Last Minute Halloween Nails

 If you’re not really wearing a costume but you still want festive nails for a party, here are some fun, quick, and really easy Halloween nail designs!

You’ll need:

Base coat

Top coat (I prefer Seche Vite)

Striper brush

Dotting tool

Black, white, orange and red nail polishes, plus an orange glitter top coat (I used: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in 880 Black Heart; Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in 110 Hard to Get; NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel in 112 Times Square Tangerine Creme; and Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush Nail Paint in a bright red)

 Start with a base coat on every nail.  Paint your nail black then, using your striper brush, create small white ghost figures.  They are rounded at the top with three or four points at the base.  Use a small dotting tool to put two small black dots (eyes) on each ghost.

 This is extremely simple and great for an accent nail!  Just paint your nail black and top it off with some orange glitter!  (A little black glitter would be great for some extra dimension, too.)

 Paint your nail orange then, using your striper brush and/or your dotting tool, create a black jack-o-lantern face.  I made a Jack Skellington-inspired face for mine!

 Paint your nail black.  Use your striper brush to make a set of red lips, leaving a small space in between them.  Then dip your striper brush in white, fill in the space between the lips, and create two small upside-down triangles on the bottom lip as vampire fangs.

 Again, really simple, paint your nail white then add black vertical stripes.  (I just used the side of the nail polish brush.)  Finish each nail with a top coat and you’re done!

~Alyssa