The One With the Halloween Drip
9:00:00 AMGood Morning, Polished World!!! Yes, that's right, two posts in one week. Can you believe it?! Well, I'm really knocking it out of the park with painting Halloween manicures and I need to share and post them as soon as I finish them. Unlike my other designs, these can't disappear in a vault and be posted in two months. I'm not going to lie, I'm enjoying getting back into a regular schedule!
Today's design is by far one of my favorite Halloween designs of all time. The other night I was surfing Pinterest for some new ideas. I came across a few Halloween drips on top of the negative nail. Most of them were plain black or red. Now, I'm not one for the gruesome Halloween designs that look bloody, so I was drawn to the black drips. Then, I came across the perfect one. A black drip with a foil overlay which gave the drips a cool 3D look. Since I didn't have foils, I got creative with some of my green polishes.
Let's take a look!
Colors Used:
- FingerPaints - Smooth Over Ridge Filler
- Acrylic Black
- ORLY - Thrill Seeker
- ILNP - Sundance
Before I get into gushing about how much I love the design, I need to share my secret for the perfect negative space manicure. I am in LOVE with FingerPaints Ridge Filler. It's come to my attention that this is on clearance at Sally Beauty, so I need to get to all my local stores and stock up. It's the perfect nude-clear cream which still gives the illusion of the naked nail. It also fills in my little gaps from when my nails are peeling. For today's manicure I used two coats, which I normally do not do, but I felt like I wanted the background to be more cloudy.
Once that was dried, I went through and added the drips with my black acrylic. Yes, I cheated, but I didn't feel like trying to manipulate black paint when it was 11pm. When the paint was dry, I used a toothpick and created the Thrill Seeker outline. Then went over that green outline with Sundance. The two polishes together gave that 3D look that the foils gave other manicures.
What do you think? Fan of this manicure? Something you'd try for Halloween?
Until next time, <3.
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