Monday, October 8, 2012

"This is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge: Inspired by Ghosts

Hello again!!

All indoors, artificial light, no flash.
Today's nail art challenge prompt is "Ghosts". I had several ideas this for this from simple stamping (Turns out I don't have a stamping plate with a ghost on it! Sadface.) to Pac-Man Ghosts (yes, nerd, I know, but I'm going to have to do that one someday. It just didn't feel like a Halloween theme enough to me to do it now.). My plan was to try a few things out and see how it went. After the water marble fail last week, I wanted to make sure this week's manis were win. I ended up loving my first attempt. Here it is!

Indoors, artificial light, no flash.
Super simple, but cute, I think. This is two coats of Milani White Out topped with one coat of Revlon Spooky Skull and some Seche Vite. Spooky Skull is new, according to the sticker on the bottle, and it is a sheer white crelly (halfway between a creme and a jelly!) with white shimmer. Once that was good and dry, I used the end of an unbent bobby pin to fill in for the dotting tools I do not own yet. I used Konad Special polish in black to dot on the eyes and mouths. I then used the pointy end of an orange-wood stick dipped in some more Milani White Out to add pupils. They were so cute and perfect, I skipped on the topcoat because I would have been devastated had I smeared them.

Indoors, artificial light, no flash.
I'm not quite ready to wear Halloween manis, so I did take this off later in the day. This is definitely one I'll try again once it gets closer to the end of the month because I did love it so.

Indoors, artificial light, no flash.
If I can get this Inlinkz thing to work, you should be able to check out the other participants below!


 

Here are the other challengers, add your link if you are joining in!

1. Nail Gun XS - Jack-O-Lanterns  22. Kelly's Kolors! - Ghosts  43. Follow the Yellow Polish Road  64. Delainie  
2. Nail Gun XS - Ghosts  23. Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction  44. NonLacquerDaisical  65. Delainie  
3. A Polished Prance  24. Polish Rainbow - Ghosts  45. Lacquer Dreams - Ghosts!  66. Polish Rainbow - Jack-O-Lanterns  
4. osiris and loki paint their nails  25. Michelle at Ehmkay Nails  46. Melmyissta- ghosts  67. Never Mind Suzi - Jack-o-lantern  
5. Plisherrific  26. Pink and Polished Nails  47. The Girlie Tomboy  68. play polish :)  
6. Nai's Nails - Ghosts  27. LacquerNinja Halloween Ghosts!  48. Tes Did It Nails  69. Ehmkay Nails: Jack O Lanterns!  
7. Jaztee - Ghosts  28. Amoki's Corner  49. Just Another Polish Addiction  70. a girl and her chicken named betty  
8. Ghost nails - Jibber Jabber  29. The Life, Times and Lacquers of Lilmoon  50. datyorkLOVES  71. LacquerNinja Halloween Jack'o'Lanterns!  
9. Ghosts set1- mani madhouse  30. Nikki NeverWithoutPolish  51. Jack O Lanterns - Jibber Jabber  72. Overpolished - Jack O'Lanterns  
10. Nail-to-Nail-Interpretations  31. a girl and her chicken named betty  52. It's Just a Hobby! - Jack O'Lanterns  73. Amoki's Corner  
11. The Silverinator  32. Glitter Me This  53. Shatter me Claire  74. Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction  
12. Hand-y Feats and Other Treats  33. Sophie  54. melmyissta- Jack-o-lanterns  75. Nail-to-Nail Interpretations  
13. Patricia. Manicura de Fantasía  34. Baroque fool  55. Lissa's Polish Addiction - Jack o Lanterns  76. Nikki NeverWithoutPolish  
14. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  35. Sonoma Nail Art  56. PRIS Nails  77. LTandL of Lilmoon - Jack-O-Lanterns  
15. More Nail Polish - Ghosts  36. Nailified  57. Pretty Purple Polish - Jack-O-Lanterns  78. Just Another Polish Addiction  
16. Never Mind Suzi - Ghosts  37. Dema Pixie  58. More Nail Polish - Jack-o-lanterns  79. Nailified Jack-o-lanterns  
17. Pretty Purple Polish - Ghosts  38. Not Too Polished  59. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  80. The Daily Lacquerista  
18. Jas's Blingtastic Nails  39. Tales from the Makeup Bag - Ghosts  60. Hand-y Feats and Other Treats  81. A Polished Prance  
19. Carrie  40. It's Just a Hobby - Ghosts  61. Baroque fool - jack o lanterns  82. Jas's Blingtastic Nails  
20. Overpolished - Ghosts  41. PRIS Nails  62. Pink and polished nails jack-o-lanterns  83. Miss Holly Berries  
21. RantingBlogger  42. Within-My-Eyes- Ghosts  63. Carrie- Sassy Nails  

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More soon!! ^_^




4 comments:

  1. Your ghosts are awesome. it's so funny how it looks like they're all terrified of eachother. so adorable!

    for inlinkz make sure you switch to html view in your post editor before pasting it at the end. I'm on my phone but I think the html tab is on the left above where you enter the text!

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  2. Thank you! <3 Haha, yes, that was completely unintentional, but it worked out nicely!

    Oh, yeah, now I see that button! Wow. Haha, thanks! I'll give that a shot this next time around. New blogger is new--I appreciate the help!!

    ^_^

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    1. No problem! You can still fix this one, just edit it and copy and paste the code you have at the bottom into the html view :D

      I'm still getting the hang of blogger too, but I'm lucky enough to have a background in html and web design! If you ever need any help just let me know.

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    2. Aha! Got it now!

      Yes, I've been just sticking to the basics with Blogger so far--nothing fancy yet! But it's fun to tinker around and learn as I go--I'll definitely keep you in mind for questions--I appreciate the offer!

      Thanks again!!! ^_^

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