"This Is Halloween" Challenge: Ghosts

I hope you are enjoying your Monday! Sorry for the late post. Today I have another bit of nail art for the This Is Halloween Nail Art Challenge.

Ghosts! They honestly did not turn out how I wanted, but maybe I'm just being my own worst critic. I got compliments on them from co-workers and customers. One customer asked me if they were stick on. The design is very easy. I did two coats of Pure Ice Super Star! as my white base. Then with acrylic paint and a dotting tool, I made the eyes and mouths. I saw a design like this somewhere that inspired me, but I honestly cannot remember where.

Disney Jack Skellington Green

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday!

Disney Jack Skellington Green is a dark forest green with fine iridescent shimmer. The application is okay and opaque in one coat. Much prettier than I expected when I bought the polish. I purchased it in a set with two others just because of the cute bottles. Jack Skellington shaped bottles to be exact.

Halloween Water Marble

I hope you are enjoying your Friday! I have another part of the This Is Halloween Nail Art Challenge to share with you. Today is water marbling. This was my first time doing an actual water marble. I've done one marble before and scooped it out with a piece of plastic, but this is the first time my fingers have actually been dunked. It was fun, frustrating, and messy.

Not the best, but not the worst. And please excuse the mess. The clean up was difficult. I taped off the skin around my nails, but the polish still got on me. I used Pure Ice Super Star! as my base. For the marble, Beauty UK Black, Sally Hansen Die-Hard Fan, and NYC Times Square Tangerine.

Blackheart Beautiful Revenge

I hope you are enjoying your Thursday! When I ordered this polish, I knew it would be perfect for Halloween. Not just the polish itself, but the bottle as well.

Blackheart Beautiful Revenge is a sheer black jelly with small and medium red hex glitter. The jelly base is the color of charcoal with the first coat, but will build to be black. The application is good and takes four coats to be opaque. In the photos, there are some sheer parts around the edges. However, in person those are not noticeable. Its the macro setting. It shows everything. If you want to cut down on the coats, you could start with a coat of black. I like the soft jelly appearance though. It is less harsh than black with my fair skintone.

And the bottle! How awesome is that?! They are all shaped like a skull. I love it!

Blackheart polish retails for $5 at Hot Topic, in store and online.

One, Two, Freddy's Coming For You

I hope you are enjoying your Monday! It is the first day of October (YAY) and the first day of the challenge I am participating in. The This Is Halloween Nail Art Challenge started by Bec at Lacquer Dreams. The challenge runs the length of October, just not everyday. Today is horror movies. I LOVE horror movies! I based my design on my favorite man in the horror genre.

If the title didn't give it away already, this manicure is all about Nightmare on Elm Street. I absolutely love Freddy Krueger! I did green and red stripes for his dirty sweater, slashes for his razor fingers, blood splatter, and brown for his hat. I'm hoping the sweater and slashes are enough to scream Freddy.

For his sweater, I used Essie Blood Curdling and Color Club Artsy Crafty. I sponged on a sheer layer of Color Club Rebel Spirit to give it an even dirtier look. For the slashes, I painted on two coats of Orly Decades of Dysfunction. When it was mostly dry but still a bit tacky, I ran lines of Blood Curdling over it with a nail art brush. The blood splatter starts off with two coats of Decades of Dysfunction. Then I used a straw and blew polish to create the splatter. Finally the brown for his hat. I used Rebel Spirit and sponged on light patches of Julep Olivia to give a bit of dimension.

So, what's your favorite scary movie?

 Check out the other amazing designs done for this challenge!