French tip water marble Halloween nails

Title says it all :) to do this manicure you'll need tape, white polish, multiple colors of polish, water, toothpick (or orange stick). I used the tape to cover half of my nail. I painted them all white. Then proceeded to do the water marbling to each of my nails in the colors of my choice (if you don't know how to water marble my blog has a tutorial here ) Once you have finished the water marbling I waited for the polish to dry, then slowly pulled off the tape using tweezers. Then on the empty have of you nail you can paint different Halloween characters (or leave it blank if you prefer)

Witchy Woman

Green & Purple water marbling and witches hats perfect for halloween :) With Danielle's hands as my model. I love how these turned out and the colors look great together IMO. 

Nightfall

Nightfall over a 'castle' as my daughter called it lol :)  On the thumb I painted it solid black. Over the other nails I painted them a shimmery yellow gold. After that dried I painted a yellow circle on my thumb for a moon. Using black nail polish (black acrilic paint works as well) I made a few quick brush strokes with my small brush to creat a grass effect on all the other nails. I created some creepy trees, a 'castle', bats, and some jack-o-lanterns to finish up my nail art.

Orange and black water marble tutorial

This is my first tutorial, so I hope it's easy to understand and follow. YouTube Tutorial video.

You'll need black and orange polish. I used Pure Ice 'Drive me crazy' (orange) & Sinful Colors 'black on black'. Vaseline, a toothpick, and a small glass of water. Warm water or room temp works best, cold will dry your polish quickly. 

Start by applying your clear base coat, and the lighter color (or the color you wish to stand out more). Make sure your polishes are open and ready to go, when you start dropping you polish into the water you'll want to go fairly quickly so your polish won't dry before you're ready.

I like to start by rubbing Vaseline around my finger (careful to keep it off your nails) this will help clean the polish up off your skin once you're finished. Some people like to use tape, but I could never get it to work for me.

Then with orange add drops into the water allowing them time to expand in the glass, do this until they no longer expand or you have the desired amount of rings.

Anchor your polish to the glass (This means using the toothpick and pulling the polish from the middle to the side of the glass. A lot of people skip this step and the polish ends up moving in a way they didn't want it to. (This is image 4))

Next create the design you would like, I personally just like playing around with it. And this polish works really well together, it stays wet for a long time. 

Once you have your design dip your finger in then use your toothpick to remove the excess. 

Remove your finger (picture 7, you see how messy it is) use a q-tip to clean up the mess (if you used Vaseline it should clean right up.

And your all done :)

Night fall on a haunted house

I really like how these turned out. Darkness falls on these trees and a distorted house with the moon in the background. 

Lone raven, hungry kitty

(I seriously love how my practice design for my raven turned out)

There on a tree under the glow of the full moon sat a lone raven. Along came a hungry kitty and the lone raven didn't stand a chance. Soon all that was left of the lone raven were a few bloody feathers and a kitty with a full tummy.

Pumpkins, and ghosts, and skulls! Oh my!

My daughter had a good day at school today so she got a treat :) She loves her newest nail art and can't wait until Halloween is here. I really like the skulls :) (she needed her touch of pink so I added a cute stylish bow to them.)