Happy Sunday!

Good afternoon! I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday :) We have finally gotten some beautiful weather here in FL, worthy enough of opening our windows and letting in. It may only last a few days, but I'll take what I can get lol.

Soooo, it's October, and that means a month of switching between pink manis and Halloween manis. I have a couple in need of showing off, so let's get to them!

First up is today's Stamping Sunday theme, which was over a pink base and Breast Cancer Awareness theme. To start, I did a base of 2 coats Zoya Purity topped with Seche. I created a pink gradient, using Zoya Kitridge, Rooney, and Caprice. Stamped over that were butterfly images from my VL-1 plate from aliexpress with Mundo de Unas silver. Topped again with Seche.

When I got a look at this in daylight (since I did it last night), I was pleasantly surprised that my gradient looked decent :)

Friday was my first Halloween themed mani, and I admit, I half assed it lol. It was also Textured Friday, and while I didn't use any new textures, I used two I've had for some time, and haven't used much. It was simply two coats each of Zoya Dovima and Dhara. I don't recall using Dovima before in a mani, but I do like it.

I will say this for Dovima: my job is hard on my nails, with having to reach into boxes and bins and drawers for window parts, but I didn't have a chip or tip wear on Dovima at the end of the day. Very impressed with that, as not all matte polishes can boast that.

Last Wednesday was my first BCA mani for October, and I thought it was fitting to use this year's OPI Pink of Hearts duo, which is Mod About You and The Power of Pink. For whatever reason, I didn't own Mod About You before this, but I do now. Two coats of it served as the base, a coat of The Power of Pink went over it, then a coat of Seche.

Let me talk a moment about The Power of Pink. It's a milky, not quite crelly, base with fuchsia sparkly and matte white hex glitters in medium and fine sizes. It is quite sheer on its own, but could prolly build up to opacity in a few coats. I chose to layer it, because I didn't want to screw with taking off all the glitter.

I stamped over my ring fingers and thumbs with the awareness ribbon from Bundle Monster BM-321 and Mundo de Unas fiusca. Topped those with Seche and done.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Good evening and welcome to October!

I totally meant to post something yesterday, but I got wrapped up in my fall shows :) Yay for new episodes! I finally have things to watch again, aside for classic movies lol.

So, the start of October is also the start of Breast Cancer Awareness. I'm sure we all know what it means by now, so I won't bore anyone with the deets :P Halloween is this month too (duh). In honor of both, I've decided I'm going to alternate awareness manis and Halloween manis. Today is BCA mani.

Every year for the last several years, OPI has released a single color or a set. This year it was set: core color in the Soft Shades collection, Pink-ing of You, and a newcomer, a matte formula glitter called More than a Glimmer. Honestly, I just wanted the glitter, since I don't particularly care for most pastel pink cremes.

More than a Glimmer is, I believe, OPI's first matte formula glitter. MTAG is a matte drying clear base loaded with pinky, teal, gold, and silver hex glitters of different sizes. I can say that I don't have anything like it, but I'm also not sure of how unique it is for everyone else. Regardless, I most likely would have gotten because of what it supports :)

This mani started with 2 coats of Pink-ing of You. If I had worn it alone, I think I would have needed a third and maybe a fourth coat. I let it dry pretty well, while cleaning up around my cuticles, before moving on. MTAG applied pretty well for a glitter. I think I remember reading on the package, that OPI says to use a single coat. I did two (and regretted it upon removal) for more coverage. I found it a little rough when it was dry, so I added a coat of Seche then a coat of OPI's Matte Coat. Trust me, even though I did that, it looks exactly the same as without that.

I love this year's set :) I can't wait to try it over other colors!