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It's finally Spooky Bitch Season and that means it's time for some fun & festive Spooky Bitch Nails.

I actually did this design last year, but my nails were short and I wasn't actively blogging. So obviously I had to recreate them.

How does the adage go? If it didn't happen on the Internet, then it did it happen at all. Right? Right.  

What Did I Use?

• Base color: two coats of a VHTF gem. An original formula OPI Bubble Bath--the girls that get it, get it.
• Bloody hand prints: Sally Hansen Insta-dri The Un-Red & What's Up Nails Bloody Hands stencils
• Cha Cha Covers Crime Scene Tape decals
• Quick dry top coat
• Illamasqua Boudicca on my Cindy Hand (not photographed)

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Layering a lesser opaque color over a silver base is nothing new. So before I decide if I wanna drop my coin on something "new," I'm gonna do some testing of my own.

Let's get started with Sally Hansen Triple Shine Grape Jelly, shall we?
Sally Hansen Triple Shine Grape Jelly was part of last summer's Palm Beach Jellies. Y'all remember that color-packed, translucent (oxymoron much?) lacquers were a big hit last year right? Well I picked up this limited edition shade--along with the rest of the aforementioned collection--on a end cap filled with a bunch of other miscellaneous polishes at Walmart.

Anyway, this was the sheerest of all the polishes in today's post. How sheer is it you ask? Above is three coats.

Wet 'n Wild Fast Dry Everybody Loves Redmond
Wet 'n Wild Fast Dry Everybody Loves Redmond is an red-orange jelly that looks great on it's own (shown HERE) but when two coats are layered over a silver base it becomes metallic. Fun right?

China Glaze Shell-O
China Glaze Shell-O may have been the biggest flop in the group.  Even after three coats it was still patchy in some places.

Icing Grande Margarita
Icing Grande Margarita is one coat over silver. My camera just couldn't capture how amazing this looked. I'm just gonna throw this put there, someone needs to make metallic neons.

Icing Lime Martini
Icing Lime Martini is yet another one coater over silver! Why are neon metallics not a thing already? 

• Due to variances in translucency, every jelly won't yeild the same results.
• Neon metallics need to be a thing.
• Though I don't have dead on dupes for the OPI Color Paints, I'm not completely sold on buying them. (Read: I'll likely by them when I catch them on clearence.)

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What did you takeaway from this post? Will you be purchasing any/all the OPI Color Paints? Let's chat in the comments.
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It's that time once again folks, time for another round of When Nails Imitate Art!

Pushing around some nail paint. Working on #WhenNailsImitateArt tonight! #NailACollegeDropOut #TuneInDropOutLovePolish #NailArtinUpInThisBitch #browngirlbloggers #browngirlbloggers #nailartist

A photo posted by Nail A College Drop Out (@dropout_nails) on Apr 30, 2015 at 7:38pm PDT

Today's mani was inspired by Dani Michelle's "Self-Destruction"


Per usual, I saw a piece of art, I fell in love with it, and I knew I just had to attempt a nail art recreation.



In no particular order the lacquers I used for this mani are

Nothing To Disclose Every so often I take on the task of doing nails other than my own. Last time it was my cousin Ambria, and this time it's my partner in work shenanigans, Deniese.


What she wanted was simple. something that would fit a Harlem Nights theme, something that wasn't incredibly time consuming, and she had to have twerkers. Sounds almost impossible right? Well after taking some time to brainstorm I finally came up with a concept my home girl would love.

I started with a gradient using Dare To Wear Flawless White, OPI My Vampire Is Buff, and Jessica Banana Peel.


Next, I laid down some Laced Gold nail art foil that I bought years ago, but somehow managed to never use until the very moment this mani took place.



And finally, for the thumbs, I added some twerk team decals as an accent.


Miss the original Twerk Team mani? Catch that post here.
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Nothing To Disclose Yesterday was the end of September and the Proud Beauty Bloggers of Color prompt of the month was black & white. I should've had this post up yesterday but, let's just face it, I suck at time management and I completely forgot yesterday was the 30th.


Just gonna address the elephant in the room for a moment here. Yes my nails a re nubbins again. After a series of breaks to my left index finger and my right thumb, I got tired of constantly having to repatch them so I just decided to cut them off completely.

Okay, now back to the mani.

I started with a gradient of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Wet n Wild Wild Shine Black Créme--I can't stop telling you that this has been my go-to black nail polish for years! Then, because I had to break a monochromatic theme and throw in a lil bit of neon somewhere, I splattered on Dare To Wear Violetta. And to bring it home I added a layer of  Nanacoco White Witch.


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Purchased by Me | Press Sample July 4th is Friday and if you're like me, you still have no idea what you nails are gonna look like. To help me (and you lovely folks) decide what polish to use I dug through my stash and picked out some very holiday-esque lacquers. And yes, this post is incredibly picture heavy.

Let's start this post off right with my favorite nail polish finish. CRÉMES!

Yesterday was the first day of spring, but that meant absolutely nothing here in Western NY. The temp was in the thirties and in between me getting to work and going across the street for lunch it had rained, stopped, snowed, stopped, and snowed again. But my nails were so hot my fingers could've sworn it was summer! You ready?

Are you not in summer induced love right now? You have to be if you love super bright colors and 3D embellishments like I do.

I laid down a base color of OPI My Vampire is Buff--my favorite OPI shade by the way--to start. Next, for my thumb, index, and pinky I carefully placed some striping tape and sponged a gradient over all of it.

For my middle finger I skipped the striping tape step and sponged on Illamasqua Optimist, Illamasqua Gamma, and Illamasqua Lament; which are the same lacquers I on my other nails. After my gradient reached full opacity I placed these full-nail nail charms from Born Pretty Store.

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Now that Nail Crush Week is over and both of the giveaways are closed, it's time to announce the three winners of the Dope Digits Nail Decals Giveaway!

But first I've got a Dope Digits mani of my own to share.


For this mani I used OPi My Vampire Is Buff, Mint Sweet Liberty, Orly Instant Artist Jet Black, and Dope Digits Illustrated Alphabet Nail Decals.
For whatever reason my camera can never capture the true color of Mint Sweet Liberty so I'll probably post a photo on IG taken from my phone so you get an accurate image of the color.

Speaking of Insta, awhile back I posted a picture of Dope Digits packaging and that's exactly where I got the idea for this mani.





And now for the winners!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The winners were emailed last night and given 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.


Before I end this post I want to thank Sava over at Dope Digits for sponsor this giveaway. Make sure you head over to her Big Cartel shop and pick up a set for yourself if you haven't already!

Happy Hump Day!
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Nothing To Disclose As of late, I've been in a funk about painting my nails. Sure, I still got excited about acquiring more nail polish, but when it came down to actual nail art I couldn't be arsed.
How did I shake this no-nail-art feeling I'd been having? Pouring myself into recreating "Own It" by McFresh Creates.



I used a quite a few different colors for this mani so let's hear it for product porn!
For the  print on my ring and pinky I used China Glaze Escaping Reality, Wet n Wild Black Creme, Revlon Posh, Barielle Lemondrops, and Barielle Surf's Up

Moving on to my middle finger.
 For the flesh tones I used mixtures of Sephora by OPI Why Yellow There, China Glaze Dessert Sun, OPI San Tan-tonio, and OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys.

And for the shorts I used mixtures of Barielle Surf's Up, Illamasqua Load, and Wet n Wild Black Creme.

For the finishing touch, "Yours" was done in a ultra fine black permanent marker.

Down for a short interesting story? Almost two full months later, my mother is still cursing the ground my last sexually suggestive mani twerked on.

More NSFW nail art from me to you!
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Purchased by Me | Press Sample 2013 is almost over and boy did I acquire a lot of nail polish. So, in no particular order, let's look back at my new favorites from the last twelve months!

Dare To Wear Violetta
This gem is one sixth of LeChat Dare To Wear's Floral Fantasy Collection from summer 2013. I have most of the collection, but this baby was my favorite for sure!

OPI My Vampire Is Buff
If you notice, I'm typically drawn to bright cremes, neons, and glitters, but after seeing Sarah from Chalkboard Nails using it as a base color for her nail art on a few occasions I decided to give it a try.


Zoya Dream & Payton
Dream and Payton are two holographic parts of Zoya's Zenith Collection. An added plus? They have an amazing formula!

Claire's Splatter Effect Collection
How could I even begin to pass up black & white glitter suspended in neon jelly bases?

Michael Marcus Once You Go Matte
I really liked that this was a full coverage black, matte lacquer that reached full opacity in two easy coats. Added bonus? The packaging.

butter LONDON Cotton Buds & Dare To Wear Flawless White
When am I never on the hunt for the perfect white nail polish? Never. I probably own about five or six different white cremes, but in 2013 I hit the ivory nail varnish lottery twice!

Illamasqua Nomad
This glossy jade creme was on my wishlist for a pretty significant amount of time. That is until Mr. Nail A College Drop Out went to Sephora all by himself and bought for me.

Formula X for Sephora Xplosives
My little lacquered heart went into immediate overdrive when I first heard about these guys back in June. Sadly, I (and everyone else) had to wait until September for them to hit stores. Oh but when they did. It. Got. Real. I picked up six of the fourteen shades.

Are any of your favorites on the list? If not let me know in the comments what polishes made your heart skip a beat or two, or three, or made you stop in your tracks altogether in 2013.
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