OPI - So So Skullicious Swatches.

I finally received my OPI mini set. This Halloween 2012 offering has a cute Day of the Dead theme. The shades (left to right) are:

Candlelight: bright yellow creme, somewhat sheer. I gave up after four coats.

A-Rose From The Dead: hot pink creme. Lovely bright colour, but very similar to other pinks I've gotten in other OPI mini sets. Is it an OPI rule that this colour must be included in sets?

Hi Pumpkin!: Bright orange creme. Nice application.

Mourning Glory: Black creme. Opaque in one coat. Very shiny.

This set also comes with ten sugar skull themed water transfers. They are adorable. I will definitely wear these a little closer to Halloween.

What do you think?

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OPI - So So Skullicious mini set

OPI - So So Skullicious Swatches

OPI - So So Skullicious Swatches

OPI - So So Skullicious. Cute nail transfers.

Nail Art - Water Marbling Rainbow

There are plenty of tutorials out there on water marbling. It's not a hard technique but it is also not easy to get the beautiful results you see online. It's also a fairly time consuming exercise. I attempted this on four nails but only got a satisfactory result on one so I painted the others in rainbow skittles.

The colors I used here are:
OPI: Red Light District
China Glaze:
Breakin
Happy Go Lucky
Entourage
Sky High-Tops

Sorry about the cuticles/fingers. I should have washed the acetone off before I took the picture.

OPI So So Skullicious - Halloween Collection

While browsing ebay yesterday I came across this OPI mini set. I hadn't seen it before and thought it must be old, but it's not. It's OPIs offering for Halloween 2012.


This mini set contains:

Hi Pumpkin!
This jack-o-lantern orange is sweet on you.

A Rose from the Dead
This hot pink is the life of the party.

Mourning Glory
A black so shiny, it will lift your spirits

Candlelight
Be all aglow in this flame yellow.

One sheet of colourful skully nail decals.

Isn't it a bit early to be releasing Halloween collections? Oh well, it's a cute pack, I'll probably buy it anyway!

I got this picture from the ebay store Misssaigon98




OPI So So Skullicious - Halloween 2012.

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Nail Art - Dotty Gradient

I was inspired to do this manicure by the blog Pretty Purple Polish. The dotty manicure there was so pretty, I had to try something similar.

I used a base coat of China Glaze - Snow and topped it with dots in a sort of gradient. I used (in order of light to dark) OPI - Red Light District, Essence - Fateful Desire and China Glaze - Smoke and Ashes. I used 3 sizes of dotting tool from my new MASH set.

When I put the topcoat on I unfortunately got a little bit of streaking.

I love it!

Nail Art - Polka Dot Pink

I'm not very good at nail art. I see so many beautiful pics of amazing nails and think, I could never do that. I can however, put spots on my nails. Sometimes it looks great, other times meh. I'm not sure about this effort

OPI - Kiss Me On My Tulips topped with Essie - Over The Top

Polka Dot Nails, OPI - Kiss Me On My Tulips, Essie - Over The Top