Halloween Nails

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Halloween Frankenstein Nails

October 25, 2013

I have another festive nail design to share with you all. This one is simply adorable!

Things you will need:

Black nail varnish/nail art pen
Green nail varnish
White nail varnish/nail art pen
Top and base coat
Dotting nail tool or toothpick

As always prepare your nails with a base coat. I’ve used my usual Avon peeling and brittleness solver and base coat.

I’ve picked NYC’s In a Minute quick dry varnish in “High Line Green” for my green colour. Paint all of your nails with this to begin with.

Next take your black varnish or nail art pen and draw a jagged line for the hair line at the tip of your nails. It doesn’t have to be neat as this adds to the effect.

Once you are happy with your lines, fill them in. You can’t see too well in the pictures, but I used a nail art brush and dabbed the black varnish on to create a textured “hair” look.

Add some eyes with your dotting tool and black, I’ve made mine a little uneven for a quirkier look.

Add some lines for the mouth, you can make him smile if you like!

Once your eyes have dried, take your dotting tool and dot a white circle in each of the eyes.

Finish off with a top coat and there you have it. Adorable little Frankenstein monsters that you want to hug!
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Nails

Halloween Pumpkin Nails

October 24, 2013

It’s that time of year -again- where we have just a few precious months before Christmas and Halloween strikes! What better way to celebrate than to play around with lots of funky nail designs.

This is just a quick one to get into the spirit of things so I hope you enjoy it.

Things you will need:

An Orange Nail Varnish
A Black Nail Varnish
Obligatory base and top coats
Nail brush/dotter or tooth pick/cotton bud

First of all coat your nails with a base coat. I always use Avon’s peeling and brittleness solver and base coat.

Next paint all except your “accent” nail with a black colour. I’m using Avon’s nailwear pro+ in Licorice. I absolutely adore this black and have not found one like it yet. It gives such a beautiful shine!

Next take an orange and paint your accent nail. I’m using technic Party Brights in Sunset Strip which I bought specifically for Halloween-esque nails. This took quite a few coats before I was happy. I also used this to paint the tips of my black nails. Because this is such a weak colour and needs so many coats, this gave a haunting opaque orange look over the black which I liked so much I kept.

Take your nail brush and draw an upside down apply shape as an outline for your Pumpkin.

Colour this in and add a curved line either side in black which thickens in the middle. You can also add a stalk at the same time.

Once dry, take your orange or another colour and use a dotter for the eyes and mouth. I used O.P.I’s The Drummer is Hot from the Rock Goddess set, mostly because I wanted to play with it.