Once again, I had to use the dreaded flash because the deep green of Frankenstein's monster wouldn't show up without it.
My nails house a mummy, Frankenstein's monster, a witch, and a vampire.
On the opposite hand, I painted something that abstractly represents each creature - except for the mummy, for which I couldn't think of anything else to represent. So I painted the Bride of Frankenstein['s mosnter], some stitches to represent the monster himself, witch-y colored stripes, and dripping blood. (Sadly, the purple that I used didn't show up very well at the top of my ring finger - nor did the drips show up very well on top of the purple metallic background. Oh well!)
On my thumbs, I painted a werewolf on the left and a full moon (sort of) on the right.
I used a whole bunch of different polishes for this look, and once again it's much easier if I just list them rather than describe which polish I used where.
Salon Perfect: Sugar Cube, Oil Slick, Loopy Lime, Escape to Neverland, A Royal Affair, and Traffic Cone
Zoya: Ziv, Nyssa, and Ana
Finger Paints: Monet Money and Ch-art-coal Black
OPI My Dogsled is a Hybrid
China Glaze Intelligence, Integrity & Courage
Heather's Hues Vampirette
Creative Cuticles Nail Polish O Negative Please
Sally Hansen Big Smoky Topcoat
I want to point out the awesomeness that is the vampire's skin color. I applied a coat of Vampirette, thinking that I would do a smaller vampire face on a purple background, but then decided against that. And I didn't want to bother with removing the polish and starting over from basecoat, so I put a coat of Ana on top of the purple. It turned out to be a sort of grayish-purple skin color, perfect for the skin of the undead!
Other than the witch-y stripes and the dripping blood, which I made using vinyls from KB Shimmer and Nails Redesigned, respectively, all of these monsters were made totally freehand. It took forever but it was a lot of fun!
All that's left in this month's challenge is nails to match my costume. My options are limited because of limited nail polish technology in the 1920s, but I'm pretty excited for my costume! We're going to be having some relatives over for the weekend of Halloween, so I might not have that blog post ready until the Monday after Halloween, but you'll definitely get to see my design for my flapper costume!
What are you dressing up as for Halloween this year? Do you plan on painting your nails to match? Let me know in the comments!
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