OPI Spookettes decals 2!

So I wanted to show you guys some of the other decals that came with Spookettes. Oh and sorry if anything is blurry and about the glare, it's cloudy and rainy and dark here, so I needed flash.

This is the spider, I did a black v looking tip, kind of like they show on the back of the Spookettes box.

Now this I found funny. Something OPI must have not thought about. You'll probably have to enlarge this to see what I'm talking about. So, this is the decal that says "trick or treat", and when you look at it on the paper, that's exactly what it said. But whoever thought of this didn't realize that when you transfer the decal onto your nail it comes out backwards! So all the words are backwards! Slight oops by OPI on this one. It's pretty funny actually.

I didn't use the bat ones yet, I really like them and think I want to save them for a mani that I'll actually keep on for a while.

Until next time,

The Wicked

OPI Spookettes decals!

I finally looked at the decals that came with the Spookettes. It took me about 10 minutes to actually find them which is just sad lol

These are the decals after I used some of them, I didn't realize to take a picture until after I used some lol Oh and the blank spots are really white designs, they're just really hard to see.

Here is an example of one of the white designs, it's a spider web! Very cute. 

Here is one of the black designs, it's a face! Looks like Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas! I love him so much. 

Other designs are black bats, black spiders and white writing that says trick or treat. I might show you the rest of them in my next post. I think these are really cute and are definitely perfect for halloween. Also, they are so easy to apply! So much easier than Konad or trying to free hand it. 

Until next time,

The Wicked

Blood Splatter nails!

I've been wanted to do a real splatter mani for a while now, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. I tried about three different techniques and seriously nothing was working. You might remember the Paint Splatter nail art that I did a while back, which was hand made splatters, I wanted organic splatters this time. I saw a video of someone doing paint splatter with a pen, and I needed to try it. It was my last hope.

Success! The base is two coats of OPI I Only Date Werewolves for the black and for the white, two coats of OPI Mummy Knows Best. For the blood splatter I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Cherry Red. Then a coat of Seche to finish it all off. 

To do the actual splatter, I took apart a clicky pen and used the hollow pen shell (shown above) like a blow pen. So you just dip the tip of the pen into the polish and you blow into the pen like a blow pen! Be careful not to have the pen too close to your nail or you'll get big blobs, which you can see on my index finger. Also, you need to work a little quicker with this because the polish starts to dry and it just won't work. But it's really simple to do, takes really no effort and comes out awesome. I love how it looks like organic splatter.

I love this. It seriously looks like blood. It's cool and creepy and just plain awesome. These pictures are after 5 days of wear, and I only had minimal tip wear. I think that it looks a little bit better on the white, because you get more of a contrast and can see the smaller splatters a lot better. So, if I were to redo this, I'd probably just use white as a base. 

Until next time,

The Wicked

OPI Spookettes: I Only Date Werewolves!

This is the last of the Spookettes! Finally got to the end!

I Only Date Werewolves, two coats. So this is black, yep just black. Average, nothing very exciting. The name is almost annoying because as much as I love werewolves, Twilight ruined it for me and now its just annoying. But anyway, the polish itself was good, really nicely opaque after two coats and the formula was good. Like Mummy Knows Best, it dried super fast. Always a plus. 

So that's it for Spookettes! What did you guys think about it? The stand outs for me were definitely Zom-Body to Love and He's My Boo.

OPI Mummy Knows Best and New OPI DS Shades and PInk Shatter!

It's an OPI-tastic night tonight! Firstly, continuing on with the Spookettes.

Mummy Knows Best, two coats. One of the average shades of the collection. I get why they put it there, but it is just white polish. 

The formula is good, but can be patchy if you don't get an even coat, which I found hard to do. A second coat smoothes it all out just fine. One thing that's really good about this polish is that it dries really quickly, definitely a plus. 

Next, the new DS  Shades.

Left to right:

DS Temptation- A provocative sparkle of deep purple

DS Bold- A brilliant sparkle of rich, shimmering red

Two new shades will be joining the Designer Series by OPI collection this upcoming fall – DS Temptation and DS Bold. Designer Series shades include vivid hues and sparkling, glitter-packed textures featuring OPI’s diamond-dust formula.

DS Temptation and DS Bold will be available beginning September 2011.

And Pink Shatter!

OPI launches the limited edition Pink Shatter: Pink of Hearts Nail Lacquer to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure® in its promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever. The 2011 Pink of Hearts edition will follow in the footsteps of its namesake 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Nail Lacquers in raising awareness of breast cancer for the fifth year in a row, during the months of September and October (National Breast Cancer Awareness Month). Unlike previous shade incarnations, this year’s Pink of Hearts Nail Lacquer marks the debut of fan-favorite Shatter coat in OPI’s first pink shade.

Each bottle of Pink Shatter: Pink of Hearts has a special pink-ribbon tag and pink cap wrap to call attention to breast cancer awareness. OPI will also be making its annual donation of $25,000 to Komen for the Cure. Pink Shatter coat contains no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde, and it also features OPI’s exclusive ProWide™ Brush for the ultimate in application.

The limited edition Pink Shatter: Pink of Hearts will be available throughout the months of September and October 2011.

OPI He's My Boo!

Back to the Spookettes! After I kind of tireed this one out a couple of days ago for my candy corn design, I was really excited to do full swatches.

He's My Boo, two coats, no top coat. Wow! Super bright! I was so surprised with this polish because it looks so much lighter in the bottle than it actually is on the nails. The bottle looks a few shades lighter. The color is a true orange, which I hae not been able to find lately. It's not too red or too yellow.. just perfect pumpkin orange.

When I first opened the bottle, the polish looked like it would be pretty sheer and take a bunch of coats to be opaque, but that was not the case at all! This polish is so pigmented it's pretty ridiculous. Also, this polish is super shiny without a top coat.

The formula is great. The pigmentations is amazing, as I said and the polish has great coverage and it super smooth.

Then I decided to add Black Shatter for some black. How it definitely looks like halloween! This is definitely a must have for halloween. I think I'll make a list of must haves for halloween...

I also just got press releases for a bunch of new OPI and Nicole by OPI stuff. It actually reminded me to show you guys their other halloween set.

The Pair’em Scare’em duo pack will bring Zom-Body to Love and OPI’s bestselling Black Shatter together in a hair-raising pair. Inspired by graffiti art, Shatter leaves behind a crackled, two-texture finish when painted over completely dry OPI nail lacquer. Paint Shatter over two coats of Zom-Body to Love and add a top coat for a one-of-a-kind, glow-in-the-dark manicure.

The polishes in this set are both full sized. I debated about getting it instead of Spookettes for a while, but I already had Black Shatter and now that I know how awesome He's My Boo is, I'm totally happy with my decision.

Until next time,

The Wicked

OPI Spookettes: Zom-body To Love!

I love OPI's halloween sets, they're always really cute and usually filled with some really nice colors. I saw this one and I couldn't help but get it.

This set comes with four mini bottles and some halloween themed sticker/decals for your nails.

Left to right:

He's My Boo- lighter orange

Mummy Knows Best- white

I Only Date Werewolves- black

Zom-body To Love- glow in the dark green

This is the back of the box, it has descriptions of all the colors and also how to replicate the looks on the back. You'll probably have to enlarge the pictures to get full details.

This is obviously completely Halloween themed. I haven't looked at the decals yet, I'm going to save those for when it's actually closer to Halloween and then I'll show you guys.

The first one I tried was Zom-body To Love. I couldn't help it. I LOVE glow in the dark polishes.

Zom-body To Love, two coats. How awesome?!!

You can see the fluorescent stuff at the bottom of the bottle, so make sure to shake it up really well.

You probably should enlarge this one and the next one, but I decided to use I Only Date Werewolves to make a little ghost on my ring finger. He was so cute, but super hard to get a close up on camera.. it kept coming out super blurry so I had to settle for a farther away shot.

One thing about this polish, as with a lot of glow in the dark polishes, if you hold it up to the light before turning off the lights, the polish will glow so much brighter.

The formula on this was a bit rough and slightly gritty, but that's probably from the fluorescent pigment. I did not use a top coat, I just left it on its own. It's also pretty sheer so you'll need at least three coats for full coverage depending on how thick your coats are, but in the dark it doesn't look sheer at all so it's really nothing to worry about. Also, the color in normal light is exactly like what you see in the bottle in the first picture (I forgot to take a picture of it in normal light, I got over excited about the glow in the dark stuff). The only issue I have, and it's not even a real issue... but the name.. it just reminds me of Justin Bieber and kind of drives me crazy! 

Overall. I just think the set it super cute and could be great to give as favors for a Halloween party or something. As I said, I really like OPI Halloween sets, even though this one comes with black and white which is kind of a cop out, but I'm excited to try He's My Boo because I need a decent orange! But I have to tell you guys, when I was wearing Zom-body To Love my favorite thing was going to bed so that I could stare at my nails in the dark lol

Oh! Also! I almost forgot, Zoya is doing a BOGO promotion until 10/5, just use promo code BOGO4 at checkout!

Until next time,
The Wicked