Mani of the week: Oktoberfest!

I did a little shopping today and I caved and got OPI It's always Oktoberfest In the Germany collection. I mean...I'm German so I have to get at least one right?

Right!

So Basecoat, Color and I bought another bottle of China Glaze Fast Forward top coat. Still my favorite fast drying for regular ol' nails. NOT NAIL ART it smears!

On my nails:

it is such a beauteous purple I adore it!.... but its more red in artificial light. 

I also got a new Venique and OPI Matte envy. 

It works very well and I hope to do some neat Matte art with it. I read reviews that it has formaldehyde in it so left too long on your natural nail and it will stain yellow. The Venique is Deviant Little sneaker and is a sheer black with Glitter. SO i'll probably wear it over another color. 

I need to remember to get more gelous soon toooo <3

I also bought some more sinful colors and found a good color close to Lumpy Space Princess. Its called Amethyst and it looks like a cheap match to my OPI Planks a lot Which is fabulous! I hope to find more cheap versions of my Adventure Time Nail colors for people on a budget. (I mean good close colors)

I also got the lovely blue called Savage.

And some more nail wheels! Lets see what designs I can cook up!

See you next time! 

Beemo , Batman, Marceline/Marshall Lee + more!

Batman

since the Dark Knight Rises is approaching I decided that Batman themed nails are appropriate this week. 

I couldn't find tape or anything to help me french tip so its free handed. My stash is very disorganized. 

But here are my nails:

So the Yellow is

China Glaze Solar Power, it was the most opaque yellow I had.

Black is Sinful Colors Black on Black its the most opaque black I have ever seen :D

and the Grey is my new China Glaze Elephant walk from the Safari collection(pictured). 

It was the perfect grey for Batman and I'm so glad it caught my eye. 

My Basecoat this time was Sally Hansen Hard as Nails and Top Coat was Seche Vite. 

Which I didn't like at first but I really do now, it really evens out your polish and drys pretty quickly.

BEEMO

I finished my design for Beemo and almost have the colors right. It needs some Tweaking

that picture makes it look pretty bad and I will updating it shortly, but I have most colors picked out!

So Beemos Body is China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise(Neon) about 2-3 coats will do.

beemos screen is OPI (POTC) Mermaids Tears.

Any Black will do for the outline and plugs

I used China Glaze solar powered for the d-pad

I wanted to use but couldn't find OPI Big apple red but its China Glaze poinsettia which is not a great color over any other color.

I used China Glaze Kinetic Candy for the top triangle button but you can't see it here which is very disappointing and Sinful Colors Irish Green for the other button which is not at all opaque.

So I need a good blue and Green for Beemo and then its done.

Marceline The Vampire Queen /

Marshall Lee

Marceline was crooked on my own finger but on others it would be fine. My finger is crooked so it makes it difficult to keep things straight.

The colors are OPI Big Apple Red

OPI (POTC) Skull & Glossbones

and my thumbs were China Glaze Ruby Pumps just for fun

I didnt take care in doing the plaid and stripes like I should have but I did it a couple of times and got tired. 

Designs!!

Marceline, Marshall lee, Fiona and Finn

the Left is the original design without a skin tone polish since my skin tone matches Fin and Fiona 

The next is when i added China Glaze Kalahari Kiss from the Safari collection.

I saw it as a skin tone immediately and nabbed it (last one out)

I added it to the new design so you can do it either way and here my skin rec. 

Fiona's hair is a yellow/neon from hot topic. 

Bubble Lumps

I did prince gumball wrong and need to redesign and I want bubble gum lower so you can get her crown fully. 

The LSP's were easy peasy and the expression from before, I plan to do a color wheel with just her expressions though xD

Princess Bubblegum is Hair : Wet n Wild Megalast Candy-licious/rose bonbon

and her skin is OPI Steady as she rose with China Glaze Champange Bubbles as the crown with a random yellow neon from Hot Topic. 

Well theres my color choices and designs! see ya next week~!!

Adventure Time!!!

Finn Nails! 
OPI Ogre The Top Blue
China Glaze White on White
Sinful Colors Black
and my own nail plate for his skin

How to:
Make sure you use a base coat!
I use Gelous, which is pretty quick drying
and my go to.
Then Paint White until Opaque!
Mine took about two coats.
I then used the blue as a sky but also as a reference
to his outfit and painted above with two ear shapes
for his hat, about two applications using a detail nail
art brush. 
I then took a cotton swab and dipped it in acetone
and made a oval for his face (since I didn't have that color
and my skin is the same it looks great!)
Then I took black and used the nail art brush but a dotting
tool would be better and made two eyes! waited for it to
dry and used China Glaze fast drying Top Coat.
I apparently did it too soon and it smeared a little so do it
carefully and make sure its completely dry!

Lumpy Space Princess Nails
OPI Planks a lot
China Glaze Champagne Bubbles
Sinful Colors Black

So Basecoat Gelous
then Planks a lot on the 4 nails and champagne bubbles for the accent nail
its also used for the star on LSP's forehead.
We found a face of lsp's she liked and I painted it on with a detail brush
and used the brush for the star on her forehead (as best I could i'm terrible at Stars)
The Planks took about 2 coats and the Bubbles about 3.
Used China Glaze fast drying Coat and we're set!

Thanks for looking! I will be doing Beemo and Ice King next I think!