Haunted House | #glamnailschallengeoct

Hey everyone! This month I am participating in the Glam Nails Challenge, which is a monthly nail art challenge. If you missed my last entries, you can check them out here. I’ve been busting my butt to get these last couple of designs done, and I did it! I might even go back and do ghosts retroactively. There are just so many Halloween manis I wanted to do, but so little time!

View this post on Instagram

Are you ready for a month filled with spooky manis? 😃 Join us if you love to create Halloween themed designs! 🤗 🎃👻💀🩸🦇🏚 If you joining, please: • share this photo so more people can join us • use the #glamnailschallengeoct when you posting your designs so we can see each others work • tag me @nbnailart or @glamnailschallenge on your photos so I can see them for sure • follow this account @glamnailschallenge for a chance being featured here • have fun while creating ❤️ Looking forward to see all the amazing designs in this month too! 😘 . #nail #nails #notd #nailpolish #instanails #körmök #nailartwow #nailartlove #nails2inspire #nailitdaily #nailsoftheday #nailartchallenge #naillove #nailfashion #nailaddict #nailartoohlala #nailsofinstagram #nailart #cutenails #💅🏻 #halloweennails #halloweennailart #nailstamping #reversestamping #stampingnailart #stampingnails #freehandnailart #freehandnails #nailsofig

A post shared by Glam Nails Challenge (@glamnailschallenge) on Oct 1, 2020 at 1:33pm PDT

The eighth and last prompt was haunted house. Two polishes that I have been dying to use together for a Halloween mani are two gorgeous jelly flakies: Dreamland Bats Full of Shame and Penelope Luz Pitaya Drink. Because I wanted the jelly bases to show up, I did a manual gradient with the brush, slowly building each up, and it worked out well! I love the satin black image on top of the glossy flakie goodness!

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

1. For this manicure, I started by applying a peel off base coat (UNT Ready for Takeoff)
2. For the base I used a combination of two fuchsia jellies with flakies (Dreamland Bats Full of shame and Penelope Luz Pitaya Drinks) to create a gradient. I did this with the brushes from each polish, slowly building each up. I did it this way instead of using a sponge because I wanted the polish base to transfer as well, which would usually get soaked up by the sponge. I think the gradient turned out pretty smooth!
3. Before applying designs to any of the nails, I used a thick top coat to smooth out some of the texture (American Classics Gelous Advanced Nail Gel Coat), and a final coat of a quick dry glossy top coat (Vibrant Vinyls Fast & Hard Pumkpin Spice Latte Quick Dry Glossy Top Coat).
4. I then stamped on graveyard and haunted house designs from the Maniology M071 Supernatural: The Spirit Speaks stamping plate on the tip of each nail using a black stamping polish (Maniology Straight Up Black) and the Whats Up Nails Jumbo Clear Stamper.
5. Because I wanted the design to be more of a satin or matte, I did not apply a top coat on top. This isn’t great for longevity, so you could try stamping a matte top coat on top with the same designs. I just left it as it was since I knew I’d be changing my nails in the next day anyways!

Aren’t those flakie polishes so juicy??? Uhg! So perfect for a Halloween mani.

Watch my video tutorial below to see how it was done!