CoverGirl Glowing Lights Laser Light Swatch

Today I'd like to show you a quick swatch of an awesome black light reactive polish from CoverGirl. This is Laser Light from the Glowing Lights collection.

Candy Corn Grunge

 I have a simple one shot manicure to show you today. It's starting to feel like autumn here so I'm switching over to a nice fall pallette.

Subtle Marble

 

I realized that it's been a while since I've done a water marble. Water marbling is one of my favorite techniques, so I obviously had to remedy this!

Galaxy Nails in Honor of 1998 QE2

Today the Near-Earth asteroid, 1998 QE2, will be making a fly by. I'm a huge geek, and I love space, so I figured this was as good a time as any to finally sit down and do some galaxy nails.

Galaxy nails are something I've attempted before but they never came out exactly as I'd hoped they would... Which is why I've never posted any here. So, instead of going all out and risking another messy failure, I decided to just stick to the basics.

Rainbow Spotted

I am so sorry for my long absence! As I mentioned before, I recently moved from Chicago, Illinois to Western Maine. The move went very well but I've been so busy getting everything in order that I haven't had much time to myself.

However, I am back now and hopefully I'll settle back into a regular posting schedule. So now, without further ado, allow me to introduce today's manicure.

Blackheart Beauty Oil Slick and Revlon Nail Art Stencils

I have a concert to go to tonight, so of course I needed something awesome to wear! I decided to try out my new Blackheart Beauty Oil Slick. I also decided that this would be a good time to use the Revlon Nail Art Stencils I've been hoarding.

Inspired by Rise of The Guardians, Again: Pitch Black and the Sandman

Here's another nerdy manicure! Once again inspired by the new Dreamworks film, Rise of the Guardians. I based this one on Pitch Black and the Sandman. I loved the effects used for these two characters. Really pretty swirling clouds of golden dreams and  blue-black nightmares.

Studio Ghibli Inspired: Soot Sprites

Today I pay homage to one of my favorite animators, Hayao Miyazaki.

Distressed Lace

Today's mani actually started out as a mistake. Instead of stripping it and starting over I decided to play around and see if I could salvage it.

This is the result.

Fun with Pearl Ex Pigments

This is a small post. I just wanted to show what is possible using Pearl Ex pigments over still wet polish.

Faking a Gold Flake Top Coat

Just a short post today. I'm moving in December so money is a little tighter than usual. As much as I would love to splurge on polish I have to resist the urge. That means I have to get creative.

1980s Inspired Rainbow Grunge

I blame this one on the fact that my boyfriend has been listening to 80s music all day. So, in a way, this manicure was brought to you by Journey, Stix and Survivor.

Behold the Alien Queen

Behold the Alien Queen

Look at this monster. Apparently, that's a squash. I'm not sure I believe it, though, because it appears to be some intergalactic life form that would feel more at home on the set of Alien.

It's terrifying... But still it's proven to be excellent manicure inspiration.