With Halloween quickly approaching, you’ve probably already taken the time to figure out what you’re going to wear. But it shouldn’t stop there—go all out, head-to-toe this year with an adorably festive Halloween-inspired mani! Check out our easy-to-do, do-it-yourself Halloween nail art below!
First, select your polish colors—I’m using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out ($3.99), Essie Fear or Desire ($6), Sinful Colors Innocent ($5.80), Kiss Nail Art Paint in White and Black ($8.01), and Sinful Colors Queen of Beauty ($1.98).
Start by paint your thumb, pointer, and pinky fingers with the black polish. Paint your middle finger green and your ring finger orange. Be sure they are completely dry before moving on—the colors will mix with the nail art if they are still wet.
Next we will focus on drawing a cat face on our thumb—this is when I started using the Kiss Nail Art Paint. Begin by painting two white triangles at the base of your nail, the tops pointing toward the cuticle. Paint another triangle at the tip of your nail in the opposite direction—these are your ears and nose. To draw the eyes paint two ovals under the first two triangle. Inside the oval put two orange dots, with a skinny black line down the middle. If you don’t have brushes made for nail art, you can use a toothpick to create the look.
We’ll draw Frankenstein on our middle finger (the green one). Start by painting his black hair at your cuticle, creating a zigzag pattern and then filling it in. Next paint a straight line near the tip of your nail with shorter, perpendicular lines intersecting it in multiple places. Complete your monster by adding two white dots for eyes and placing two smaller black dots inside for pupils.
Lastly, we will draw a jack-o-lantern on our ring finger. Similar to the cat ears, paint two triangles near the cuticle of your nail. Underneath, draw a zigzag line for the mouth.
To finish off the manicure, paint silver glitter over the two remaining black nails to add a little bit of glamour. Don’t forget a top coat to set your designs in place—and allow to dry completely!
Be ready for some Hallow-envy this year! How will you be doing your nails this Halloween, collegiettes?