October is here!! To kick off one of my favorite months in the year, I'm sharing some swatches of this year's WetnWild Fantasy Makers nail polishes (I've had them since the end of August... these things come out earlier and earlier, I tell ya!). I chose two of the collection of five, but before I start in on the colors, the repackaging is worth mentioning. They're still the cute little tombstone shape, but instead of the mottled grey headstone emblazoned with "R.I.P.", the cap is a satin finish black printed with little silver skulls (links to previous collection picks at the end of the post). These bottles kind of look like Darth Vader with a new wardrobe.
Good morning friends!! My new bud Michelle at Lacquer Or Leave Her tagged me to play this leetle game. These are always fun to play and I hope you all enjoy reading my responses :)
1) Do you still Trick or Treat?
I've never been trick or treating.
2) Do you like going to haunted attractions?
Heck yes!! Before we even became a couple, C and I drove around to all sorts of rumored spooky places, like a backwards church... we're all old and stuff now and neither of us can remember anything else, lol. Or, it could be that we only talked about it and that's the only place we actually went.
3) Favorite Halloween treat you look forward to getting?
Candy corn, and I prefer the ones with the brown, not the yellow. I think they taste chocolate-y.
4) Favorite Halloween movie?
Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It's a classic! "A-with a hip, hip and a clippity-clop, he's out looking for a brand new top!" Sing it, Bing.
5) Favorite scary movie?
The Blair Witch Project, hands down. And it's not because I thought it was particularly scary. I found the whole "is it real, or is it fake?" hubbub surrounding it fascinating, and I was rapt the entire time I watched it and was so for every time following. I can't tell you how many times I've replayed the last scene trying to find something, anything, suggesting what might be going down. The sequel in no way compares. I haven't seen it in years, sadly.
6) Favorite costume you wore as a child?
N/A, really. Our school always put on a Halloween carnival and my sisters and I pieced together whatever we could from whatever we had around the house. I went as a tailless cat one year, with ears taped to a headband and a hand me down white leopard print shirt that I loved. I don't recall anything else.
7) A costume you would like to dress up as if you could go back to your childhood?
Um, forget that! I'd love to be a zombie bride now, though, but I'm not about to use my own wedding dress and they still cost $100 at Goodwill.
8) Do you decorate your house for Halloween?
A little. I found these adorable little bat and jack-o-lantern glass ornaments one year that we like to put up, along with more all-encompassing autumn decorations. Last year we put some decals and a shifting picture of a scary old lady on our front door.
9) Do you have a festive background on your phone or computer?
I do not. I usually won't be bothered to change stuff like that. A photo of my favorite perfume is my cu8rrent backdrop and there it will stay until C decides to change it (it's his turn, now, lol).
10) What are your plans for this Halloween night?
Working laaaate :p So yeah. I'll probs try and do some festive makeup and buy candy for my coworkers and for little kids who happen by the pharmacy. C gets to have fun with the trick or treaters all by his lonesome, again.
11) If you have a pet what would you like to dress it up as (if you don't have a pet, you can say your sister or brother)?
We have two cats and there will be no dressing up of the pets in our household, lol. Though we did put some batwings on Sal one year and enter her in a photo contest.
SHE'S SO CUUUUTE!!! lol. She didn't win, possibly because we entered too late, or possibly because she looks like she might want to scratch your eyeballs out.
12) What is your least favorite sweets you would never want to receive when you go trick or treating?
M&Ms bug me for some reason, especially the regular ones. Those and Hershey's minis. Anything hot. Lemonheads. Necco wafers (BLEAHHH!!!). Oh, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. How about y'all just give me a toothbrush and a bag of carrots?
13) Favorite Halloween decoration?
Jack o'lanterns! We did some fun ones this year (and when I say "we" I mean mostly C). I posted this a couple weeks ago but here it is again.
14) Favorite Halloween song?
I haven't the foggiest. I just googled "Halloween songs" and found this Billboard Top Ten list. Based on that, I have to go with Rob Zombie's Dragula., though I've grown to find Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon highly entertaining ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's, and his hair was perfect".)
But then there's this...
15) Favorite Halloween makeup look? (insert picture if you can)
Well, there's this that I did last year (I went as "comfortable" for Halloween at work, aren't I so clever), trying to be all Cullen-esque.
I've always had a soft spot for full-on goth, though. I did C's makeup this particular year. This is special because it marked the day I knew for sure we were going to be okay. Our relationship was a week old. Also, this is a scanned in photo... ahh, the good old days....
And that's it! Copy and paste and participate, if you have a mind to, and let me know if you did. I'd love to go check it out!
Thanks for reading and have a frightfully awesome day, lolol. Oh, my.
The 2013 Fantasy Makers have landed at my favorite drugstore and at first glance, I thought them all rather unspectacular. There's the requisite glow-in-the-dark green, a solid black that I didn't open to check if jelly or creme, a silver foil, and a bright orange jelly. No glitters or shimmers in this bunch. I thought I'd pass, but those little tombstone bottles are just too cute to say no to, so I picked up the orange, called Ghouls Rush In (and such a cute name! I'm a sucker for a good name). As it turns out, it's kind of rockin'!
Isn't it cuuuute?! Ghouls Rush In is a true jelly, nice and self leveling. It dries to a rubbery, semi-matte finish. I used three coats to diminish visible nail line and maximize squishiness.
I LOVE THESE BOTTLES!!
One more :) This is seriously sooo fun to wear and I think it'll play so nicely with the Fantasy Makers of years past.
I've seen these for sale at Fred Meyer only, so far, but keep your eyes peeled as they're certain to land at your local watering hole (thanks, Christine ♥) in no time. They run $1.99 a piece.
Thanks for reading and may the day be gentle with you ♥♥
Hello guys and gals! The single most fun thing about Halloween for me is the all-out flashy and over the top hair, costumes, and makeup. Over the top has different meanings for everyone, and for me, it means wearing four different colors on my nails... at once!! lol. Earlier this month I was driving home from work and I passed a display in a boutique window with little Halloween lights in purple, orange, and light green. I thought they looked so pretty and festive, and that those colors would make a spooktacular manicure (clever and original play on words no extra charge).
I used Revlon Facets of Fuschia over Essence Black is Back (an excellent and inexpensive black creme), Zoya Midori, and WetnWild 9.0.2.1. Orange. I was pretty stoked that I had the perfect colors already in my stash.
I brought my camera to work (I make my living in a retail pharmacy) and decided to surreptitiously (sort of) take pictures of my nails next to Halloween costumes and decorations. If anyone noticed... they didn't let on. ;)
Ooh, creeepy!! :D
I just love these colors together, and I really like how my first foray into seasonal looks turned out.
Thanks for reading, and have a terrifyingly terrific Thursday. ;p
