China Glaze It's Alive!

Purchased Myself

Hey everyone!

How are you doing?! Well I hope!

I'm putting this post early because I might be a little delayed on new posts except the couple I already have pictures added too. I have no idea what happened but the screen on my laptop is broken and I'm hoping we can get it fixed quickly :( so please please bare with me!! :(

Today's post is one I debated about putting up because it was a LE polish back in 2011 from China Glaze's Haunted Halloween collection. I'm sure you can find this on eBay and Amazon for reasonably cheap. I posted a picture on Instagram and it was pretty popular (for me at least) so I figured that I would put it here and show everyone! :D

This is definitely one of my favorite polishes. The only big downfall with this polish is that it is so thick it's kind of hard to manage. Once you get it on though it's gorgeous!

The reason my Pinky and Index finger look a little weird is because I topped with this Ghoulish Glow (China Glaze's Glow In The Dark polish) and it was a little thicker on those two nails. hah

This is 2 coats of polish. You do definitely need 2 coats for this unless you put it over another polish, which why would you?! :P It's so...just so gorgeous!

Isn't this just so sexy and gorgeous! Mmm! I need to find another bottle of this because this one is actually close to being empty, that's how much I've used it! :O

What do you think of this polish?!

China Glaze Bat My Eyes & Howl You Doin'

Purchased Myself 

Hoooola!

I picked Bat My Eyes and Howl You Doin' up from Sally's the other day (see my "haul" here). By far my favorite of the two formula wise was Bat My Eyes but we shall get into that later.

Bat My Eyes is a black jelly based polish that is packed with different sized greenish gold glitter.

The formula on this polish is absolutely outstanding. Depending on how thick or thin you apply it, you could get away with 1-2 coats. I used 2 coats naturally. This polish applied like a dream, it didn't flood my cuticles or anything, nor was it a top coat eater. Thankfully.

I've got a polish that is like this from the past 4 Halloween collections that China Glaze has put out. This is by far my favorite type of polish that they put out every year.

Howl You Doin' is a deep purple crelly based polish that is absolutely packed with blue glitter and shards of coppery-orange glitter.

This polish I am not impressed with at all. Even though it's gorgeous, it's the formula that kills it. I found this to be very thick and it didn't apply evenly at all. I needed between 2-3 coats depending on how I applied it. This also wound up being a top coat eater, don't ask me why it was. The finish of this is probably satin, it's not matte and it's not shiny. I'm thinking of thinning it would and it might work better. 

Maybe I just got a bad one or something because I noticed others LOVED this polish and said the formula was perfect for them, but for me, it was a complete letdown. Maybe I could try and thin it down or something. I LOVE the polish but not the formula of it :( 

Did you get any polishes from this collection? What do you/did you think of them?! 

Halloween nails and face!

Hey everyone!

This post is better late then never right? Okay, don't get excited my nails weren't very exciting for Halloween. Nor was my makeup really. The look I am going to show in this post is something I was working on FOR Halloween but I couldn't get it to look as remotely good on Halloween. Figures?!

Before I get any farther into the blog post I wanted to let you all know that I'm blogging on http://beautyoholic.blogspot.com as well and my first post is up today all about the different striped manicures! Definitely check it out if you want! :)

Anypoodles.
This was the first manicure that I had done earlier in the week.
China Glaze Grape Pop
China Glaze Ghoulish Glow
Venique Dominating Thigh Highs

On the top set I applied Dominating Thigh Highs, Ghoulish Glow then Grape Pop next I applied Grape Pop, Ghoulish Glow then Dominating Thigh Highs on the bottom set of pictures.

I like how the bottom ones turned out, on the top, with GG you can't tell that there is black underneath so it was kind of pointless to put the black under the purple. You live and learn.

The next mani I did on the 30th because I wanted a nice change or at least I wanted something more "festive"
Circus By AndreasChoice Spectacle
Orly Mega Pixel FX Black Pixel

I LOVE this orange, but it's a shame that her company never went anywhere. I wasn't really thrilled with the entire mani except for how bright the orange is in real like. As you can tell from the first picture, it made my camera go crazy!! I couldn't capture it correctly, on the right is the best representation of the polish.

For the picture on the left:
Zoya PixieDust Chyna
Index finger - Zoya PixieDust Chita
Zoya PixieDust Vespa.
You have to lay Vespa on pretty quick because it's a sheer color and that was the biggest issue with this mani it all kind of bled into itself. Its shiny because I top coated it pretty heavily.

The two pictures on the left This of the first mani at the beginning of those post. I put it under my LED light so you could see the glow. I couldn't capture it with my camera. :P

Makeup wise. I did start to work on a tutorial showing how I created it but I never finished it. Crazy right? Pft. This is the makeup. I'll list all of the products that I used in case you wanted to create something similar?

EYES
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Urban Decay; Blackout (crease, outer corner, nose)
Gravity (outer 1/2 of the lid)
Crystal & Bust (inner 1/2 of the lid)
Skimp & Zephyr (Inner corner)
Hustle (lower lash line)
Urban Decay 24/7 eye liner - Demolition
Measurable Differences Mascara

FACE
Temptu Pro S/B Concealer Wheel. (3 medium colors)
Rimmel Stay Matte 011 Creamy Natural
Urban Decay Zephyr - Highlight
MUA Blusher Shade 3
Urban Decay Shakedown (contour)

I know I used a butt ton of high end products. I grabbed my Z-Palette which is chock full or Urban Decay eye shadows. On Monday we will have a makeup some makeup examples to go with the review that all feature drugstore products!

I hope you all enjoyed this post and are having an amazing day!

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Cast A Spell of Twinkling Glitter!

Purchased Myself

Hey everyone! I hope that you are doing well!

So, I wound up getting sick AGAIN, two days after I got over the original things I had. Completely ridiculous right? It stinks having a crappy immune system/small lungs. Total drag! Anyways, not only did being sick get me down, but I realized, since I don't have a dedicated space at the moment, I totally hate being on my laptop. It's actually kind of a hassle for me to be honest, so that's draining on me as well. It's just a big stink fest over here. I'm actually using my Dad's desktop as I write this because I totally could do with a desktop and just not bother with laptops anymore. I've had a laptop ever since... oh good lord middle school!? Maybe even before then, but you get the point. Crazy. 

With all of that being said, I did manage to do my nails. Wow right?! However, figures that I would smudge them! I didn't want to re-do them for a 5th time, so we're going to have to deal with the smudgie. I did try and cover it up and thought I did a pretty good job, that is until I saw the pictures! Pictures never lie...well unless it's adding more pounds, then that's a lie. It's a win/lose kinda thing. Hah!

Just totally pretend that you don't see the smudges and that it's just a freaky reflection. Cool? Cool.

I used Hairspray & High Heels DIY Gel Nail tutorial as a basic base of this manicure.

Gelous Advanced Gel Coat

China Glaze - Cast a Spell

Rock Top Coat 

Venique Twinkling Glitter

ORLY Matte Top

Mucho pretty right?! I looooove that you can see rainbows in the glitter. So. Cool!

This is a close up of Twinkling Glitter, look how crazy that is! Ugh love it. Twinkling Glitter is made up of different sized hexagonal glitter.

You can still see a little bit of the rainbow here, but it's more matte (obviously). I'm undecided on which I like. Okay, I love it crazy shiny as well as matte so I can't really choose.

Which do you like?! 

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Howl O Scream Other Information!

Hello loves!

This is the last part of the mini series! I hope you all are enjoying this as much as I am! x

Today we will talk about Rides, Shows, Passes, Tours, Merchandise, Special Offers and discounts! :D

This is basically going to be more of an informational post. There aren't many pictures honestly.

If you missed the two previous posts check out The 13 here and The Scares HERE 

Let's start with Shows

Fiends Desert Grill

The Scares!

Welcome to part two of my Howl O Scream mini series! In this post we will be talking all about the Haunted Houses and scare zones!! :D >D *evil laugh*

There are EIGHT houses each of them different. There are 3 new houses and the other 5 I am sure you will recognize. I have it on good authority that they have made some big changes on the houses that are coming back. When I saw what houses were coming back I kind of rolled my eyes till I read the descriptions and was told what was changed (kind of was told. It was a fuzz description so it didn't get spoiled, plus Confidentiality agreement. No need for people to get fired) There is one house that you do have to pay for, but for a good reason. NO it is not the ALONE house, they got rid of it. I never went into the ALONE house because I didn't want to pay the money. Super cheap I am. 

If you haven't seen My first post about THE 13 check it out HERE

Okay onto the houses! >D 

I'm going to start with the old ones, then finish with the best :)

►►Blood Asylum

Meet the 13

Hello my little Ghouls and Goblins!

Velcome to the first post in a 3 part mini series! I decided to split this post up into 3 sections because it would be WAY too long to even bother putting in one post. I would get bored reading it and it's my own blog. 

Something I have not let on about myself is that I love me a good hearty scare. EVERY year I WAIT for Halloween to come around, granted it's not like it used to be. At least not where I live.NO one gets into the spirit around here anymore, it's actually pretty depressing.

Note: If you have a weak stomach or get scared easily this might be a post to skip

Well my little devils let me tell you this year is going to be exciting. I bring to you Busch Garden's Tampa Bay Howl O Scream 2013! Muhahahah *evil laugh*!

The theme this year is The 13. 

... Okay bear with me, I totally understand that it doesn't sound exciting, when I first heard it I just rolled my eyes in disgust. If you were around for last years Howl O Scream you know it was EXACTLY the same as the previous year. It sucked so hard you have no idea. They got rid of the scare zones, same theme, etc.. I feel bad for Williamsburg!! Okay... Back to the topic at hand.

Who are The 13 you may be asking?! Well my dears let me tell you! >D

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