Hi everyone! Did you have a nice Halloween? I spent the evening with friends passing out candy and having a great time scaring kids! I mean that's what Halloween is for, right? The next day I took a trip to Sally Beauty Supply and voila, they had the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze collection! I'd been eyeing two colors after seeing other bloggers' lust-worthy swatches, so I didn't hesitate to pick them up. Since I also had some grand nail art plans up my sleeve I picked up a few extra supplies: gemstones, acetone remover, dotting/marbling tools and two stripers.
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| Sally Beauty Supply Haul: China Glaze This Is Tree-mendous and There's Snow One Like You, Cina nail art gems, Beauty Secret acetone nailpolish remover, Cina nail art dotting tools, Finger Paints Red-Aissance and So Easy Stripe Rite in black |
Now I mentioned some nail art. Downtown we are premiering a symphony for Dia De Los Muertos and it has an animated film that goes with it. All week during rehearsals I've been hearing creepy music and seeing the ghostly cartoons, obviously I wanted to extend the experience onto my nails. Armed with my new toys (and 4 hours worth of Wuthering Heights on Hulu) I spent an afternoon on a Day Of The Dead manicure. Here are the pictures, I really hope you like it!
Dia De Los Muertos Nail Art
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| Dia De Los Muertos Manicure, right hand |
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| Dia De Los Muertos Manicure, left hand |
I absolutely love how this turned out. The colors are even more pronounced under artificial light.
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| Dia De Los Muertos Manicure, right hand in artificial light |
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| Dia De Los Muertos Manicure, Left hand in artificial light |
The rosary across my left middle, index and pinky fingers is one of my favorite parts. It makes me think of a rosary draped over my fingers and I keep imagining the rest of it is there somewhere.
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| Dia De Los Muertos rosary nail art |
The skull faces were really fun to create. Each one is different and sketching them out ahead of time really helped. The new dotting tools were absolutely essential. The cross and flowers was the first nail I did so that I could practice using them.
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| Dia De Los Muertos Skull and Cross Nail Art |
This is my absolute favorite nail, the flaming heart with chains around it.
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| Dia De Los Muertos Flaming Heart nail art |
A close up of my other thumb. This one was supposed to have a mouth like the others, only I made a false swipe with the striper. Whoops.
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| Dia De Los Muertos Manicure, skull and cross nail art |
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| Dia De Los Muertos Manicure, skull and rosary nail art |
A lot of people have asked me if these are decals- they're not! It's all hand-painted on my natural nails. I used two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White as a base and then a plethora of other colors for the design. Once I got the hang of the faces they were easy enough and I would definitely do something like this again next year. On some nails you can see the colors bled once I applied top coat, so I'll need to remember to wait longer in the future. And I do plan on having more nail art to show you! But not right away. This and my Halloween mani have been great fun but I'll be happy to get back to just a solid wash of color. And speaking of, stay tuned soon for China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze colors!
What do you think? Have you done any nail art? What is your favorite nail art that you've created?
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