Trick or Treat Halloween Nail Art & Tutorial

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter watching our favorite Youtube nail gurus MissJenFabulous and Cutepolish share their amazing Halloween nail designs, we were inspired to look through our nail polish collection and create some fun Halloween-inspired nails too. Now unable to settle on one design, we went for variety of some of the most popular Halloween motifs for each nail.  Keep reading to see how you can recreate this look for Halloween with this step by step tutorial.

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• Light and Dark orange polish.
• Green polish
• Nude polish
• White polish
• Yellow polish

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• Purple polish
• Purple Glitter polish (or any color)
• Black striper polish
• Base and top coat
• Dotting tool

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[blockquote author=”” pull=”normal”]Pre Step: Apply a base to coat to protect your natural nails.[/blockquote]

Painting Your Bases

First step is to apply a nude polish to both your thumb and middle finger. Let them dry.

Next paint your index finger with a coat or two of your dark orange nail polish, depending on how opaque you want your color to be.

Now paint two coats of white nail polish on your ring finger.

Lastly, paint a light purple on your pinky. Let it dry completely before moving on to the next steps.

Move on to Nail Designs

THUMB: Taking your light orange and dark orange nail polishes, paint big vertical stripes of orange on your thumb, alternating between the dark and light orange polishes. Make sure they’re covering about 3/4 of the nude polish. Next take a black striper to draw two triangles for the eyes and jagged lines for the mouth.  Finish off the pumpkin by taking some of your green polish on a striper brush, small brush or toothpick, and paint a small stem.

Index Finger: Taking some your black nail polish, paint a chevron pattern at the tip of your nail. This will give your nail a fun alternative to the classic french tip.

MIDDLE: To make the ghost on your middle finger, take some the white polish and carefully start to make the shape of the ghost. A good reference is to make two small semi circles or “C” shapes with the middle circle (or C shape) being higher than the others. Fill in the ghost shape with the white polish. This will cover about half of the nail. Next, take a dotting tool and dip it into some of your black nail polish, and start to make two small dots for the eyes and an oval shape for the mouth.

Ring Finger:  It’s time to make the candy corn design. Take some your yellow nail polish, and paint the tip of the nail like you would for a French tip.  Now take some your dark orange polish and paint a big horizontal stripe above the yellow, leaving room for your white polish to show near the cuticle. Using a gold polish striper, paint a strip of gold where the different colors meet.

Pinky: Simply take your purple nail polish or any glitter color of your choice, and apply a coat over your purple nail polish.

Final Step

>>>Let your nail designs dry completely in order to stop them from smudging. Once they’re dry, just apply a coat of your favorite top coat for long lasting power.