Happy Halloween

Good Morning and Happy Halloween!!

Today I'm featuring photos from anyone who emailed me their Halloween themed manicures. YAY!
Only one person sent me their photo, but that's okay! I am a really new blog and didn't expect to get too many photo submissions. I am just glad anyone was nice enough to send me their photos and want to be featured here:):):) SO! Onto this lovely ...(or creepy ;) submission!

This manicure was created by Bryann, who runs her own blog:

Shadow Lacquer

Her nails were based on a tutorial done last year by Dollface22772 (maker of Dollish Polish)

Bryann used  Not Too Polished's Blood, Bone, & Flesh -from their Zombie collection and NYX's Black Coffee & Grey.

These nails are super awesome and super creepy at the same time!! I LOVE them. Thanks so much Bryann for letting me feature your work!

Be sure to check out her blog for some more photos of this Halloween manicure and lots of other polish swatches and reviews.




I'll be posting my Halloween nails a little later on today but I just got home from work so I'm now off to bed!


<3 The Lacquered.Lush

Don't Forget!!!

Email me your Halloween nails today so that I can feature them in my Halloween post tomorrow!!!

<3 The Lacquered Lush

Halloween Nails Day 4

'He did the mash, he did the monster mash!'
:)





If you didn't guess already today I have Orly's Monster Mash for you. This is part of Orly Flash Glam FX, but was promoted with their Spellbound Halloween collection.

Monster Mash is green holo bar glitter, gold hex glitter and  gold micro glitter in a green tinted base

 

 

I chose to layer this over a simple black so that the glitter had a chance to really shine through

 

 

Photos show one layer of Monster Mash with two coats of top coat since the finish was slightly rough

 

 

 

Here's a photo of Monster Mash alone so that you can see the green base.

Top finger is 3 coats .

Bottom finger is one coat.

 

 

 

Formula was typical for glitter of this size. The base was thick, but not clumpy and the bar and micro glitter applied easily. It was the larger green hexes that I had to dab on and move around so they wouldn't clump.

 

 

 

That's all I have for you lovelies today!

Have you tried any of Orly's Spellbound collection?

Halloween Nails Day 3

Catwoman would be jealous of these 'claws'!


I was browsing Pinterest the other day (I am about as addicted to Pinterest as I am to nail polish!) and I stumbled across a manicure of faux claws. After some clicking I found the original picture on another blog. Click here to see the original post. As soon as I saw this I knew I had to try to recreate this look. I think it is so cool looking and it makes you do a double take because your nails really do look like cat claws!

The great thing about this mani is that you can get the claw look with out having to cut and file the shape of your nails. This is safer (c'mon those pointy nails can be dangerous!) but it's easily removed after Halloween. And, if you really like this mani it's sleek enough to be able to wear to work or any other day of the year.

 

I used OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons for the beige and Wet N Wild Black Creme for the claws

 

 

This would work a lot better on longer nails, unfortunately I had just cut and filed my nails when I found this manicure on Pinterest :(

 

 

 

 

So will you be wearing a costume you could rock these nails with this Halloween?

Send me your photos!

So any of you that are reading this likely know that I just started blogging. I'm still in the baby stages and getting the kinks worked out. I hope that one day this will be a blog that everyone will want to come to for polish reviews, swatches, nail art and inspiration. Even in just these few posts I've realized how time consuming and tedious it is to blog. I give those girls out there who have hundreds and thousand of followers major props for keeping us so up to date on everything.

With that being said, I would love to get some followers and some more traffic on here and on facebook here and instagram (search yourlacquered_lush). SO, I am going to ask anyone who reads this to submit to me some of YOUR Halloween nail art. Anyone who submits to me by Tuesday, October 30 will be featured on my post for Halloween day!! I will feature your nails on this blog, on my facebook and instagram so start following so you can see them :):)

Nail art, nail polish, stamping, etc. it doesn't matter the only thing I ask is that it be Halloween related.

Here's the important info:

• Email your photos to lacquered.lush@gmail.com be sure to put Halloween Nails in the subject
• Submit them by Tuesday, October 30th (I will be working on the post early morning Halloween) and plan to have it up by 8am Halloween morning
• In your email please include your name and/or blog name if you have one (so I can post a link to your site)
• Include the names of the polish you are using if you can
• Photos can be no larger than 1150 pixels wide
• Also, I won't be editing any photos submitted, so how you send it will be how it's posted so look your best :)

One photo per person, per email please! If you have any questions let me know!! I REALLY hope to see some of your own work!

Follow me on instagram: yourlacquered_lush and like me at facebook.com/lacquered.lush to see your nails on Halloween!

<3 The Lacquered.Lush

Going Pink For Breast Cancer!

October is almost over but hey! It's never too late to show your support for breast cancer awareness :):)

Here in Central Florida there is a local radio station that does an AMAZING job getting people in the know about breast cancer. Over the past few years they have done something called PinkTober where they 'turn the city pink'. This is where for one or two specified days of October the radio station encourages EVERYONE to wear pink. Offices, schools, etc. It has become quite popular in Orlando. So, this year in honor of breast cancer awareness, I dutifully wore my pink scrubs to work last Friday, October 19th and I just had to do a special mani for the occasion!

 

I used Orly Charged Up as my base. Charged Up is a  grape colored purple, it's a cross between a jelly and creme finish and took me two coats for opacity.

 

But the real standout in this mani was the glitter top coat, Orly Be Brave. Be Brave is originally part of Orly's Flash Glam FX collection, but for October it was put in a special collection for Breast Cancer Awareness called Pretty in Pink

 

 

Be Brave is made up of pink holo bar glitter in a clear base. The holo glitter is SO sparkly!

 

I had looked at this polish in the store a million times and it was one of those I would always pick up then put down. At the beginning of October I finally caved in and bought it. I'm glad I did, I was really suprised how much I loved this on the nail.

 

 

Above you can see just how much that pink bar glitter shines!
I saw that the holo flashes blue, green, purple and maybe a red/pink...
pretty much a rainbow of colors.

 

 I found that the glitter liked to drag on the nail
so it's best applied by dabbing the glitter where you want it.

I used rhinestones I bought from the Dollish Polish store on my ring finger to make the ribbon.

I placed them on by applying top coat to my nail then arranging the rhinestones on my nail with a dotting tool while the top coat was still sticky.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a really fun manicure and it helped remind me and anyone who saw it of a good cause. Breast cancer is a serious issue as is any form of cancer or illness. I'm sure that the cause is very near-and-dear to some of your hearts. And I think it's amazing what people and businesses like Orly and our local radio station: Johnny's House on XL are doing to raise awareness :):)

 

 

I picked up  my bottle of Be Brave at Ulta but you can find Orly products at Sally Beauty and Orlybeauty.com. This is part of the Flash Glam FX collection so you should still be able to find it after October.

 

 

So have you rocked any breast cancer awareness manicures this month?

Emma Louise Swatches!!!!!

I finally have some swatches of Pretty Serious Cosmetics Emma Louise! :):) This is a limited edition polish with only 300 available. Here's what their website had to say:

"As a gift to our friend Emma for her 30th Birthday, we had her design her own polish which we produced in a limited run of only 300 bottles.
Emma Louise is a vibrant violet jelly base with golden green glass fleck, purple micro-glitter, and purple and green hex glitter.
Each bottle is individually numbered, and $5.00 from every bottle will be donated to Cancer Council NSW, as selected by Emma."

Five bucks donated to cancer for every polish sold!? Pretty awesome!

This polish hails all the way from Australia and costs $9.95 au. It was packaged nicely when it arrived, in a large box with lots of tissue paper to protect the bottle. The actual bottle packaging was pretty rocking as well...let me show you

Front of the box that held the polish:

 

Side of the box

 

 

Top of the box showing

which bottle # out of the 300 I received

 

                                                                                                 

 

 Bottom of the bottle showing that also shows 

which bottle # out of the 300 I received

 

 

 

Here's a macro shot of the bottle. Look at all of that glitter goodness!!

 

 

 I wanted to show you one coat of Emma Louise alone. It's has decent coverage for being a jelly but you can still see a little of my nail line.

Below are some swatches: my ring finger shows one coat of Emma Louise layered over one coat of a black cream. All of my other fingers show two coats of Emma Louise alone.

 

You can barely tell the difference between my ring finger and the rest of my nails.

It's only sightly darker

 

The color combo is truly stunning in the bottle, but there is so much shimmer when it's on the nail I think that the larger green and purple hexes get a little lost.

 

 

 

 

Overall I'm glad I purchased this polish, it was my first Pretty Serious purchase and the formula was really good and it truly is a beautiful color (the color combo is perfect for Halloween too!). Even though I don't think the larger purple and green hexes translated onto the nail very well I still really like this polish and I'm curious to try some of their other polishes!
*UPDATE* as I was thinking about this post I realized that maybe if I swatched Emma Louise over a lighter color the green and purple would be more prominent on the nail. Check back in a little bit and I'll post some new swatches so we can compare!!

Check out Pretty Serious Cosmetics website for Emma Louise - last I checked it was still available -and some other really cool and unique looking polishes :):)


Have you gotten your hands on this polish yet? Are there any other Pretty Serious polishes you love? Let me know!

Pretty Serious Cosmetics Emma Louise!

I wanted to show you guys some quick bottle shots of this gorgeous nail polish I just received in the mail!! Please excuse the horrible photography and background I was so excited I snapped these with my iPhone:):) (and I'm posting this from my phone)


I'll have some better photos and swatches tonight but for now here's a little preview:

Halloween Nails Day 2

I want to show you guys some polishes released earlier this year. I thought this would be the perfect time to do some nail art with the Orly Dark Shadows collection.

 

Below is a basic blood drip manicure that's been showing up on a lot of blogs lately and popping up all over Pinterest.

 

 

My base is Orly Decades of Dysfunction. (I think this was a re promote of Orly Pure Porcelain) This is described as a pale pink cream but I think it looks a little more flesh toned, like vampire's skin!

 Formula was nice. Streaky at first but when it dried everything evened out.

Photos show two coats.

For the 'blood' I used Orly Ignite from their Fall 2012 collection. Ignite is a darker red jelly. I did a quick swipe of Ignite over the tips of my nails then dotted three drops on each of my nails and connected them to the polish at the bottom. Pretty simple right?

 

 

 

 

This next mani uses Orly Mysterious Curse (a re promote of Orly Royal Velvet) and China Glaze Make a Spectacle from the 2012 Halloween Collection; Wicked. This didn't turn out very Halloween-like but it was still cool enough that I wanted to show you anyways.

 

Here's my base of Orly Mysterious Curse from their Dark Shadows Collection

Mysterious Curse is a Deep Purple with a blue duochrome/shimmer to it.

It's actually quite pretty on the nail.

This is using two coats. It was a little sheer and streaky and I noticed a third coat made it drag a little, so I stuck to just two and that gave it a pretty opaque finish.

 

I layered Mysterious Curse with China Glaze Make a Spectacle:

This is a very pretty and very shimmery top coat made up of flat round opalescent/iridescent glitter that shines blue/green, orange and pink and micro glitter that flash the same colors.

 

Here's what it looks like layered:

Looks more galaxy than Halloween right?

 

 

Last I have a basic swatch, no nail art or layering here, but I couldn't mention Orly's Dark Shadows collection without showing you guys:

Grave Mistake.

Grave Mistake is a blood red cream that is almost fully

opaque in one coat, I have two on in the photos.

There is one more polish from the Dark Shadows collection that I did not swatch today, Buried Alive is a dark brown with some shimmer to it. If you want a swatch on the blog let me know in the comments and I'll be happy to do it!

I'm not sure if the Dark Shadows collection is still in stores, last I saw they were on clearance at Sally Beauty.