Nails I Love
HALLOWE’EN
WEEK – Witches Tights
Hi Goddesses
I have a great mani
for you today – it’s basically a taped mani (my first proper one where I attempted
straight lines) in darkening shades of purple that eventually end in a stripe
of black. It’s a mani I would have
wanted to do anyway, but it also reminded me of the tights a witch might wear
lol.
The colours here
started with a base of China Glaze LOL, a medium to dark purple holo. I only started with this cos I was swatching
it anyway! Then we have a NYX electric
blurple called Midnight Amethyst, the amazing Ready to Pounce from Wet n Wild’s
On The Prowl Collection, and finally, SH Black Out.
You’ll need to be
gentle with my first attempt, but it’s not too bad. I didn’t quite get the polish to the sides of
the nail, so I ended up doing something refilling with a thin dotting tool,
just to level the stripes out.
I really love this
combination – Ombre Striped Gradient? – and I can see it working well with a
lot of colours. The Ready To Pounce is
really hard to photograph, and it’s only in the sunshine pics that you can
really tell there are 4 stripes.
I then wanted to go
one step further, and what better glitter to use at Hallowe’en than NOPI
Pitch-Black Glimmer, which is literally coal dust in a bottle. I love the overall effect this added – almost
like black sparkly cobwebs.
Enjoy – I am saving
the best for last tomorrow, and it involves a LOT of blood J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.
