again, some of the circles were placed individually.

Glossy:

Matte:

Glossy/Matte Comparison Close-Up:

It's such a stunning glitter combination. So much that I had to do an additional swatch. In the following pictures you can see I did a sort of glitter gradient with Crushed Leaves over a black base, Wet N Wild Black Creme. I dabbed it on towards the top near my cuticle, and dragged the polish down little by little. I absolutely love it!

Glossy:

Matte:

So which of the 3 is your favorite? I'd definitely recommend the Halloween polishes, the glitter pay-off is great with both, and you just need 1 coat or less to give your mani that something extra. All these polishes are now available in KC's store. If you'd like to stay up to date with new polish releases/sales/giveaways, you should give her a follow. I've linked her store and social medias below.

Super Nails Lacquer: Store - Instagram - Facebook - Tumblr

I hope you all enjoyed this review and the swatches. Thanks for stopping by, and until next time.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Black: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"
Lime Green: Wet N Wild (Fergie) "Glowstick"
Dark Teal: Sinful Colors "Calypso"

Top Coats Used:
Glossy: Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Glossy Top Coat"
Matte: Wet N Wild "Matte Top Coat"

*Glisten & Glow "HK Girl" was a giveaway prize, Super Nails Lacquer polishes were provided for an honest review

Day 31: Costume

Hi guys! Today I have the last Halloween Nail Art Challenge which was for Day 31, Costume. This challenge was to do a mani to match or go with your costume. I was a witch for Halloween, and I wore all black with some gold. So I just did a simple all gold mani topped with black sparkly glitter. I didn't have any pictures taken of my whole costume, which I probably should have, that way I'd be able to show you. I'll just have to explain it as best as I can.
I wore black skinny jeans, a black sweater shirt with 3/4 length sleeves, and a black spaghetti strap underneath. I had a witch hat I purchased some years ago, and I added a black spider which I painted a bit of gold on. I also made a wand with a chopstick, hot glue, and beads; I painted it gold and added a bit of copper and black in some parts. For make-up, I used some loose gold eyeshadow on my eyelids and patted some of it over my dark red lipstick, and I couldn't forget the black eyeliner and mascara. As for accessories, I used an owl necklace I had and some black and silver long earrings. I tried keeping everything black and gold for the most part.

The gold polish is Wet N Wild (Craze) "Goldmine", I believe I did 2 or 3 coats. Then I just applied 1 coat of Super Nails Lacquer "Black Cat Crossing" on each nail. As you can see, 1 coat is good enough, even if I had to fish for the cat glitters. Turning the polish bottle upside down for a while can help the larger glitter go down, or to the top, depending how you look at it. Lol! Well, I forgot to turn it upside down but if you do, that will make it much easier to get out the larger glitters. Anyways I placed a cat on my ring finger and thumb. I wasn't able to top coat because I did the mani last minute. But it still looked good, and I liked it.

Well that's the end of the challenge and this mani, I hope you guys enjoyed the post. I'm glad that I finally was able to finish the Halloween Nail Art Challenge, even if it was a bit over a month late. Thank you for reading, until next time.