Polished Lifting

Orly Mirrorball may be the closest thing I will ever have to a religious experience. While I don't suffer from obsessive-compulsive-holo-purchasing disorder, I do appreciate a good holo. Before you tell me how old Orly Mirrorball is, I'm well aware that I'm quite late to this party. It was one of those shades I always meant to pick up, but it just never happened. Thanks to Kendahl, I finally own it!


Formula: Nice consistency
Finish: Holo with holo glitter
Coverage: 2 coats
Notes: I really don't know what I could say about this that isn't already covered in the photos. If you don't own it, you need to change that asap!

This will most likely be my final Halloween themed mani... at least until my Born Pretty Halloween plate arrives. For the final #clairestelle8halloween prompt, we are simply supposed to do something Halloween themed. With such an open-ended prompt, there are really unlimited options. I chose my favorite Halloween stamp for this one and called it good.

Today's look features Painted Polish Get Your Ghost On, Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, and UberChic Beauty Halloween 02. Let's start off with swatches and a review of Painted Polish Get Your Ghost On.

Painted Polish Get Your Ghost On

As you can see, I haven't had any issues with this plate at all. It's quite an improvement on what I experienced with the UberChic Beauty Succulent plate.

This is the mother of all Halloween nail art posts. I've done so many Halloween themed manis that I thought I would take a moment and round up my favorites. Some of these looks contain press samples. They are not individually labeled here, but if you do decide to click the header for each image, it will say "press sample" at the top of each post when applicable.

Here's a quick collage of the looks that will be featured in this post. If you would like to learn more about each look you can click the header to be redirected to the main post.

Frankenstein Halloween Nail Art featuring Anonymous Lacquer

Jackolantern Stamping featuring Firecracker Lacquer

Vampy Cats featuring Bliss Polish Bite

Morgan Taylor Halloween Spiders and Witches Hats

Blackheart Beauty Glow in the dark Halloween Coffin Mani

Spoopy Twin Pumpkin Mani

Pahlish Sour Caramel Apple with UberChic Skulls

Painted Polish the Vampiest of Vampy Valentine

Morgan Taylor Dia de los Muertos featuring Born Pretty Bats

Joy Lacquer This Many Treats Should Be Ill-Eagle Graveyard Nail Art

Lacquer Lust Unicorn's Brew

Witch Halloween Nail Art featuring Painted Polish

Minimalist Bats featuring Bliss Polish and UberChic Beauty

Joy Lacquer Chick or Treat with Rainbow Spider Nail Art

Skull and Crossbones Halloween Nail Art featuring Painted Polish

Dem Bones Halloween Nail Art featuring Girly Bits Cosmetics

ittse The Seacliff Collection Swatches & Review- Press sample

Very little in this world makes me feel as wonderful and pampered as brand new makeup. There's something just delightful about opening up fresh pans of eyeshadow and giving them that first swipe. If you don't research your makeup before purchasing, there's also that moment of truth. Will the eyeshadow have good pigment payoff, or will it end up in the bottom of your drawer in a week?

I'm hoping that my review of ittse's The Seacliff Collection will help you decide if this collection is right for you. I can tell you that this palette is definitely not sitting in the bottom of my drawer!

ittse The Seacliff Collection

ittse The Seacliff Collection & Magnetic Palette in Uptown Grey

ittse's palettes are magnetic and fit one full curated collection or up to twelve eyeshadow pans. If you keep the plastic clamshell each pan is packaged in, you can easily store them when you want to mix up your palette. If you are crazy like me, you will probably just buy another palette because it's way more fun to see all of your colors at once.

ittse The Seacliff Collection swatches

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Destination Duo featuring Firecracker Lacquer- Press sample

Can someone please explain to me how it's Wednesday already?! I feel like I am losing time or something. Ok not really, but I swear it feels like I blinked and ended up nearly in winter. It certainly is odd to wake up in complete darkness knowing that I have no choice but to haul myself out of bed. While that part of it may suck, I certainly don't regret doing it when I get to swatch beautiful colors like the ones I have to share with you today.

Today's post features the Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Destination Duo featuring Firecracker Lacquer. The duo was inspired by a photo that Julie (BEGL) took at a Muse concert. I think you guys will be as amused (pun intended) with this colors as I am.

The duo consists of Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Look to the Stars, Firecracker Lacquer A-muse-ing, and one package of sparkly iridescent gems. Let's check out the swatches!

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Look to the Stars

Firecracker Lacquer A-muse-ing

I'm a little bit sad that this is the second to last prompt in the #clairestelle8halloween challenge, but all good things must come to an end. The current prompt is "bones" so I wanted to pep it up a bit with something punchy. This look features Girly Bits Cosmetics Up All Night to Get Lucky (press sample), UberChic Beauty Halloween 02, and Sinful Colors Amethyst.

Will you be working with typical Halloween colors this year, or are you going to try your hand at something different?