Holoween Boo // Negative Space Halloween Ghost Holo Design

I wanted something simple yet spooky and ended up stamping on these negative space designs while painting my nails one morning.

This is a super simple one; just 3 layers of Dare to Bare followed by the negative stamp designs using Mrs Danvers.

Polishes/Tools Used:

Base:

- Nails Inc // Dare To Bare (sheer pink)

Stamping:

- A-England // Mrs Danvers (black holo)

- MoYou London // Halloween 03 Stamping Plate

Top:

- MoYou London // Smudge Proof Top Coat

Spooky French Manicure // Candy Corn and Skull Negative Space French Tips Design

It's the 1st of October! That means it's time for spooky!! I love Halloween; it's my favourite holiday however I just wish it wasn't so cold. I detest winter.

These nails though could pretty much be warn all year round if you don't look to close. They're inspired by this post I found on Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/363665738669621160/

Unfortunately I can't find the original nail artist and a reverse google image search didn't reveal anything either.

It took me quite a while but I'm glad I took my time as I love it! I'm not wearing a peel off basecoat for once so I think I'll wear it for a few days. I also used that new stamper technique to achieve the french tips. What a life hack.

How I did it:

Started off with the brightening primer basecoat and then topped that off with 2 layers of Thirsty Nails for that perfect pink/nude base. I applied some Pretty in Putty to an old large stamper and then pushed the tips of my nails into it an angle to achieve the french tip. I did that twice for each nail to build the colour up and then applied a layer of quick dry topcoat.

Next for each nail I pick up the bottom left-most design on the Halloween 03 plate with Nether Noir and removed the already filled hearts and skulls with the tip of a dotting tool. Using a tiny brush I filled in the candy corns with Cantaloupe, The Heat Is On and Pretty in Putty and then filled the skulls in with a large brush and Pretty in Putty. I then left the design to dry on the stamper for a minute or so, applied another layer of quick dry top coat and let it go tacky (about 5 seconds) then stamped on.

Polishes/Tools Used:-

Base:

- OPI Infinite Shine // Brightening Primer

- Nails Inc // Thirsty Nails (sheer pink)

- Ciaté Gelology // Pretty In Putty (off-white)

- Barry M // Wet Set Quick Dry Top Coat

Stamping:

- Whats Up Nails // Nether Noir (black)

- H&M // The Heat Is On (orange), Cantaloupe (yellow)

- Ciaté Gelology // Pretty In Putty (off-white)

- MoYou London Stamping Plate // Halloween 03

STAMPING PLATES: MoYou London Henna 11

Oh damnn this is a cute as plate! The designs on it kind of remind me of Sailor Moon style moon crescents and now I can't stop pointing my fingers to the sky in an effort to summon moon tiara magic.

If I could choose a super power I honestly think it would be the sailor moon transformation sequence. But anyway, I love the intricate designs featured on this plate and how they are perfect for smaller nails. I feel like the triangular ones are supposed to be placed at the bottom of the nail, not the top as they aren't quite big enough but I appreciate that the designs are more for shorter nails. There are too many plates out there with big-ass designs on them.

I also love the teeny-tiny palm tree in the oval pattern; that will come in handy as my freehand skills are atrocious.

As you can see I didn't really have much difficulty picking the designs up but it all depends on your stamper and polish. I started off using the MoYou London XL clear stamper and White Knight polish (which is £7.99) and I just could not get a clean stamp. It was actually starting to piss me off.

The next day I tried again but with the MoYou crystal clear rectangular stamper and Born Pretty white polish and then I had no problems. MoYou polishes are so wishy washy. I honestly don't know how they get such clean prints on their videos, they must do hundreds of takes.

I can't really say I've seen a plate quite like this just yet. Born Pretty released a moon flower plate a while ago but the amount of variety on the plate is pretty unique. I have a feeling Born Pretty will come out with something similar very soon though; they always do. Be aware though that MoYou have stopped restocking plates now so once they go; they're gone forever. I'll have to keep trolling eBay for one of the Artist plates.

MoYou London Henna 11 Plate