Decaying Blood Nails - Salt Nail Art

Hello Halloween!!

I'm gonna show you a super quick but attention grabbing nail art for Halloween! It sure scared the heck outta my family when they saw my nails. XD

Remember this salt nail art I did a while back?

It was so eerie that I simply had to try it again for Halloween!!

I used Essie Wicked which many thought was a very suitable name and colour for Halloween. =D

1. I first applied 2 layers of polish to achieve an opaque background.

2. I then applied a third layer of polish, and while still wet, I sprinkled slat over the nails. Gently pat down the salt and let dry.

3. Once dried, I brushed off the excess salt and painted over the salt with the nail polish.

4. I also dabbed on some black polish randomly to give the nails extra dimension.

The final product is some totally yucky-interesting-looking-eerie-zombie-decaying nails! It was super simple to do and only took me 15 minutes to achieve.

The messier the paint job, the better. Your non-dominant hands will thank you for this. ^.~

And there you go!

Some fab zombie nails cause I think zombies deserve to get manicures as well.

And please don't lick your nails! I doubt it would be pleasant! XD

How are you celebrating Halloween?

Cheers my zombie babes!!

♡ ♡ ♡

M.May

Essie Wicked - Perfect for Halloween

Halloween's in a week! Yay!!

I don't know why I'm so psyched for Halloween. I guess I'm really enjoying all the unconventional creative beauty looks and tutorials around.

University finals are in exactly a week (GAH!!) and I don't think I could really spare the time for a full blown Halloween look. However, in the spirit of Halloween, I decided to paint my nails in a very Halloween-isque colour!

Essie Wicked is a gorgeous wine red which can sometimes look red, brown or black under different lighting.

I used 2 layers to achieve complete opacity. One layer gives me a dark red wine colour but a second layer brings the polish a different dimension, where to brain can't pinpoint if it's red ro brown.

I'm so glad I won this nail polish from Tezza's giveaway cause I seem to be falling in love with dark polishes! I doubt I would have picked out this polish among the sea of colours!

It's spring and I'm addicted to dark polish? Whut? Lol!

Are you sporting any special nail colour or design in the spirit of Halloween?

Cheers!!

♡ ♡ ♡

M.May

Simple Weaved Nail

Hi there!!

I've been noticing the 'weaved nails' trend is starting to pick up and I decided to try it, with my lazy twist to the method of course!

I'm pretty OCD with my nail art. I absolutely cannot stand wobbly non-straight lines on my nails. I don't know why, but it just makes me cringe. Oh darn you OCD!

So anyway, I decided to try achieving the perfect straight lines using tape!

If you're thinking of the usual tape style to achieve french tipped nails, honey, you're so wrong.

So if you're interested, keep reading! =D

I decided to use the Essie Cube in The Resort Collection (L-R):

Lion Around - Da Bush - Your Hut or Mine - Fair Game

and of course, tape!

Step 1:

I 'suspended' the tape securely over a bowl and painted the polish over the tape. Just find anywhere to make your tape bridge! As long as it's secure. =D

Remember to paint at least 2 or 3 layers of polish because the thicker polish will be easier to work with later.

Step 2:

When the polish is fully dried, cute them up into strips!

The width of your strips depends on how thick you want your weave to look. I cut mine roughly 3mm.

And now for the fun and tedious part.

 Step 3: 

* I initially made a mistake of weaving the tape itself and sealing it in with top coat.
Bad idea! After a bath, the tape got wet and started peeling. OMG it was so annoying!! I literally ripped the tape out after 2 hours of having done my nails. *

Ok I decided to try again so on to the next step!

Step 3:

 This time, I used tweezers to slowly peel out the polish strips from the tape and weaved those into a pattern.

Be gentle because the polish strip's really fragile.

Step 4:

Gently press down on the polish strips and use a sharp scissors or nail clippers to clean up the excess polish strip.

If you want, you could blast your nails with a hair dryer till the polish strips feel secure.

Step 5:

Seal with a top coat and voila!

Sit back and admire your nails.

=D

Well, I did say this method was easy, but I'd like to warn you that it's pretty tedious if you're a perfectionist!

I went back the next day and 'weaved' all my nails and boy was my back hurting from the hunching and squiting!

I sealed in my design with 3 layers of top coat because with all the effort I've put in, I didn't want it to be chipping within 2 days.

XD

If you do try out this method, please send me a picture! I'd love to see what pattern or colour combination you came up with!

The possibilities are endless!!

Hope you enjoyed this idea!

Cheers!!

♡ ♡ ♡

M.May

✿ p.s. To all you lovelies out there who may have a problem 'lifting' the polish from the tape with tweezers, Queenie has written a blog post about an easier method to do so! So click click click for her post! If you girls still have problems, drop me a comment down below! =D