Halloween with the Cyclops cat

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Some days you just can't win! No matter how I tried, I just could succeed with today's mani. You can tell how many times I had to re-do everything just by looking at the state of my cuticles- so dry even after the hand cream and cuticle oil I applied.

My plan was to paint familiar little monsters with a twist. The only one that actually made it is the Cyclops cat which was also my favourite. Isn't she scary cute? I might even write a story about her!

For this mani I used

Middle and pinky: Sixteen - 862
Ring: Flormar- JL 13 Pale Eucalypt
Ghost: a mix of white and transparent polish
Index: Custom mix
Cat's eye:  Η&Μ - Wanna Pepperoni
Any black used is acrylic paint.

Have fun tonight with all the ghosts and the spirits!

Red Veined Leaves & Cool Jazz

How do you feel about red veined leaves? I love them.

Base colour H&M - Wanna Pepperoni 1 coat only - how great is that!

Stamping Polish Bourjois - 21 Cerise Noir 

Nail Plate A20 (bought from this  seller but more sellers have been listing these plates since)

Purple Nails: Mononoke's Kusuri Uri

It's geeky time! Following a discussion I had earlier with some friends I was reminded of one of my favourite characters from an animation horror series, Mononoke(モノノ怪)'s Kusuri Uri (薬売り), the Medicine Seller. He is a sort of mysterious psychic detective and amongst other things that add up to make this character amazing, he also sports purple nails and I haven't done purple nails in quite a while so ...

I didn't want to do plain purple though so I did an accent nail where I tried to paint freehand a pattern from his kimono. Here it is: 

The breakdown

OPI - Parlez-vous OPI?

The greenish background is a custom mix of equal parts of Misa - Dirty, Sexy, Money and OPI - Mermaid's tears.

H&M - Moody model (the teal)

Etude House - yellow

The red was a custom mix of Ciate - 138 Snatch and a bit of white. Green cancels red sο it really needed something to make it stand out and a little bit of white was just it. I also picked an orange-based red becuase I didn't want the addition of white to make it look pinkish.  

Too bad the top coat dragged the design a bit! I hope you like it!

Autumnal Irony: H&M - Looks Great on You

The gloom of winter is fast approaching and I wanted to wear a rust/terracotta kind of colour. H&M's Looks Great on You was perfect for what I wanted!

Two days later I got a bit tired of it and decided to use a stamp design that is the complete opposite of the current weather: flowers (Konad plate 51).