It’s almost Halloween! I don’t really get too into the holiday anymore (although I do indulge in some Hocus Pocus watching and gorging on Reeses in celebration), but I have a soft spot for fall polishes, Halloween included. This year, I tried to limit my Halloween-collection spending and managed to walk away from China Glaze’s Monsters Ball collection with just two polishes – Howl You Doin’ and Boo-gie Down.
Howl You Doin’ is a deep wine purple crelly with small blue glitter and flecks/shards of coppery glitter. The formula was a little thick and patchy on the first coat, although everything evened out okay with a second coat. It dried a little chunky and dull, but top coat fixed all that right up. The polish is okay in low lighting but is really pretty in natural and bright lighting when the light is able to catch the glitters in the dark base.
Indirect sunlight
Boo-gie Down is a clear base filled with hex, micro, and bar glitter in black, white, and copper. I really liked the speckled look of the polish in the bottle and thought the color mix was great. The formula was a breeze (sometimes clear base glitters can be such a thick mess) and I had no issues picking up glitter. I decided that I wanted to layer Boo-gie Down over something light so that the glitters could stand out and ended up using it as a topper over OPI I Theodora You. I ended up loving the combination and wore it on my nails for the entire week.
Shade
With flash
I think China Glaze came out with a fun collection this year, but I’m glad that I just stuck with these two. They’re pretty polishes that work for Halloween and that I can wear outside of the holiday season without looking Halloween-specific. Out of the two, Boo-gie Down is definitely my favorite and I can’t wait to try it as a topper over more colors. Self-control prevailed this Halloween season, but I have a feeling that may go out the window now that winter collections are coming out…
Did you pick up any fall or Halloween polishes that you love? How do you celebrate the holiday? Let me know in the comments 🙂
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