Autumn Pumpkin Nail Tutorial ♡

Although it's now November, there's still almost this whole month of fall/autumn decorations! I love seasonal nails since I love seasons in general so when I recently did a pumpkin accent nail I figured I should make a post about it! If you've been following my blog, I did a Watermelon Nail DIY back in August. Many of you really liked that one as well as my DIY Floral Nails which was actually my first blog post. 

Anyway, I think these would be so cute for Thanksgiving which is approaching fast. Woohoo!

| You Will Need: |

1. Base coat (Orly Bonder)
2. Natural wood toothpicks
3. White polish (Julep Dana)
4. Orange/coral polish (Essie Tart Deco)
5. Red/dark orange polish (Essie Meet Me at Sunset)
6. Green/teal polish (Essie Naughty Nautical)
7. Top coat (Seche Vite)

| Steps |

1. Begin by coating your nails with a base coat to encourage lasting nail polish.
2. Apply two coats of your white nail polish to all but your index finger (or other chosen nail).
3. Apply two coats to your index finger of your orange/coral. (step 1)
4. On your accent nail/ring fingers, create a semi-circle on the end of your nails, reaching about 1/3 of the way up your nail. This will be your pumpkin. (step 2)
5. On a piece of paper or index card put a large drop of red polish. Using a toothpick, thinly outline your pumpkin. Also place a line directly down the center of it, then one curved line on either side of it. So three-dimensional. (step 3)
6. On the same piece of paper, put a large drop of teal. Using a toothpick again, apply a dot of it on the top center of the pumpkin, allowing the bottom of the dot to slightly go into the pumpkin. Extend this line up and to the left or right to create a loop. Curve the line down to the opposite side and have it jut into the pumpkin again. Where the curve begins to straighten out, attach a line to make a loop and bring it up to nearly the bottom of your nail to complete the adorable vine. (step 4)
7. Wait for it to dry completely and apply a top coat.

Explaining it sounds more complicated than it is but it will take some practice. Since it's simpler, you could just make the pumpkin stem (actually called a peduncle) short and stubby instead of creating a vine.
If ya'll have any requests for nail tutorials let me know!
Thanks for reading! xo

Halloween Lush Haul ♡

I love Lush year round but particularly around autumn and winter. Their Halloween collection was released at the beginning of this month around the 3rd or 4th so I took a trip to Lush with my sister that weekend to get my hands on some of it!

| Lord of Misrule Bath Bomb | $6.95

On the Lush website this green guy's scent is described as "a spicy herbal blend of patchouli and black pepper oil" and it says that as the green outer shell is fizzing away, a silver luster swirls out followed by a red wine-colored center and popping candies. This sounds so fun and festive. I'm elated to try it out since I missed out on "Lushoween" last year. To me this smells like a creamy, herbal spice with an incense-y tone. I love the scent since it's not too strong or pungent.
Update: I used this and it was incredible! The water looked like blood and how Halloween is that!? I posted a video of it on my Instagram if you wanna see it in action.

| Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar | $7.95

This is one of my new favorite bubble bars. Granted, I haven't gotten to pop it in my tub yet, but it is so cute. It's so glittery and orange and it smells amazing. I prefer the way bubble bars smell over the bath bombs probably just because they're much sweeter. Sparkly Pumpkin smells rich, citrus-y, and sweet. The citrus comes from the juniperberry, grapefruit, and lime oils. Yum.

| Northern Lights Bath Bomb | $5.95

This purple bath bomb is speckled with adorable stars and has a blue and "neon green" center. I originally bought this simply because I heard that the inside was multi-colored. Online it says that the ends "crack and fizzle away" to allow the middle to the blue, neon green, and purple that slowly fizz. This is one I've used once, as you can tell by the picture, and I wasn't as impressed as I expected but I think I was supposed to use it all at once which probably would've given a better effect. Personally, the neon green looks more yellow. It smells floral, from the Jasmine, and a little spicy as well, which I assume is from ylang ylang. I don't actually know what that is, but I think I like it.

I only got three things. How well behaved am I? I am going to resist buying anything Christmas-themed until around Thanksgiving though. The Christmas Hedgehog is about the cutest thing ever. Have ya'll tried Lush?

Thank you for reading! xo