Spider Web Nail Art + On The 101

Happy Halloween! I did some fun spider webs for today. They didn't turn out as planned. I trimmed down a brush but the lines were still too thick. Something to work on, I guess. 

Again, inspired by Simply Rins - Cobwebs.  

I used Essie No Place Like Chrome with a small striping brush over Wet N Wild On The 101.

Wet N Wild On The 101 is a sheer black with red glitter of different sizes. Layers nicely to get an almost jelly-like appearance and lots of dimension with the glitter. I needed 4-5 coats to get some opacity and in the sunlight, still looks more gray than black, especially at the edges. 

Wet N Wild On The 101, low light 

Wet N Wild On The 101, sunlight 

Wet N Wild On The 101, sunlight, see how it looks more gray than black?

Wet N Wild On The 101, sunlight. Looks more black in not so bright light except at the edges. Sorry for extraneous glitter, it's hard to clean up!

With any glitter polish, removal is a hot mess unless you use a peeling basecoat, which I forgot to use since I was so excited to use this polish. Whoops. Clean up is also a nightmare since the glitter is hard to remove.  It was beautiful while it lasted!

Ghosts!

A ghost manicure is needed for Halloween isn't it? I certainly thought so!

This is another Halloween nail art inspired by Simply Rins - Not So Spooky Ghosts.

My favorite ghost. 

I chose to do the ghosts on a dark background of Wet N Wild Poison Ivy, which is a fantastic dark green with green shimmer. It's black leaning, but has enough green to retain its color even in shade and darker lighting and really is beautiful in the sun. This was part of the 2012 Halloween collection but I think it could also make a beautiful Christmas color as well.

The ghosts were done with white acrylic non-toxic paint and Wet N Wild Black Creme. I had to do 2 coats of Seche Vite (on top of a coat of Sally Hansen Diamond Flash quick dry top coat) because they were really rough from the white acrylic paint. You can still see brush marks, which usually doesn't happen, but I had trouble with this mani. I think it was painting under a fan (it's sooooo hot) and it dried quicker than usual.

Wet N Wild Poison Ivy, sunlight

Wet N Wild Poison Ivy, sunlight

Wet N Wild Poison Ivy, low light. Retains minimal shimmer but still looks green. Beautiful. 

Skulls and Stripes Halloween Nail Art

Time for Halloween nail art! I waited awhile this month to start but I was having too much fun with all the pink ribbons. This nail art is really simple but I loved it, and it wore suprisingly well. 

One coat of Wet N Wild Black Creme (love) and Essie No Place Like Chrome accent nail and stripes. Skull details are done with Wet N Wild Black Creme.



No acrylic paint used in this mani which made it a little more special since it's all actual nail polish. Small detail but makes me feel more accomplished. It helped that the nail polishes are opaque and easy to work with, no complaints here!

Based on Jack Skellington Nail Art by cutepolish.

Halloween Nail Art Ideas

With Halloween fast approaching, here are some of nail art ideas! I'm trying to find some that look fun and interesting for this year. All pictures link to post for supplies and materials used.

Halloween Nail Art: Monsters

Halloween Nail Art: Blood

Halloween Nail Art: Candy Corn

Halloween Nail Art: Tombstone

Halloween Nail Art: Spider Webs

Halloween Nail Art: Pumpkins

Halloween Nail Art: Mummies

Halloween Nail Art: Casper the Ghost

Halloween Nail Art: Spiders

Halloween Nail Art: Sugar Skulls

Let me know if you do any of these, I'd love to see them!

Preamp Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon

Orly Preamp is a gorgeous color that was released awhile back but as I just put it on my nails for the first time recently. It's prob in my top 10 polishes of all time. Please don't make me list the 10, I think I'd go crazy but that may be fun to do one day!

Orly Preamp, morning light

I added a pink ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness. As you've seen, I've been doing a fair amount of these pink manicures recently. I think I'm ready for Halloween nail art! Ribbon done with black and white nontoxic acrylic paint and Models Own Pastel Pink.

Orly Preamp, shade

Preamp is a pinky purple with light pink shimmer. In low light, it's smooth and unassuming (see above morning light pic), but in the sunlight, it really pops. Gorgeous.  Feminine yet powerful.

Orly Preamp, sunlight. Look at that shimmer!

Orly Preamp, sunlight