Kell's DIY Nails

When it comes to Halloween and October it turns to the macabre and spooky in my life. Scary movies, haunted houses, the ouiji board, and don't forget the scary decorations. It figures that I wouldn't put cartoon pumpkins and cats on my nails. No smiling spiders here. LOL That's where Jane's Tiny Things comes in... with her Fright Night Decals .  From Left to Right: FingerPaints , Catwalk Queen with Goblin Decal. * OPI, Don't Talk Bach To Me with Witch Decal. Julep, Adrianna with Zombie Decal. * OPI, Don't Pretzel My Buttons with Vampire Decal.   Frankened White Polish (1/2 Zoya, Purity & 1/2 China Glaze, Dandy Lyin' Around) with Evil Clown Decal. I apply these decals like temporary tattoos and applied a coat of ACI's In A Hurry Air Dry Top Coat . *OPI is no longer Cruelty-Free but I purchased the Germany Collection back when they were Cruelty-Free.

I did quite a few Halloween Inspired full face looks this month but didn't get photos of them simply becase this month has been so hectic with our sudden move. I've had to literally SQUEEZE time in to do the looks but there wasn't any time to photograph them. Except for this one. So, here it is! The eye is a basic smokey eye but I extended it out a bit to make it longer at the outter eye. It was done using the 5th column of Urban Decay's Vice 3 palette . I applied Defy to the majority of my lid and up into the crease. I deepened the outter corner with Revolver and also brought it up into my crease. I then used Angel to blend the crease up and out. I applied Last Sin to my brow bone. This gives you a very shimmery result which I think is great at Halloween but also great to amp up a look.  I used My Pretty Zombie's Drugs Like Me Blush in Morphine to the hollows of my cheeks. I applied this very sparingly because a little will go a very long way. This is a metal...

What do you think of my play on words, there? On my Index & Middle: China Glaze, But Of Corpse . A metallic green apple or lime green. On my Ring & Pinkie: China Glaze, I Love Your Guts . A metallic berry pink. This complimentary pair of polishes are from the Apocalypse Of Color Collection and they are quite unique. I'm not sure if you would call them frosts, metallics, textures, or glitters. The base is a frosty metallic loaded with fine black glitters. They are gritty glitters that give a very unique finish to the polish. It's textured but not as heavily as most textured polishes. A few notes on the formula: These thicken quite quickly as you polish your nails and I found thinner coats worked best. If I applied a coat too thick it would crack much like a Crackle Type polish. Otherwise I found the formula to be fine, not spectacular, but fine. These also dried quickly. I applied a coat of ACI's In A Hurry Air Dry Top Coat and surprisingly it still kept it's t...

Today I have a polish from China Glaze's Apocalypse Of Color with an accent nail from the All Aboard Collection. These two just seemed to scream out at me as a cool combo. No Top Coat. Getting To Gnaw You is from the Apocalypse Of Color Collection and it reminds me a lot of Wet n Wild's Cougar Attack from years ago except GTGY has a much more opaque and black base. If you missed out on Cougar Attack and are still kicking yourself I would highly recommend this one. I like it better. It only took two coats and dried very quickly like a texture polish. In fact you could rock this as a texture or your could top coat it. Formula was very easy to work with. On my accent nail I have Stop That Train! from the All Aboard Collection . This frosty orange is pretty enough but as you can see this shows brush strokes. I love orange polish but this left me a bit bored. I used 2 easy coats; formula was quite easy to work with.  With Illamasqua Matte Top Coat. I read about a trick (I belie...

Hey Gang! Can I just tell you how stressful this move has been?? Moving is stressful; no news there... But when you go online to U-Haul to reserve a 26' truck on tuesday and this happens: (If you dont want to bother with this part just scroll down) - U-Haul Rep calls to go over details on Wednesday; it's a mess. - U-Haul Rep says they will call you on Thursday to let you know where you can get 26' Truck. - No call from U-Haul Rep on Thursday. - Call U-Haul Rep on Friday and ask whats going on. They say we will have the truck tomorrow morning ready to go. - Go to pick up U-Haul Truck; Not Available.  GRRRRRRR... - Go home; call another U-Haul. - Finally talk to someone who knows what they are doing and set-up reservation for Monday. This guy covered everything the 1st did not.  - Got it on Monday (Yay!) - Load up truck; drive to new place.  - Begin unloading; notice huge wet spot under truck. - Transmission fluid all over driveway (this is a rental sooo...) - Call U-Haul t...

When I spotted this fragrance on Elvira's webstore (one of three different scents) I bought it straight on impulse. It's two of my favorite things rolled into one; Elvira & Zombies.  It's been ages (literally) since I've purchased anything from Demeter Fragrance; let's be honest these are popular for the pre-teen crowd. At least that's when I used to purchase them. Today I wouldn't think to visit the Demeter site for a fragrance but because I stumbled upon it through Elvira's site its now in my hands. The magic of the internet, right? So, first we must specify this as a 'cologne'. What does that mean? A cologne is typically a scent that contains the lowest percentage (about 5% to 8%) of essential oils while a perfume contains the highest (aproximately 30%) and is more concentrated. Perfume lasts much longer on skin, about 6 to 8 hours, while cologne will require additional applications. Typically colognes are also much more budget friendly b...

Today I'm rocking another shade from China Glaze's All Aboard Collection . I applied 2 coats of What Are You A-Freight Of? to all my nails. This is a really unique color to my stash. It reminds me of Zoya, Kelly but this one leans more of a red-toned purple. It's dark but it has a muted dusty quality that makes it really nice. Formula was a little on the thin side but still incredibly opaque. Use caution to avoid cuticle pooling, be sure to wipe excess polish from your brush. If you like to apply thicker coats this could be a one coater but I used medium coats so I added a 2nd coat to even things out. It self levels nicely but does take a little longer to dry for some odd reason. On my index and middle nails I dabbed one coat of Lumina Lacquer's Peculiar Pumpkin Posse . This glitter bomb features orange and black hexagons, orange holographic hexagons, large silver circles, silver holographic crescent moons and even a few silver hearts. All that in a clear base. The s...