Gothic Halloween Inspired Nails

Halloween is one of my favourites times of the year and I usually like to do a full set of different Halloween inspired nail art, but this year I've decided to try something different. I've seen a few people around wearing the heat changing nail polish where the colour of the polish dries one colour and the tips of nails changing colours when temperature in the fingers changes and gives a sort of gradient effect. So I thought why not try to recreate the look and give it a sort of gothic/halloweeny vibe. 

This is how I did it..

I began with my fresh acrylics, I did these myself with a clear gel and a silver glitter gel on each ring finger.  

The 2 colours I chose for the gradient effect were Models Own polishes; Black Magic and Red Alert.

I began with the Boots Essentials base coat to ensure that none of the colours stain the gel on my nails.

Once the base coat was all dry and prepared, I neatly stick sellotape around my nails and the cuticle area to ensure there is no excess polish getting onto my skin. I applied the red polish evenly to my nails skipping the glitter nail after this has fully dried I then applied a generous of the black polish onto a plain bathroom sponge, I find that it makes it using a smaller sponge so that it fits around the size of my nail. I usually use a scourer sponge and cut it into lengths of smaller pieces. When I've applied the black polish onto the end of the sponge I lightly dab the nail from the middle of the nail to the tip, dabbing lighter in the middle and gradually harder towards the tip to create a darker colour. 

After the nails have dried, the effect of the sponge can create a sort of grit like texture but that's nothing to worry about, so I go straight ahead with a Matte top coat to enhance the grudge look. And here's my finished look. 

And here is last years Halloween nail art..

 

I hope you've enjoyed reading how to create this nail look! Did you try it out?

Let me see your Halloween nails, I'd love to see!

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Katie xxx