Halloween Nails - Sugar Skulls & Passionfruit Tea

HelloOOooO everyone! More Halloween nails today of course! Todays prompt for the Glam Nails Challenge October is Sugar Skulls. I have done sugar skull nails a couple of times before, always freehand, and I've always liked the way they came out. The first time was a full set which reminds me of a holiday I went on in the run up to Halloween one year, you can see them here. The others I did last year, with the same base I used for these ones, and some autumn leaves too, you can see them here. I used a tutorial by Hannah Rox It nails for the shapes.

This time I did the Hannah Rox It skulls the other way up to last time, the same way as she does it in her tutorial. I think it looks better this way as it suits the shape of my nails better. I also missed the outline of the eyes with this one and I think they look better for it. While the first time I did multi coloured eyes, then chrome ones, this time I picked the pastel shades of my two new Cuticula polishes, and finished the look off with a matte top coat to bring out the details and colours. I enjoy the simplicity of it and I'm pleased with how the skulls came out, I definitely don't want to take them off!

Colours used: Passionfruit Tea - Cuticula, Sugary Sweet Death - Femme Fatale, Lady In Black - OPI, Honeydew Tea - Cuticula

Halloween Nails - There Are Ghosts In My Tea!

Hello all and happy Sunday! Sun is very much shining here today which is lovely, but definitely feeling very autumnal still. I am fully embracing it now! Today I'm back with another prompt for the Glam Nails Challenge October on Instagram. Today the theme is ghosts, and I was keen to use my new Cuticula nail polish as a base. This gave me the idea of making them tea themed as well, as it's from a tea themed Cuticula collection. I also recently purchased some autumn stamping plates with tea images, as well as some Halloween ones, so it seemed like a perfect combination.

As above I started with a base of Honeydew Tea from Cuticula. I then used the advanced stamping technique to make decals for the tea and book images, as well as the teapot, all images from the new Mo You London Fall In Love 08 stamping plate. On my ring finger I just used the top half of the pile of books image as I had less nail space. I then used white stamping polish and the Halloween 13 plate, also Mo You London, for the ghosts. I couldn't quite fit it on my thumb so it looks a bit more like steam than a ghost, but I still like it! I finished the look with a matte top coat as it makes the colours pop and I thought it worked well with the book images too.

In conclusion I really like these! The shade of green is unlike other polishes I have, and I love the images from the stamping plates. I had fun combining two different themes and I really like the way it looks. I also enjoy the Cuticula tea themed polishes too, I love a concept collection! There are six pictures today instead of my usual four, as I wanted to get a couple with my little ghost in a bottle, Boo-vier!

Colours used: Honeydew Tea - Cuticula, Black Stamping Polish - Rainbow Connection, Laguna - Barry M, Cobalt Blue - Barry M, White Stamping Polish - Rainbow Connection, Basil Street - Nails Inc

Tea Time In Blue

Hi again! I'm back with my final entry to the Holo Taco nail art challenge, as they have announced this will be the last theme. I have entered all but one of the weekly challenges, and have thoroughly enjoyed it! I will miss it but at the same time it's also good to focus on some other nail art related things. As usual I've been enjoying looking through other peoples entries, though I am still hoping I'll see some 'Tiger Who Came To Tea' themed nails, but maybe that's a bit specific and not maybe world wide (it's a children's book here in the UK).

On three of my nails I went for a classic china pattern, like you'd find on a tea cup. I used the lovely Porcelain 02 plate from Mo You London. For this effect I started with a cream base, and then stamped the lightly cracked porcelain image over the top in grey. I then added a couple of layers of sheer white to blend it in and fade it a little. I then stamped the pretty patterns over the top in blue, before adding a shiny top coat. I've done this before over all nails and absolutely love this look! There are probably other things I could do with the stamping plate but I think I'll probably keep doing this!

On my ring fingernail I used a gorgeous cobalt blue from Nails Inc, I used a different shade for the stamping, as I knew it stamped well, and I find a polish stamped next to where it's painted in a block colour often looks like a different shade anyway. I think the Nails Inc shade is quite similar to Holo Taco's Royal Tea Blue. I used the Uber Chic Bottoms Up plate for the Tea Time wording and the tea cup. I made a decal for this so I could make the teabag sparkly, although it's hard to see. I used the same stamping plate for the teacup on my thumbnail too. Overall I'm pretty pleased with these, especially the patterned nails :)
Colours used: Cream Soda - Barry M, Allure - Essie, Grey - Barry M, Indigo - Barry M, Baker Street - Nails Inc, White Stamping Polish - Rainbow Connection, Harp On It - Color Club