We do NOT celebrate Halloween around here. So even though I'm posting this two days before the ickiest day of the year (yes, even ickier than tax day), it does not constitute an endorsement of Halloween at all. But candy corn is autumn-y for sure, autumn is my second favorite season, and candy corn? Y.U.M. I was pretty proud of these:
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Apparently, I have spatulate fingernails, which I hate, but they at least lend themselves to the shape of candy corn! This was two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, sponged with Sinful Colors Big Daddy and NYC In a New York Minute Lexington Yellow. I didn't pay very close attention to the tips, and they're a little bald; note to self—make sure you sponge the tips well! I topped with a coat of Astral Lights glow-in-the-dark glitter my BIL got my oldest daughter for her bday from the air and space museum in DC.
This mani was really eye-catching in RL. I got lots of compliments on this one—yay for me. 
It's a good thing, because the stamping mani I did before this one was so ordinary it wasn't even worthy of pics, much less a post, and the one I did after was an epic fail! More on that later.
I figure all my FB friends are tired of looking at every last flippin' nail art pic I post, so I'm going to stick most of them here for...what? Posterity? Pride? Ah, who cares? This is my first post in my first blog ever!
So, Jenna, here's what you tried recently:
I saw a gorgeous swatch of OPI Schnapps Out of It!, so, penny-pincher that I am (OK, sometimes), I found an old Grace Advantage polish (from my sal-free days)—Santa Barbara—and jacked it up with a little each of China Glaze Mahogany Magic, Dearlee 043 (a deep burgundy creme), and believe it or not, China Glaze Japanese Koi. Um, neon? Yeah, but it worked. I didn't have anything to add the shimmer that's in Schnapps Out of It!, but it works for me.
I used BM-316 for the stamping. I tried a gradient by using gold, metallic brown, and a metallic burgundy polish on the stamp plate. First off, the brown totally didn't show up—nixed that one. And I thought the polishes would sort of mush together when I scraped the stamp. Not so much; I ended up with bizarre stripes of burgundy and gold. Fail! So I went back and did the stamp just with burgundy, and again with just gold to create a layered look. Much better; glad I was able to salvage this one, because I don't like having to do my nails two days in a row, and I just can't stare at a failed mani without having an OCD episode! So, all's well that ends well. Or something.
