You’re all ready for Halloween; the kids have costumes, your candy basket is full, and the house is decorated. How about your nails? Pamper yourself with these DIY Halloween nail art trends and your fingers will be looking spooktacular in no time.
1. Spooky Spiders
Did you know that if you see a spider on Halloween, the spirit of a deceased love one is watching over you? Be inspired by this Halloween spider superstition. First, paint your nails opaque white. After your nails dry, place black spider decals on top of your nails. This will look like spiders are crawling out of your skin.
2. Screaming Mouths
Give your nails a bone chilling screaming this Halloween. Paint the top and bottom of your nails red to look like a mouth. Next, using white nail polish, paint white pointy teeth protruding from the mouth. Finish with the nails with an eerie black space in the middle. When complete, your nails will look like the iconic mouth from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
3. Day of the Dead Flower Skulls
Flower skulls are inspired by Day of the Dead. These nails feature a black background with a skull design. Flowers make up the eyes and white dots decorate the nose and mouth. This femme take on skeletons is perfect for Halloween.
4. Frankenstein French Stitches
Jazz up your traditional French manicure by adding black Frankenstein stitches between the white tips and the rest of your nails. This look strikes a definite balance of creepy yet dainty.
5. Creepy Crickle Crackle
Black and white crackle polishes add color and texture to nails for a creepy twist. Kids will love the crackle polish, let them touch and appreciate the bumpy feel on their fingernails.
6. Batwing Glitter
Did you know that bat scat is sparkly? Try a green to purple sparkly ombre background with painted black bats. This look is on the cuter side, less scary and frilly.
7. Eerie Ink Drips
Did you know that the melted-face makeup look is taking over this Halloween? Why not have nails to match? Nothing is more eerie thank black ink drips. Start a solid line black line at the top of the nail. Drip down toward the bottom. Your nails will resemble running or dripping mascara.
8. Candy Corn
Candy Corn is one of the most popular fall candies. Paint your nails with horizontal stripes of yellow, orange, and white for a candy corn effect. Your nails will look good enough to eat.
9. Silver Coffin Nails
Looking for a more muted look this Halloween? Try coating nails uniformly in a dark grey sparkle polish. This chrome look goes with everything, including any costume you could think of. Get gel manicure of this color, it will last a long time and go with anything in your closet.
10. Autumn Equinox
Looking for a manicure that is great for fall, not just Halloween? Paint your nails yellow to orange or red to black. Create little silhouettes of black trees on each nail, inspired by the fall equinox. This look is not only great for Halloween; it’s great for the entire fall season.
With so many looks to choose from, it will be hard to decide on one this Halloween. In fact, you might decide to try out a few at once. Mixing and matching colors and patterns can provide opportunities for you to rock your own individual Halloween style. At this rate, the kids are going to be lining up outside your door for manicures rather than candy.
