"This is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge: Bats

Hello and happy Friday!!!!

Today's "This is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge prompt is bats. I was going for a very wearable Halloween nail this time. I chose to recreate my black lace french tips from a few months ago with bat stamps added. The black lace looked eerie enough--like the intricate railings on an old haunted house, so I thought that would be a good start for this mani.

Bat Nail Art. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

As before, I used two coats of Zoya Rose, one coat of INM Northern Lights, a lot of dry time, then stamped the french tip design from BM-18 and the bats from BM-13 with Konad Special polish in black. I finished this off with a coat of NYC's In a New York Minute Fastdry Topcoat.

This ended up being a very subtle Halloween look, which was my intent. Here's a shot with flash. I think the green shimmer in Zoya Rose lends itself nicely to this look.

Bat Nail Art. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

Check out the rest of the participants' bat nails!






More soon!! ^_^

NOTW: Black Lace French Tips

Hello again and happy Friday!! I leave for vacation today!!! ^_^

Here's what I'm currently wearing:

Outdoors, natural light, no flash. Boo for a smudged ring finger!

This is three coats of Zoya Rose, a coat of Seche Vite, and a lot of dry time (and I still smudged my right hand with the stamper!! >:(  ). I stamped the tips with Konad Special Polish in Black with Bundle Monster Plate BM18. I topped everything off with a coat of INM Northern Lights. The INM smudged the stamps a bit, so beware! I should've used some NYC In A New York Minute Fast Dry Topcoat first, since I know that doesn't smudge, but I didn't and I suffer the consequences. >.> Just a few spots, so nothing horrible (unlike Orly Sec n' Dry, which smudged everything so bad for me that I had to start over). Everything then got a final coat of Seche Vite, so I wouldn't smudge anything further.
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Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

I was undecided on what to do this week. I changed my polish three or four times and I debated cutting them down too before I settled on this. I opted not to turn them into nubbins just yet because I love wearing this style, but rarely do because I can't stand to have them this long very often. Even so, I'm quite happy with how these turned out. The perfectionist in me wanted to keep doing them over until they were perfect, but with prepping for this upcoming vacation, I didn't have the time!

Indoors, artificial light, no flash. Details of the design on the most 'perfect' nail I managed.

Tune in a little later today.... I'll have an announcement of sorts!!

So.... More VERY soon!! ^_^