Halloween, although it is not an official holiday in Russia, is celebrated here every year. This night is mainly in demand by young people for entertainment, demonstrating unusual terrifying images associated with all kinds of characters 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 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, though not the most important, but necessary for a successful combination with the selected 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 through all kinds of expensive salons. Everything can be done at home, with your own hands.
What is needed for manicure and how to prepare nails?
Creating an interesting and unique manicure for Halloween at home will not be difficult.
Before you start applying varnish, you need to prepare nails for this. It is necessary to erase the old manicure, thoroughly wash your hands in soapy water. This will help remove fat 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 sticks better and longer on the nails. Now it’s worth thinking about which pattern will fit the chosen image for the holiday. The color scheme should be combined with a suit and make-up. Halloween manicures are usually created using varnishes for the nails of different colors. A needle or an ordinary toothpick will help to draw, and to give shimmer to the nails, you will need rhinestones or sparkles. Sometimes for such a manicure, felt-tip pens (special) or a gel pen may come in handy . After completing all the manipulations, you should cover the top with the nail polish fixer, which will serve as an additional guarantee of the durability of the manicure and prevent premature cracking and peeling of the varnish.
Tips for applying varnish
As already clear from the above, creating a manicure for Halloween with your own hands is not difficult, but it is worth remembering a few important rules:
- always need to be coated on a flat surface so that there are no children or animals near;
- if you accidentally make a mistake or blot, do not rush to fix it: it is best to completely wipe the nail polish off and try again, it will be cleaner;
- the application of any coating should start from the base, because this will allow the varnish to spread across the nail as evenly as possible.
Before you start applying manicure, you need to decide on the choice of drawing. It depends on the costume and makeup. You should immediately find out in what color scheme Halloween manicure will be performed and prepare nail polishes of certain colors and shades. Naturally, cute flowers and butterflies will not work for such a case. Therefore, light, pink and vanilla colors can be removed.
Halloween manicure ideas
Cat manicure is a great solution. One of the options is presented in the photo above. To create it, you need to give the nails a pointed shape similar to cat's claws. But you can stop on the square. First you need to apply a base coat and wait for it to dry. The choice of shade should be guided by the color scheme of the suit. If it is, for example, black, then any varnish can be chosen. Bright red or orange, like the eyes of a cat, 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 varnish. It is necessary to make a semicircle on the tip of the nail, then add triangular ears, with white and green varnish we depict the cat's eyes and mustache. After you can leave to dry. If desired, you can draw a cat nose and mouth, then you need to cover everything with a fixative.
Idea with skulls
Such a Halloween manicure for short nails is just awesome. If the choice fell on the costume of a witch or death with a scythe, then the skulls on the 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 use neon varnish. Need to let it dry. Now it's time to start drawing 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 the eyes, teeth and nasal cavities to the oval. Next, you need to wait for the drawings to dry and apply a varnish fixer on top.
Bloody nurse manicure
Since this image is the most common, bright and captivating, most fashionistas use it for Halloween. Often people don’t think about manicure, but you still want to complement the costume. Therefore, for this image there is a corresponding idea. She does not expect any special time expenditures. The first stage is the application of the base layer, as usual. Then white lacquer. Next, we are waiting for complete drying. After that, with red varnish we draw blood smudges from the base of the nail and careless droplets. No need to strive for synchronization on all nails. On the contrary, the drawings should look like natural drops of blood.
Peak lady's manicure
Also very popular is the image of the peak of the lady on Halloween. You can supplement it with 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 apply a layer of the main varnish, which is white. Next, wait for drying. Then, with the help of black and red varnishes, you need to draw the appropriate card suits. You can place several characters on one nail or choose one specific one. Also a good option would be the alternation of such drawings. The final coating will be a fixative. This manicure will make a splash at a festive Halloween party. It looks very eccentric and original.