Zombie Mani part Deux

Greetings to my Children of the Night! I hope y'all had a good and week and are enjoying your Sinister Saturday. Admittedly this week was a long one for me and I'm not exactly sad to see the rear end of it. I spent most of Thursday in a total haze after Wednesday night. Friday, while it was the 13th and obviously MY favorite day, it was a bit cold for me. I've really been enjoying our 80 degree weather in January.

This is part two of that fabulous Lickity-Split Lime mani I did earlier in the week. I'm actually a huge fan of the crackle coat trend. Crackle coat hides a multitude of sins and I just really like the effect it gives. So far I only own two but I will definitely be buying more. Today I used my Sally Hanson Ink Splatter. My bottle has gotten a little thick and hard to work with but I love it and am willing to work with it.

This effect to me is to dye for. It looks like that rotting zombie radioactive flesh busting through the black. I even put three coats of a WnW glow-in-the-dark over the green so my green shards glow in the dark. It's very Incredible Hulk.

I hope y'all have a marvelous weekend. Get out and do something exciting and leave me a comment telling me all about it.

Face Off Season Two

Happy Freaky Friday!

I hope y'all have something amazing planned for this weekend. I never did end up seeing The Devil Inside. The reviews from fellow bloggers on Twitter plus the paper and websites in general convinced me it wasn't worth wasting the time or the money. This week's fun budget was spent having dinner out with a friend after the memorial service Wednesday night. My next big movie is The Woman in Black. First of, yes... I am a Potter-ite and I am practically jumping out of my skin to see Daniel Radcliffe in something new. On top of that, it's my favorite genre, the haunted house film. *seal clap*

I made it home from the Memorial in enough time to catch the replay of the season opener of Face Off! I am beyond words with the happiness that his show made it for another season. This one looks like a good one too. Face Off is a Sy-Fy Channel original, elimination-style show, featuring special effects make-up artists. Click here for more information. For those of you that have never seen an episode (for shame. Unless you don't live in the US, then you're forgiven) here is my favorite scene from last year. Who doesn't love a Zombie Dance Party? Besides Natalia Kills makes me happy and this song is to die for. (He he he I made a funny.)

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The first set of challenges were simple yet effective. I agree with the judges on the first challenge. What Brea tried to accomplish with her "human skin suit" was completely lame at best.

When I realized enough women were actually competing this year to have a complete women's team I got giddy all over again. They completely rocked the challenge too; re-imagining the Wizard of Oz. The complete shocker of the night though was that Brea went from the atrocity to the right to the best character of the night.

I don't have a favorite artist yet, it'll take a few weeks. Admittedly though, Nix does have an amazing mustache AND he's from Orlando. I count him as my home-town favorite.

Next week is an underwater challenge. Catch the preview here. I can't wait! Squee! Ok... I think I'm done now.

A life lost

Hello my Children of the Night.

Today I was hoping to have for you the season opener for season two of Face/Off. Sadly though, I was at a memorial service for a haunt co-worker and was unable to catch it. It's on the DVR to be watched today so I'm hoping to have that synopsis and part two of the zombie green mani by the end of the week.

Take care y'all

Zombie Green is for Me!

Hello Everyone and Happy Wicked Wednesday!

Admittedly I'm not a green person. I look good in green but lime green nail polish is simply not my cup of tea. I didn't even buy this polish, the Boy did. However, I'm glad he did. He bought it to pay homage to my favorite shoes. Iron Fist Zombie Stompers. Yes those are MY feet in the most amazing shoes on the planet!

To me Sally Hanson's Lickity-Split Lime is the best shade of zombie green ever. It's a creme green with a grey tinge to it. It's not quite what I would call neon, it's simply not that day-glow green I would expect of a neon. It's more of a grey (rotting flesh) green.

The formula on the first coat was really streaky. This is a two (or even three) coater.  I love the brush in these insta-dri polishes. It is an amazingly wide flat brush that covers my nail in those three perfect swipes. I have been known to put a coat (or 5) of a glow in the dark polish over it to create a radioactive mani! These pictures are without the glow-in-the-dark coat (or even a top coat). Again I know...cuticles = hot mess! I'm at least improving.

Shade

Sun

For Christmas the Boy's mom gave me the best pair of pedicure sandals EVER!!! You have no idea how much I am in love with these shoes. They look really cute too. Yes, I know, only my big toe is painted. The rest ended up Sinful Colors Black on Black and I put the Ink Splatter Sally Hanson Crackle over the green. I find crackle doesn't work well on my little toes. I guess not enough room, so I just paint them black. I pretty much end up with the same effect.

Hope everyone has a fabulous day. I'm going to finish up my house chores for the day because tomorrow night I sadly have a memorial to attend and won't be home. :-/

Corset Nail Art

Happy Terrible Tuesday!

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When I saw this post by Nail Nerd I got giddy!!! It was the first time in awhile I showed the Boy nail art and he didn't snort in derision.  This meant I had to give it a try.

As you can see my attempt was less than stellar. I used two coats of Nail Life Gripper base coat, then followed with two coats of Sally Hanson's Save The Date. The Corset stripes (done in OPI Lincoln Park After Dark) are actually done in a 'V' shape from the middle of my cuticle.

I then used a silver Sally Hanson Nail Art Pen (these things are AH-MAZ-ING! I'll be doing a full review soon) to dot the 'grommets' up the sides of the 'corset'. I actually managed to fit five up each side. Then with a dotting tool I put a dot of save the date in the middle of each silver dot to create a ring of silver. I then 'laced' the corset with the black Sally Hanson Nail Art Pen. Two coats of a top coat (I'm not going to tell you which one. I'm in the market for a new one) and I was good to go. The colors are very dark so it doesn't photograph well. I'm hoping my next attempt will come out better.

This week starts both Face/Off on Sy-Fy and Larry the Cable Guy's Only In America.  I haven't been this excited about TV since American Horror Story's season ended. I promise not to subject y'all to my love of Larry but Face/Off is an ENTIRELY different story.

First Mani

Happy Morbid Monday!
Did y'all have any good pans this weekend? Tonight the Boy is taking me to see The Devil Inside. He's been waiting since October (we saw the trailer during Paranormal Activity 3) to see this film, and I'll be completely honest with you guys the trailer freaks me out!!! I'm not a big gore or splatter porn fan but I do love a good exorcist film. I'm a bit shaky because this film seems to contain both. I've been teasing him for months now that I'm not going to be able to handle his film and get told every time "too bad you're going anyway." He knows how I love a good scare and won't let me wimp out (even if it does mean I keep him up for the next week.) I'll fill y'all in on what I think. Now onto the glitter, or at least shiny.

This is my first attempt to blog a mani. I've been a follower of many amazing nail blogs like Nail Stories, The Polishaholic, and Polish Galore (I suggest you do too) and it inspired me to my own. This is my first swatch EVER so please be kind. Admittedly, my camera isn't the best, and I know my cuticles are a hot mess, but hey a girl has to start somewhere. At a distance, I promise, they look amazing.

My first attempt is with Sally Hanson's Save The Date. It was in impulse buy at my local Wally World. I was there for something ENTIRELY different and saw this color in an end aisle display and decided I simply must have it. It's this beautiful deep vampy wine color with a purple tinge. It's got a lovely shimmer to it that just deepens the color. The formula is great and was almost opaque in a single coat. I paid around $3 US for this bottle and I am MORE than pleased with it. I'll definitely be buying more colors in this line.

Not that you can really tell but my ring finger has some lovely corseting on it done in OPI Lincoln Park After Dark. LPAD is one of my all time favorite colors and when I saw it on sale at Target of all places I pounced! My next post is all about that lovely corset work.

Gore & Glitter

Happy New Year to my Children of the Night. I know I've been away for a long time. I had to take some time to reevaluate, and decide what direction I really wanted to go in. It was in this vacuum, that one of my dearest friends dropped a single statement, "Gore & Glitter." I thought, why not?

I may love my gore, horror, and things that go bump in the night but I'm also a plus sized princess on a mission. I want to make goth chic again; think Morticia Addams (in a size18). I love my black clothes, dark eyeliner, and pale complexion. Just because your look is Gothic inspired doesn't mean you have to scare the neighbors. I must admit I still have my moments of wanting to freak out the norms, but that's not an everyday thing.

So here enters my new direction: fashion, gore, make-up, and glitter. In the next month, I'm going to starting a YouTube channel to post video tutorials for my nail and make-up looks, along with recipes. 

To those of you who stayed, I thank you. To anyone new... wait as Something Wicked (and glittery) This Way Comes.