The Underworld - Halloween Cocktails | 2

When I was in the kitchen making my first Halloween cocktail, I decided to get a few other bottles of alcohol out and try to make a few more. Looking through my flavour thesaurus book for some inspiration of what might go well together, I decided to try melon and orange. After I had my base, I decided to make it a little more gruesome adding it to a cauldron looking jar and dropping in a few extras.

When I sat back and looked at my creation I decided that it reminded me of Hercules the film. The jar looks like the cauldron that the witches use and the red and green layer with the speckles of orange zest represent the Underworld which Hercules brought Meg back from. Well, that's what I thought anyway, overall it's just a lovely drink!

For this you will need:

1 shot of Midori

1 shot of Triple Sec

Grenadine

Soda water

optional: orange zest

1. In your glass put in some and then add your Midori and Triple Sec, mix, then top with soda water.

2. To add a red layer to the bottom of your glass, pour a little bit of grenadine in being careful to pour towards the edge to keep the layer.

3. Finally to add the grizzly spirits whirling around in the 'Underworld' grate an orange over the top of the drink.

I'm only a real fan of sweet, fruity drinks and that is what this is. The melon and the orange work really well together and the addition of grenadine works well with any drink.

Let me know if you make this or if it inspires any other Halloween creations. I have one more Halloween cocktail recipe left which will be up next Tuesday.

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New Zoya polishes - Tickled and Bubbly Collection (Tilda and Jesy)

I love Zoya nail polishes. The bottles are so cute and sleek, whilst the formula is easy to work with and the colour selection is brilliant. I always see these as an American brand that I can't get my hands on so when I had the chance to try these out I was very excited! The colours I recieved were from the Spring/Summer 2014 collection. From the Zoya Tickled collection was Tilda (green) and the Zoya Bubbly collection was Jesy (orange).

Tilda is quite a murky green pastel colour with a great finish. I've used Seche Vite over my swatch but Tilda is more of a subtle finish, not too shiny. The colour stayed on well and would look great in nail art.

Jesy is an amazing glitter bomb that brushes on an almost gold colour with tonnes of holographic pieces of glitter. Although full of glitter this polish does not feel too rough to the touch and goes on well with two coats (as pictured). This would be great worn over polish or by itself.

I can't wait to try the rest of the collections!

Manicure Monday - Brazilian Orange

Brazil, a gorgeously sunny country that will host the World Cup and the Olympics in the coming years. To commemorate this OPI have brought out a bright selection of colours ready for Summer. I picked up this orange - Where did Suzi's Man-Go - from Look Fantastic with 15% off!

Against my pale hands this beautiful colour is not looking as great as it could, add a little tan and this colour would pop. I do love the pale creamy colour of this orange as it isn't as garish as some oranges you can pick up. Although it is bright it is definitely a wearable colour that applies just as well as every other OPI polish. As with pale colours you have to be careful and apply quite a bit to ensure you get full coverage with no transparent sections.

I picked up another colour from the collection called Amazon-Amazoff which is a lovely teal green. I will try and wear it soon so I can get it up for a Manicure Monday.