Easy but very effective Halloween Nails! 2016 Jack Pumpkin Style.

Who doesn't like Halloween?

Who doesn't like Halloween inspired Nails/Manicures?

I love ANY reason for a new look or to try something new, so it would be rude not to do a Halloween Manicure when scooping & carving Pumpkins ruined my last! 

Worth it :)

So as we do, I scoured the internet for inspiration, there are sooooo many, Tutorials make it look easy, until you try yourself! What I didn't notice, only till recently was the ones I believed to be expertly hand-painted and in awe at the steady hand needed for this, is mostly printing......why haven't I tried this before? I now have a few bits on the way so fingers crossed by Christmas I will have on fleek....printed nails, is that a good thing? I dunno, hard it on my sons loud speaker the other day, we all like to be in with the kids ;)

I found this Spider tutorial......looks easy right?

Now try it, I even tried it on a swatch nail so had two hands,,,,,,,

It didn't look like this, and this said simple......simple for whom?? Not mwa, so I realized, of came my drunk ahum apparent spider and took a look for other ideas!

Here s what I eventually did!

The Jack Pumpkin IS proudly hand painted, with a nail pen!! Here's what I used..

For my left thumb & right pinky

Barry M Magnetic in Dark Silver 226 (They were supposed to be a cross but came out more a star)

For the orange base I used Orange Impulse, from the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri collection ( sourced in £land )

For the Crackle effect I used another Barry M Nail Effects

Not thinking in advance, just hoping to make my mani last I of course sealed it in with a favorite of mine

Sensationail Polish to Gel!

I say without thinking, how long does one wear a Halloween manicure for?? Yes this was realized the day after Halloween, so I'm a bit mift I used my precious stash, Saying that it stayed on well as I knew it would.

Fireworks night was closing in so this had to go as again it would be rude not to have nails on fleek with seasons and holidays ; )

I had lots of compliments during the few days I wore this look! It was fast simple and easy, my three favorite words when kit comes to nails!

My little nail got ripped off dog walking, when did walking your dog become dangerous or a nail breaker?

look at the poor little thing, down to the bone as my old Nana would say......nails don't have bones!! Have you ever tried arguing a point with the older generation....don't, unless you have a few years to loose over one point!

As much as I loved this effective an d head turning look, as always the end of one great manicure leads to another......

Bring on Bonfire night

My nails are ready for you!

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Sensationail Fuse System against real life!

 SENSATIONAIL FUSE

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REAL LIFE

I have been looking forward to this review/test for a long long time now, I've had my eye on Fuse since being introduced to Sensationail last year.

The colours are all so vivid and well, colorful! !  14 plus days can be a long time for most to hold the same manicure, some grow bored of the same colour, others like to mix it up a bit more, if this sounds like you,the sensationail Fuse is the system for you.

Here's what I received, I was automatically drawn to the vividness of the electric orange colour, it popped! They all went together well so I decided to use them all. 

In the starter kit there was...

Wee instructions book  

FUSE Gel - Polar Bare

A lovely glitter nude pink that looks great on its own or on-top of another colour!

FUSE LED Lamp

with a USB cord & plug, to be used with laptops etc on the go or at home with the mains. It does one nail at once in thirty seconds, which is perfectly timed with the cute button on top, its even adjustable, so you can have a super pedicure too.....must try this ;)

FUSE Cleanser

To get rid of that tacky layer once cured

TIP Don't forget to double click your cleanser bottle shut, or it will evaporate, I learnt the hard way!

12 Lint Free Wipes

Double sided nail buffer

&

a manicure stick!

Everything you need for a fast super looking DIY manicure!

There are many different colours to choose from that can go with your starter kit, take a look here

Sensationail Fuse Starter Kits 

With that as you can see I also had two other great colours, a purple gloss - e-motion, 

Its a Funky Magenta Purple

&

My favorite, elec-tric or treat,

A super bright blood orange that explodes its colour!

To be honest I saw it as more as a pink, it was late on a Thursday night & under unnatural light, I saw it as a neon pink! I soon realized the next morning.... 

After......yes.....after I had done my #wearitpink #standuptocancer manicure for work...My diamonds helped me fluke it, everyone that knows me, knows this is something I'd obliviously do!

I paid my dues and loved my nails anyway, pink or not! I used the Polar-bare over the top of the purple e-motion! All the others are one coat as advised. You don't need a thick coat at all, its self leveling and a dream to use, I don't normally like big brushes (if you want a pic please ask) but these glided on, like the professional I'm so not! Even the glitter was unexpectedly smooth & so easy to apply, I..me...even managed the three stroke  application....on one nail, to which I have never been able to master as yet, I was one proud bunny, see practice makes perfect, my mum was right....this time ;) 

I of course used my trusty Handirest & Tweexy, without them, you'd truly see how bad I am at nail painting! How bad I was :) I'm slowly getting better.

The days flew by, I did nothing out of the ordinary, my usual mum stuff, work stuff, housework stuff & all we manage to squeeze in, in-between!

No chips, no dents, I lost a few diamonds over the days but easily reapplied once home!

 

As always, sensationail did as it said on the pot! Up to seven days wear, one coat super shine Gel!

On the seventh day all was fine, a few tips had been lost,  but  nothing  noticeable!

The colours were still bright I still had great shine and was far from bored with my nails, I was shocked 7 days had come by so fast!

But on the seventh day, it was also the night before Halloween, we went Pumpkin picking.....I don't think ANY manicure could have survived that! My nails took more of the blast then the manicure, here..see for yourself....

I must have handled every Pumpkin in sight, yet still went with the first we saw!

Then came the scooping & carving.........Need I say more....

Silver lining, as always....it was Halloween, it would be rude not to have a manicure to match ;)

All in all, I am as impressed as I thought I would be! 

The colours are bold, vivid and so bright with super shine! Its easy to mix it up if you get bored. Its well easy to remove, I soaked then peeled....something strangely satisfying about getting a gel off in one!

The polishes are of good size, its so fast, even at one nail at a time, which is also good if your a mum like me as we all know, it doesn't matter how much we believe we are organised, something or someone will interrupt at some point ;) Got to love them!

The FUSE gels work with the Senationail lamp too if you didn't want to pay out for another, this one is so small and portable though, I'd defiantly recommend.

I will be getting more colours to add to my little collection!

Sensationail should do a nice storage center for its systems, i know its something Id go for, a place for everything and everything has its place! 

There are some great deals on Fuse at the moment, here take a look!

Take a look here

Sensationail Fuse

They now even sell their Fuse in Asda, so you can pick it up on a weekly shop!

Happy shopping, buy with confidence, in the knowledge that Sensationails customer service in none to one!

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