Also, all the #CBBxManiMonday ladies, Jayne from Cosmetic Proof, Trysh from Prairie Beauty Love, and Eithne of Tea & Nail Polish plan on doing Halloween nails all month so make sure you check out their nail looks too!
I've been thinking about doing pumpkins for a while and when I picked up a delicious Pumpkin Spice macaron (from Filigree Pastries) - I knew I had to do pumpkin nail art! But, it's not very Halloween'y, so one had to be carved in to a Jack O' Lantern!
For this Manicure I used:
-Sally Hansen in Sun Kissed
-orange and green nail art polish
-Pretty Woman polish in "I Can't Deal"
-Formula X nail cleanser, base coat and top coat
-Wet n Wild in Black Creme
-nail art brush
For the pumpkins, here are the steps I followed:
1. Nail cleanser and base coat
2. One coat base grey polish
3. Using the orange polish, create a half circle 3/4 up the nail, then fill in with enough coats to be opaque
4. Using an orange that is a little lighter, create a few nails from the top to the bottom of the pumpkin
5. With the green polish, create a little line for the stem
6. Then with the black polish and nail art brush, create a couple of triangles for eyes and freehand a mouth
7. Let dry well and top coat
I love how these little pumpkins turned out! They are so cute and have me all ready for Halloween!
Any other Halloween nails you want to see me do this month? I'm always up for suggestions!
Make sure you check out Cosmetic Proof, Prairie Beauty Love, and Tea & Nail Polish to see their take on "Halloween" for their manis this week!
I love your pumpkins! And the Jack-o-lantern ties it all up perfectly for Halloween!
ReplyDeleteThanks Chantal! I'm happy with how they turned out too!!
DeleteTHIS IS THE FRIGGING CUTEST!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you - I love how they turned out!
DeleteThis is so fun...and a perfect way to sneak Halloween spirit into the office.
ReplyDeleteOh yes - I'm all about the Halloween spirit!
DeleteOh my gosh, this is so cute. I love the idea. That Sally Hansen orange is just perfect for the pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jill! The orange really was the perfect shade!
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