Autumn and Winter Holidays Challenge - Halloween 2k14

Halloween is my second favorite holiday, after my birthday. Even though it isn't a tradition in my country, lately, people have started pseudo-celebrating it (they enjoy the dress-up part, but have no clue about the real meaning of the holiday).

Anyway, I had an idea about my Halloween manicure for quite a while, but it wasn't until 2 days ago that I actually managed to get it out of my head and on my nails. The result is... one of my favorite manicures this year. (strictly my opinion)

One of the bloggers I follow and admire, Oana, came up with a nice challenge for us, the "Autumn and Winter Holidays Challenge" which I have joined for two reasons:
1. It started with the "Halloween" theme ^_^
2. It has really cute themes :D

And, without further introduction, here is my Halloween - inspired manicure! :D

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Alphabet nail art challenge - Letter Z for... Zircon!

Image source: http://www.gia.edu/zircon-quality-factor

 The last week ... and letter... of our alphabet challenge has (finally?) arrived. It's been a nice challenge but I'm not sure I will participate in such a long one ever again.

The letter Z was a difficult one for me because the only word that came to my mind was "Zircon" and it got stuck in my head since the beginning of the collaboration. Even though my friends suggested other words like "zoo", "zebra", "zeppelin" or "zombie", I still stuck to my original idea.

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Alphabet nail art challenge - Letter Y for... Y :))

I wasn't feeling creative this week so I thought I would do a simple nail art design which involved the letter Y itself. I used nail art tape on a white base and dabbed blue nail polish over it. I liked the result but they were too simple for my taste do I changed my manicure after two days. ^_^

Here is a list of the other participants in the challenge:

Mădălina - http://misshappyandhernails.blogspot.ro

Oana - http://unghiutele.blogspot.ro

Mihaela - http://elasdreams.blogspot.ro

Madalina - http://frumusetelapretmic.blogspot.ro

Deyutza - http://deyutza87.blogspot.ro

Ella - http://www.ella-beautycorner.com

Kinga - http://polish-blue-my-mind.blogspot.ro

Andra - http://andrakat.wordpress.com

Andrea - http://andicolouryourlife.blogspot.ro

Teo - http://taitzel-make-up.blogspot.ro

Rita - http://addictedofbutterflies.wordpress.com

Andreea - www.dittanail.blogspot.ro

Alphabet nail art challege - Letter X for... X-ray

This week's letter was quite a challenge, but I managed to find a way to do something a little more creative than my last manicure.
I used the word "X-ray" as an inspiration and some glow in the dark nail polish to give it a nice effect. Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures while the nail polish was still glowing and a day after I did my manicure (or more likely the other night) the polish didn't glow on my nails anymore. :(

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Alphabet nail art challenge - Letter W for... wind! :D

"W" is for.. wind!

We had a really windy weather this month and the theme that I chose for this week really fit what was happening outside my window as well. :D

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