Halloween Challenge- Halloween Pumpkin

Halloween Pumpkin

Hello! I decided to do two challenges since this is my favorite month of the year AND its not everyday. Here is the first of the challenge, Halloween Pumpkin nails. I started with my base coat of Orly Nail Defense, 1 coat of Elmer's school glue. Let that dry. Then I put 1 coat of Ruby Kisses Peach on Fire. I noticed when I use the glue technique for glitter polishes, it works better if I have a 1 coat of a solid color (non glitter) in the peeling off process. So, after that has all dried I added 2 coats of OPI Bring on the Bling and 1 coat of Out the Door fast dry top coat. I waited about 20 minutes to make sure that was good and dry. For one thing, if you add stickers to a slight  wet nail polish, it will be a mess. The sticker will look like it has sunk in, you can't move it without messing up your manicure, it will take 5 times longer to dry. Basically, don't add the stickers/decals until its good and dry. After all that I added 2 more coats of fast dry top coat to help the stickers stay on longer and give it a smooth feeling.

Below is a picture of it blurry to show how blingy the polish is.

Below is a picture with flash to show the details of the stickers.

I bought these stickers off of eBay for cheap. 

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I also went back to Spirit Halloween to pick up a couple of the Wet n Wild Fantasy Makers nail polish that my daughter lost. It hurt me to buy them again, when I just bought them a couple of weeks ago...but, I didn't want to go without them! On the left is Once Upon a Time and on the right is last year's Black Magic.

I will be sure to wear these soon :)

Using Elmer's Glue to remove glitter nail polish

I LOVE glitter nail polish. But, I HATE removing it. 

I used to use the foil method (wrapping each finger and a acetone soaked cotton ball for ten minutes), then I saw the nail soakers and used those for ten minutes in place of the foil. 

But, I saw somewhere to try regular school glue to remove the glitter. 

So, what the hey, why not? I have 2 kids in elementary school.

 And because of that, glue was laying in my junk drawer.

 I used my usual base coat of Orly nail defense. Then I put some in an empty nail polish bottle and painted two coats on each nail. After it dried clear, I put on the usual glitter nail polish regimen. And below is how it looked. As you can see the nail polish came off in sheets. But, only because I picked it off. Not because it came loose. I really recommend this removal process.

Its cheap (2 for $1 at Wal-mart), easy (just put it on and let it dry), and easily accessible to buy (buy it anywhere that has school supplies).
I used one of the glitter bombs Nail-Venturous's Floam!

Thanks for reading!