Nail Art Tutorial: Haunted Evening Nails

Halloween has become one of the most important nail art holidays. Can you imagine going through the month of October without having any orange or black requests from clients? Check out this tutorial for every design in this mismatched mani from MARS the Salon in West Hollywood, CA. »

Apply base coat. Apply light yellow color on thumb and ring fingers, light blue on index and pinky fingers, and light orange color on middle finger.

 

Apply sheer light orange roundly on thumb and ring fingers; create gradation.

 

Apply sheer brown color on part of the sheer orange; create gradation.

 

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Apply sheer orange on middle finger; create gradation.

 

Apply darker orange on the top of the sheer orange.

 

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Apply sheer navy color on index and pinky finger; create gradation.
 

Apply darker navy color on the top of the sheer navy.

 

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Draw thick black lines to surround most of the gradation on the thumb, but leave the edges exposed.

 

Draw outer lines of castle with black color inside the circle.

 

Fill with black color inside the lines of the castle.

 

Draw two bats around the castle.
 

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Draw half-moon shape with black color on the tip of the index finger.
 

Draw a tree on the half-moon.

 

Draw a bat and some grass.

 

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Draw some curved lines with light brown color on the middle finger.

 

Draw some lines with darker brown on the part of the light brown, create shades.

 

Draw eyes and mouth of the pumpkin with black color.

 

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Draw thick lines with black color surround the part of the gradation on ring finger.

 

Draw the outer lines of a cat with black color.
 

Fill with black color inside the cat.

 

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Draw three bats with black color on the pinky finger.

 

Apply top coat.

 

[Images: Alex Sclavos/MARS the Salon]