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14th October 2014

The final nail in the coffin

Chloe Collingwood gives us her pick of the most bewitching Halloween manicures
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This Halloween delve into your nail varnish box to get creative with some cute-not-creepy seasonal nails. Here are five of our favourite super-easy designs to get you ready for Halloween.

 

The Perfect Pumpkin (pictured above)

Simply add an orange base and then use a toothpick to paint on the pumpkin face with triangles.

 

The Super Skull and Crossbones

Photo: evil.girl666 @Flickr

Add a black base and again use a toothpick or small brush to paint your white skull face and bones.

 

The Frankenstein

Photo: tatievangelista @Flickr

Use any shade of green as a base coat and simply paint on your eyes and stitches with a toothpick.

 

The Wicked Witch

Photo: jenniferl @Flickr

Use this Halloween as your excuse to jump on board the pointy nail aesthetic trend. Don’t want to cut or file a thing? Simply add a base of nude, then add tape from each side of your nail, meeting in the middle to create a triangle, and then fill with any dark colour. Wait to dry then simply remove the tape to give a witchy nail illusion.

 

The Daring Drip

Photo: lauracollop@Flickr

Add a nude base then use any dark shade to bring from top down to the middle of the nail to create a dripping effect.


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