October 24th, 2012 
Vicky 
Those of you who follow me on Twitter might know that I’ve a bit of an obsession with nail varnishes. I’ve been… well, let’s just say collecting them for quite a long time and I’m constantly on the lookout for funny, cute and creative nail art designs. Since Halloween is only a week away, I decided to share a few Halloween themed designs with you, just in case you’d like to make this year’s celebrations a little bit special.
Originally, I wanted to come up with my own designs but my week has been super crazy and I wouldn’t have had time to experiment and do some tutorials as well. So what I’m going to do instead is post some design ideas I’ve seen on the Internet in the past few days – designs that I found interesting and ones that I will try myself. To see the tutorials just click on the images and you’ll be redirected to the designers’ blogs.
Spider and bat nails by Polished Love Affair
This one looks really cute and I love white-based nail designs. Although I’m pretty sure it’s not as easy to do as it looks. I’ll definitely give this one a try, though.
Spiderweb Funky French by Kayla Shevonne
I love this one for its simplicity. It’s not over the top, not too gory and you don’t even need more than 3 colours.
Dripping Blood nails by Lacquered Me
I stumbled upon this dripping blood manicure on Lacquered Me’s site but there’s no tutorial on her blog. If you’d like to try this design, check out this video. It actually looks very simple and again, you only need two colours. Love it! 
Frankenstein’s Monster Nails by Swatch and Learn
This one is something I’ve seen a LOT on Pinterest and I really like it. I got a lime green nail varnish only last week so I’m going to try this one first.
Pirate nails by Swatch and Learn
Hahaha! These little guys made me laugh so much. Mary at Swatch and Learn says she purposely tried to do a design that didn’t use too many colours so that it’s a look that more people will be able to attempt, regardless if you have a huge lacquer collection or not. And the tutorial is pretty straightforward too which is always a plus.
Black spiderweb nails by Syl and Sam
Again, it’s a super simple design – you only need one colour and one striper brush and that’s it. The funny thing is, I’ve never been able to get this striper brush business right. Never. In my entire life. I’ve tried using it for a few different designs but the result was always disastrously messy. But I’m not giving up!
Do you have any favourite nail designs for Halloween? Or are you going to give any of these a try?
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Aww, I adore pirate nails, they are damn cute.
I really like black spiderweb nails too.
Would love to try them but I work in a mental health setting and not allowed to be that adventurous with my nails.
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Aww
My mum works in a hospital and she’s not allowed to do that either (due to the operations)
Would love to see yours whenever you’ve the time to do it.
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I’ll try the pirate or the Frankenstein ones next week!
I’ll post a photo on Twitter!
Yay, will lookout for it. I go for Pirate if you are taking votes.
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I love these. Might have to give them a go on my kids during half term next week!
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Oh, do let me know if you give them a try!
I’m not a big nail person, but these are awesome. I especially like the one with dripping blood.
They’re so cool! I love them too
Where to begin…??? I love them all, I want them all!!!
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So do I! Why don’t I have 6 hands so that I could try them all at the same time?
*tries to imagine herself with 6 arms*
These are amazing!!! It’s a shame I’m a disaster trying to do my nails
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C’mere, I’ll do them for you.
I’m a disaster with the striper bush, though, so I would be hopeless with that spider web thing. 
I absolutely love both the spider ones!
Me too! I wish I could do the black one but I’m just hopeless with these striper brushes
I love the spiderweb nails!
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Ow wow, these are all great! I don’t paint my nails often but I want to try some of these in time for Halloween.
Thanks for sharing, Vicky!
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Let me know if you give them a try!
The dripping blood one is creepy. I like the first white ones and the Frankenstein ones. How fun.
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The Frankenstein and the white ones are my favourites too! They look so cool
Those are all so awesome, I love the last ones with the webs that you found, that’s one that I would probably try out. I’m just starting to get into putting nail polish on, but what I did last week was black and orange on the toes and they’re so awesome! Maybe next year I’ll make something awesome like these
Thanks for sharing!
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Black and orange look great together!
OMG! I so totally love the 1st one and the last one…but I am so clumsy…especially with my left hand…don’t know if I could ever pull it off!
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I know!! That’s what I’m worried about as well. My left hand… My right hand would be an utter disaster
Exactly…but I am totally going to try the black with the spider webs…though it’s probably a bit inappropriate for the office…
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That’s great! I’m also a fan of nail varnishes and I already have a nice collection of colors. I’m definitely going to try some of these out! The first one, Frankenstein & the pirates ^^
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Me too!!! I’ll need to try these three
Will you show me if you give them a try? x
Okay, the bloody manicure? Is awesome. I want to try that but anytime I try and do ANYTHING with my nails its disastrous (including use of the striper brushes!) Oh well, I shouldn’t give up either.
It’s worth a try
WOW! I love these so much! Thanks so much for sharing them! I’m a beautician myself and I have to say these are some of the best designs I have seen, I couldn’t do them as well, lol! I think I will attempt the little pirates as they are mega cute. Bet I do them and end up going into labor, the midwifes will think I’m bonkers lol!
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You are??? Jesus, I had no idea!! Wow, that’s great! I’ll try the pirates or the monsters first
And how are you feeling? Is the baby still nowhere to be seen?
Nope no sign, some twinges though so fingers crossed it will be really soon. I think it’s too comfortable, no more reading, more erm.. washing windows?!? lol!
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I like the spiderweb ones
Thanks for sharing them with us!
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I love these designs! I definitely want to give the bloody manicure a go, it’s so simple yet so effective.
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Oh, do let me know if you do! Or just give me a shout on Twitter if you have a photo – I’d love to see it!
I think I’ll start with the Frankenstein one.
These are fantastic! My sister-in-law has a little side business where she designs nails, and she does this type of stuff. I particularly like the dripping blood ones, although I’d have any of them if I could!
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She does? Oh, that sounds so nice! I’ve always envied people who could pull these designs (and more complicated ones) off.
I love the blood red nails!
They look so easy to do.. might try them 
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Oh my I love them, especially Frankenstein’s Monster and the last one. I’d have no idea where to begin with these sorts of designs.
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