Halloween 2013 "Throwback"

Hey everyone!

I can't believe I never posted this, but I recently came across the Halloween look I did last year. I love this design I did, so even though it's from a year ago, I still wanted to share them!

I don't remember any of the colors I used, unfortunately.

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I hope you all are having a great Halloween! 

Thanks for reading!

<3 Anna

Pretty Woman "Halloween Virtual Party" Nail Designs

Hey everyone!

I'm writing this post as a wrap-up for the "Virtual Halloween Party" hosted by Pretty Woman that happened last week.

I'm trying to type this on my phone right now. I just got a new one and I want to see how helpful this blogger app is. So far it's nice to not need my laptop to blog! Hopefully this leads to me posting more. I would love to be able to get into a work flow so I could start posting more regularly, like every other day or every day or something like that. 

But anyway, here are the designs I posted during my time slot 'takeover' on Pretty Woman's Instagram during the virtual party.

I just wanted to point out here that all products used in these designs are from Pretty Woman unless otherwise noted.

This will save the annoyance of repeating it under every photo.

Most of the other products include acrylic paints. Product info is listen under each photo.

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"Pumpkin Face"

I wanted to do a cute and simple design for my first look. By using my own dotting tool (a toothpick), I was able to make little dots with white paint and a small jack-o-lantern face with black paint. Took about 10 minutes to do this whole design on both hands.

Products used:

Gelogic "Coraliscious"

Black and White Acrylic Paint (from local craft store)

"Mini Pumpkin Patch"

I haven't done an intricate design in a while, so I dug around and found my really small tiny nail art brush and painted little pumpkins in a patch at night time. Got that golden moon and ominous clouds n stuff.

Products used:

Gelogic "Black Licorice"

Gelogic "Coraliscious"

"Sun of a Beach"

Green, brown, and grey acrylic paint (from local craft store)

"Costume Inspired"

For this look, I was inspired by a costume I wore when I was really young. I wanted to try something that didn't include orange, black, or pumpkins, and this came to mind. I think it's really easy and fun to be inspired by clothes for nail art. 

Products used:

"Stingray Chrome"

"Sun of a Beach"

Sea shell nail art (from the sea shell nail art kit)

"Autumn Leaves"

Seasonally appropriate nail look. See more of this look here.

Products used:

"Sun of a Beach" 

Leaves (found on the ground)

"Halloween Time"

I did this look for Pretty Woman's little Facebook nail art contest they hosted the day of the Virtual Party. I went all out with the orange background and then added bats and swirls with black acrylic paint.

Products used: 

Gelogic "Top Coat"

Black acrylic paint (from local craft store)

Too many colors to list!

I hope you're super excited for Halloween. I wish you a safe and happy night and weekend!

What are you all dressing up as? I didn't think ahead, so I'm not sure I'm even dressing up. Super bummer..  But tomorrow is my third anniversary of doing nail art! So you know my nails will look extra fabulous. I hope you're as excited as I am for that!

I hope you had a great week! Thanks for reading.

<3 Anna

*This post is not sponsored.

Pretty Woman NYC Virtual Halloween Party- Monday October 20th

Hello everyone!

I'm super excited to share with you all that I'm going to be co-hosting part of a Virtual Halloween Party tomorrow with PrettyWomanNYC on their Instagram account. What is a virtual party you ask? It's simply an event that will be going on all day, specifically, this Monday, October 20th from 11am-7pm. There will content going up on PrettyWomanNYC's social media accounts during this time ranging from swatches to nail art.

Keep up with all the posting going on by following PrettyWomanNYC here;

Instagram; @PrettyWomanNYC

YouTube; PrettyWomanUSA

Twitter; @PrettyWomanNYC

Also, check out their Facebook page during the party for a fun Halloween Nail Art contest, and make sure to vote for your favorite!

https://www.facebook.com/PrettyWomanUSA 

Then join me for the party as I take over their Instagram (@PrettyWomanNYC) from 3pm-5pm EST. I will post everything on my blog afterwards, but you catch it first on their Instagram. I will be posting fun looks using their products, including a special holiday design!

Here is their website..

http://prettywomanusa.com/

I hope you all join me for all the fun, and that you're having a great weekend!

<3 Anna

*This post is not sponsored.

Color Club Dry Marble

Hey everyone!

I think I fell in love with doing dry marble designs. It is soooo much fun and really therapeutic for me. So naturally, when I got Color Club's "Seven Deadly Sins" collection, the first thing I had to try out was a marble with the texture polishes. I'm happy it worked out so well. These types of polishes are usually a big no-no when trying to marbling in water because they don't have the right type of formula for spreading evenly.

I didn't have time to do the design on all my fingers, so I just did one nail on each hand.

I love that these are the colors of autumn. It's my favorite season, because the trees are so colorful.

Look forward to swatches of this whole collection! (I will link it here once I post them!)

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(left to right): "Indulge Me", "Dirty Money", "Obsessed".

(right): a close-up of the beautiful deep blues in "Obsessed".

I hope you're having a super great weekend, thanks for reading!

<3 Anna

Purple Sparkle

Hey everyone!

I did my friends nails the other day and got some pretty good photos, so I thought I'd share them!

I used OPI "DS Extravagance" for the base, and NCLA "Hollywood Hills Hot Number" for the glitter on top. 

The result: party on yo nails!

They are both holographic, I'm so sad there was no sun. But you can still see how sparkly they are inside without the sun! Just as loud and crazy. 

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Not much else to say about these...

I love when my friends let me do their nails. I'm going to try to do more posts like this in the future!

I hope you have a super great weekend, thanks for reading!

<3 Anna