Halloween, although not an official holiday in Russia, is celebrated here every year. Basically, this night is in demand among young people for entertainment, demonstrating unusual terrifying images associated with all kinds of heroes from horror films, blood and pitch darkness. Most fashionistas have questions: “What image to choose?”, “What to wear and how to make sure that every, even the smallest, detail does not get out of the big picture?” Deciding on the choice of costume and makeup is not all that is needed to complete the look.
Halloween manicure is an integral part of the image, although not the most important, but necessary for a successful combination with the chosen outfit, hairstyle and makeup. There are a huge number of ways to decorate nails for such a very unusual holiday. At the same time, it is not necessary to spend money running around all kinds of expensive salons. Everything can be done at home, with your own hands.
What do you need for a manicure and how to prepare your nails?
Create interesting anda unique Halloween manicure at home is not difficult.
Before you start applying varnish, you need to prepare your nails for this. You need to erase the old manicure, wash your hands thoroughly in soapy water. This will help remove oil from the nails. Or you can use any degreaser. When the nails are already prepared for painting, apply the base coat. This stage is necessary so that the manicure stays on the nails better and longer. Now it’s worth thinking about which pattern will fit the chosen image for the holiday. The color scheme should be combined with the costume and makeup. Halloween manicure is usually created using nail polishes of different colors. A needle or a regular toothpick will help to draw, and to add shimmer to the nails, you will need rhinestones or sparkles. Sometimes felt-tip pens (special) or a gel pen can be useful for such a manicure. After completing all the manipulations, you should cover the drawing on top with a varnish fixer, which will serve as an additional guarantee of the durability of the manicure and prevent premature cracking and peeling of the varnish.
Lash Tips
As is already clear from the above, creating a Halloween manicure with your own hands is not difficult, but you should remember a few important rules:
- apply the coating always on a flat surface, so that there are no children and animals nearby;
- in case of an accidental mistake or a blot, do not rush to fix everything: it is best to completely wipe off the varnish from the nailand try again, it will be cleaner;
- application of any coating should start from the base, because this will allow the varnish to be distributed over the nail as evenly as possible.
Before you start applying a manicure, you need to decide on the choice of pattern. It depends on the costume and makeup. You should immediately find out what color scheme the Halloween manicure will be done in, and prepare nail polishes of certain colors and shades. Naturally, cute flowers and butterflies are not suitable for such an occasion. Therefore, light, pink and vanilla colors can be removed.
Halloween Manicure Ideas
Cat manicure is a great solution. One of the options is shown in the photo above. To create it, you need to give the nails a pointed shape, similar to cat claws. But you can stay on the square. First you need to apply a base coat and wait for it to dry. In choosing a shade, you should be guided by the color scheme of the suit. If it is, for example, black, then you can choose any varnish. Bright red or orange, like a cat's eyes, will do. You need to apply it on your nails and wait for it to dry again. The next step is to paint with black lacquer. You need to make a semicircle at the tip of the nail, then add triangular ears, with white and green varnish we depict the eyes and whiskers of the cat. You can then leave to dry. If desired, you can draw a cat's nose and mouth, then you need to cover everything with a fixative.
Skull idea
Such a Halloween manicure onshort nails will suit just amazing. If the choice fell on a witch costume or death with a scythe, then skulls on nails are what you need. To create this manicure, you will need neon and black nail polishes. So, the first stage is, as always, applying the base layer. Then you should use neon varnish. You need to let it dry. Now it's time to start drawing the skulls. You need to do this with black varnish. So, making sure that the previous layer has dried out properly, starting from the base of the nail, draw an oval. This is the shape of the skull. Then with white varnish you need to add eyes, teeth and nose cavities to the oval. Next, you need to wait for the drawings to dry and apply a varnish fixative on top.
Bloody Nurse Manicure
Since this look is the most common, bright and captivating, most fashionistas use it on Halloween. Often they don’t think about a manicure, but you still want to complement the suit. Therefore, for this image there is a corresponding idea. It does not involve any special time commitments. The first step is to apply the base coat as usual. Then - white varnish. Next, we wait for complete drying. After that, with red varnish, draw blood smudges from the base of the nail and careless droplets. No need to strive for synchrony on all nails. On the contrary, the drawings should look like natural drops of blood.
Peak Manicure
The image of the Queen of Spades for Halloween is also considered very popular. You can complement it with an appropriate manicure, you will need black, white and red nail polishes. At the first stage, everything is the same - we cover the nails with a base. Then we apply a layer of the main varnish, which has a white color. Next, we are waiting for drying. Then, using black and red varnishes, you need to draw the corresponding card suits. You can place several symbols on one nail or choose one specific one. Also a good option would be the alternation of such patterns. The final coating will be a fixer. This manicure will make a splash at your Halloween party. He looks very eccentric and original.
