Halloween Mani! Cheshire Cat Nails and Costume

Hello all! So yesterday was one of my favorite holidays, Halloween! I didn't really get to do anything exciting outside of work but work was a blast! Most of the staff dressed up as Disney characters and I was the Cheshire Cat from the movie Alice in Wonderland. My friend, who told me about the job, dressed as Alice! It was fun because we totally didn't plan it together. She did my face paint, which scared a couple of kids and most of them told me they found it creepy. haha. Oh well most of them could tell who I was suppose to be, which is fun. I'm going to share with you my nails I wore for the occasion and the costume I made!

As for my nails, I decided for each of my thumbs I would do the Cheshire's face. For my right hand I only did the smile because I'm still not that skilled painting with my left hand due to being right handed. For the rest of my nails I did his stripes. I painted the purple first which was a bad idea because it made the fuchsia color much darker than it really is, you can tell my looking at the thumb with his full face. 

I'm pretty happy with the way the nails came out. I started doing this mani with tape but I don't have proper nail tape so I lose patience and start painting the stripes themselves. So that's why they aren't perfect.

I was so surprised that I had proper Cheshire Cat colored polish! I do love my bright colors! 

What I used:

• Base colors: 
• Striped nails: LA Colors Fun in the Sun
• Left thumb: Zoya Charisma
• Right thumb: Sinful Colors Black on Black
• Stripes: Zoya Charisma
• Thumbs: White, black, yellow, red and pink acrylic paint
• Nail art brush and dotting tool

So I made my costume with furry ribbon stuff, safety pins, a sweater and jeans. I also made my ears with a headband, felt and cotton balls (genius idea thought up by Tara). I'm pretty happy with the way it came out.

The idea behind my costume was that I was the Cheshire Cat disappearing. In the original Disney movie he says, "Most everyone's mad here. You may have noticed that I'm not all there myself." He says this while he is vanishing. Below is the picture I used for my inspiration. 

I hope you all enjoyed the nails I painted to go along with my costume and my costume itself! What did you guys where on your nails for Halloween? And if you dressed up, what was your costume? I hope everyone had a fun Halloween this year!

Until next time,

Erin

"This is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge! Day 3: Ghosts

Hello all! Today's challenge is ghosts! I absolutely love ghosts and just created a fun ghostly manicure for the 31 day challenge. I was very happy with that post, you can see it here. So for today's challenge I wanted to use one of the ghosts that I used for the last mani and I decided to go with Casper. Casper is a friendly ghost and he occasionaly has problems with these other ghosts, known as the Ghostly Trio. I've seen the early cartoons and the movies. Since Casper was a big part of my childhood, I thought he would be a fun ghost design, so I decided to create a design with him and the Ghostly Trio.

My nails depict (from thumb to pinky) Fatso, Stinky, Casper, Stretch and Casper's name. I knew the ghosts would just be black and white, so I decided to use a fun Holographic nail polish as the back ground. I think it really works! When I was telling Tara about the polish I totally said Horrorgraphic...haha I guess it's rather fitting for the ghosts! 

What I used:

• Base color: Kleancolor Holo Chrome
• Black and white acrylic paint
• Fine tipped nail art brush

So what do you guys think? I really love the way they came out! My thumb with Fatso makes me think of the earrings I use to have. The Fatso earrings were a tad heavy but I loved to wear them every October. I am pretty sad that they have gone missing. What is something you wear every October to celebrate Halloween? I can't wait to see what everyone else came up with for today's challenge!

Up next for this challenge is Jack-O-Lanterns! I am pretty excited to do these. By the way! I am starting my new job today! It's only part time but I am nervous about it and I'm not sure how my schedule will be so I might be a bit slow with blogging and returning comments! Also, I was asked to do a tutorial, which is coming but I have been having problems with it. Hopefully I can get it out to you guys soon. 

Until next time,

Erin