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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Double Post: "This Is Halloween" - Ghosts & Polish Days: Sentimental

Going into the third day of Bec's "This Is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge, combining it with #SentimentalPolish edition of #PolishDays.

(OK, I know I'm cheating... I just couldn't miss tagging along with Polish Days when I had so many sentimental allusions on my nails!!)


I've been doing my nails (or having them done) on and off since I was 10. I started doing them myself since hubby and I moved to Canada, 3 years ago. Along the years, I always wore sheer polishes, either pink or white, with a few pearl finishes here and there. A little over a year ago, when I last went to Brazil to visit family, I brought some bold and colourful Brazilian shades. And I was hooked! My collection has grown a lot ever since, and my favourite colour is blue, because of Jeans (Colorama), the one that started it all.

All that babbling was to say that nothing more 'Sentimental' than using blue as the background! It was the perfect opportunity to try Tristam (a england), and see its gorgeous holographic, colourful sparkle under the sun. No pictures of that, though...

Going back to the 'Ghosts' theme, a glow-in-the-dark polish was a must. And this was the look I was going for, at first.


For a strong glow effect, Snow Me White (Sinful Colors) was used as the base. This is an amazing white polish for nail art, by the way. Black details were done with Black Expressionism (Finger Paints).  And the Ghoulish Glow (China Glaze) made it all spooky! To spook you all even more, I wrote 'boo' in both English and Portuguese (can we get sentimental again?).


Little sis, Patty, found Emerald Sparkled design of Boo and begged me to do it. This shy ghost from Super Mario was part of our childhood (anyone sensing sentimental once more?), and we still find these ghosts super cute! 


It was only after I had painted my nails with Tristam that I realized I had copied the inspiration to a 'T'. Deniz, if you ever read this, I promise I'm not plagiarizing you! Plus, I think your design is cuter than mine!

Same polishes were used for the Boos, with the addition of Shar Pei (Risqué - Risqué ♥ Dogs) and Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in Black (which I was not impressed with, by the way).

These little guys looked SUPER cute in the dark!!!

I had so much fun with the ghosts this long weekend!! Everybody was pitching in, giving their feedback, and helping with the pictures. Specially with the 'in the dark' ones. They were a combined effort (and challenge): hubby got the tripod, we turned all the lights off, and Patty was turning the lamp on and off following the photographers instructions. So happy everybody plays along with my craziness! ;-)
One last picture to wrap it up!


I'm already thinking about the next theme for the 'This Is Halloween' Nail Art Challenge. And pretty excited to see what Hannah (the lady behind Polly Polish) is coming up with for the next Polish Days!


xoxo

PRIS






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Here are the other challengers, add your link if you are joining in!

1. Nail Gun XS - Jack-O-Lanterns  22. Kelly's Kolors! - Ghosts  43. Follow the Yellow Polish Road  64. Delainie  
2. Nail Gun XS - Ghosts  23. Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction  44. NonLacquerDaisical  65. Delainie  
3. A Polished Prance  24. Polish Rainbow - Ghosts  45. Lacquer Dreams - Ghosts!  66. Polish Rainbow - Jack-O-Lanterns  
4. osiris and loki paint their nails  25. Michelle at Ehmkay Nails  46. Melmyissta- ghosts  67. Never Mind Suzi - Jack-o-lantern  
5. Plisherrific  26. Pink and Polished Nails  47. The Girlie Tomboy  68. play polish :)  
6. Nai's Nails - Ghosts  27. LacquerNinja Halloween Ghosts!  48. Tes Did It Nails  69. Ehmkay Nails: Jack O Lanterns!  
7. Jaztee - Ghosts  28. Amoki's Corner  49. Just Another Polish Addiction  70. a girl and her chicken named betty  
8. Ghost nails - Jibber Jabber  29. The Life, Times and Lacquers of Lilmoon  50. datyorkLOVES  71. LacquerNinja Halloween Jack'o'Lanterns!  
9. Ghosts set1- mani madhouse  30. Nikki NeverWithoutPolish  51. Jack O Lanterns - Jibber Jabber  72. Overpolished - Jack O'Lanterns  
10. Nail-to-Nail-Interpretations  31. a girl and her chicken named betty  52. It's Just a Hobby! - Jack O'Lanterns  73. Amoki's Corner  
11. The Silverinator  32. Glitter Me This  53. Shatter me Claire  74. Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction  
12. Hand-y Feats and Other Treats  33. Sophie  54. melmyissta- Jack-o-lanterns  75. Nail-to-Nail Interpretations  
13. Patricia. Manicura de Fantasía  34. Baroque fool  55. Lissa's Polish Addiction - Jack o Lanterns  76. Nikki NeverWithoutPolish  
14. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  35. Sonoma Nail Art  56. PRIS Nails  77. LTandL of Lilmoon - Jack-O-Lanterns  
15. More Nail Polish - Ghosts  36. Nailified  57. Pretty Purple Polish - Jack-O-Lanterns  78. Just Another Polish Addiction  
16. Never Mind Suzi - Ghosts  37. Dema Pixie  58. More Nail Polish - Jack-o-lanterns  79. Nailified Jack-o-lanterns  
17. Pretty Purple Polish - Ghosts  38. Not Too Polished  59. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  80. The Daily Lacquerista  
18. Jas's Blingtastic Nails  39. Tales from the Makeup Bag - Ghosts  60. Hand-y Feats and Other Treats  81. A Polished Prance  
19. Carrie  40. It's Just a Hobby - Ghosts  61. Baroque fool - jack o lanterns  82. Jas's Blingtastic Nails  
20. Overpolished - Ghosts  41. PRIS Nails  62. Pink and polished nails jack-o-lanterns  83. Miss Holly Berries  
21. RantingBlogger  42. Within-My-Eyes- Ghosts  63. Carrie- Sassy Nails  

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7 comments:

  1. I don't mind cheating when it turns out so cute :)

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  2. Very cute:) and very efficient to kill two challenges with one mani :p

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  3. Glow in the dark boo! Love it :)

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  4. Great job in capturing the glow in the dark in photos! Mine actually looked that sharp to the eye, but I couldn't get the glow to show up in a picture to save my life. ::pout::

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    1. That took three people and way over a hundred shots... ;-)
      And a lot of patience!!

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