It’s chilly outside and it’s the spookiest time of year - almost everyone is looking for the perfect costume, Halloween makeup ideas and Trick or Treat candies! After summer’s bright and pastel colored nail polish, it’s the perfect time of year to change up your nail color to something a bit darker and dare we say - more ghoulish? It’s time to put away the petal pinks, peachy corals and summer manicures and replace it with Halloween inspired nail colors of blood red, black, midnight blue and pumpkin orange!
Halloween Nail Polish
The right color of nail polish will add the finishing touch to your Halloween costume or outfit and completes your overall look. If you’re dressing up like vampire, Essie “Wicked” nail polish is the color of dried blood and is perfect to get the look of the undead! If you’re dressing up as Lady Gaga or something just as glamorous like Cleopatra or a Disney princess, it’s a good idea to add some pretty sparkle and glitter to your nails. Sephora “Only Gold for Me” top coat adds a coat of gorgeous gold glitter to any nail polish while e.l.f. “Glitter Glam” polish is the perfect accompaniment to disco glamour. If you’re dressing up as a 1980s girl or even as Sesame Street’s Big Bird, BarryM’s neon nail polishes will look super cool on your nails - where else can you find bright neon yellow nail polish?
Nail Art
Those of you who want to take your nails to the next level might want to check out nail art! You can paint any kind of design on your nails - try a black background and using white polish to paint on a spooky ghost, cobwebs or other Halloween motifs that will go with your costume! Or you can just paint them to get into the Halloween spirit, even if it has nothing to do with your costume. Sephora has Chic Print for Nails which creates customized nails with cool patterns and prints that easily stick to your nail beds. Your body heat allows the nail patches to fit over your nails and stay until you are ready to peel them off. Patterns and prints include anchors, stars, tiger print, fishnet, skulls or black and gold geometric print for your fingers or toes.
Sephora Chic Print for Nails, $15, Sephora.com
Instant Nail Effect by BarryM
Last Halloween BarryM came out with an innovative new nail polish that gives your nails a crackle-effect look - perfect for the spookiest day of the year! Simply paint your nails in the desired color first (red, pink or anything you want). Paint BarryM Instant Nail Effects over it and after a few minutes, your nails look all cool and crackly! How cool is that? We love it!
Sephora nail polish in”Only Gold for Me” topcoat, $9, Sephora.com
Have Your Say!
How are you gonna polish up your nails for Halloween? Let us know by leaving a comment below!
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