I have a small collection of Halloween mix and match designs for you today; two of which are Nightmare Before Christmas inspired.
This is the first Jack Skellington nail, being his angry or mischievous face. I used black acrylic paint and a small paintbrush over white nail polish.
This is the second Jack Skellington nail, being his happy or neutral face. Going into this you might think you'd have to apply the white around the tiny face shapes but it's actually much easier to just fill in a white circle completely, and then draw on the eyes, nose and mouth after. I used acrylic craft paint but there are several alternate choices you could use instead, such as a fine Sharpie or nail art pen.
This one I will probably wear myself for Halloween. It's a creeping spiderweb applied over a glitter nail polish. Choose any color you like for the background, but glitter peeking through the web is what makes this one visually interesting. You could use a nail art pen to apply your web lines, or acrylic craft paint like I did.
I often see spiderweb nail art being perfectly symmetrical. While snowflakes should be of course, when I see webs in real life they're often a bit wonky or crooked here and there. Things like wind or shifting leaves tend to bunch up certain areas together or a stuck insect might mess up part of the web, so try and imitate that in your design by making a few lines curved and a few straight, as it makes for a more unique finished product.
Just some cute, simple ghosts. Again, paint on your white shape first and then draw on your black details after.
Do you have a favorite of these four Halloween designs?
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you are mad talented! I love these, so cute =DDD
AWESOME!! I wish I had talent like you, they're so cute!
Perfect! Love them! Wish a Sally mani wouldn't be too crazy-complicated!
These are so cute! I especially love the one of Jack's head on the black background. Too bad I could never do that!
Btw, I just tried out your Space Nails tutorial and I LOVE the effect. So thanks again for posting up that tutorial! And have a look at it on my blog if you have the time!
They're all so good but I really love those little ghosts! I might have to try those although I don't think they'll come out anywhere near as good as yours!
These are amazing! I love your nail designs!
i love your designs, and Jack is the best :)
I think my fave is the ghost one because they are cute, remind me of Super Mario 3 (ghosts in the castles), and is totally unique from anything other halloween designs I have seen so far
These are absolutely adorable!!
wow! I love ALL of them and I'm definitely going to try the two Jacks. I LOVE Nightmare before Christmas. I had an idea for my Halloween mani, now that you posted these I'm going to have a week-full of Halloween manis. You are extremely talented, and I always use your ideas to do a mani. Thanks for sharing!!
these are just the cutest!! thanks for sharing! i loooove the ghost & kitty one :D
Im a big fan of Jack, can u plz make a video about how u made them??? I must have it on my nails :D Love them all!
Yay the mix and match of this year is spooktacular!^_^.My fave is the, no..! I have no fave I like them all!
Wow, these are SO cute! All of these would be perfect for halloween! Now the question is, which one to choose. :) This is going to be hard.
These are beyond adorable! You're very talented. I think I like the second Jack and the glittery spiderwebs the most.
This is too cute! I def' want to try these out.
jack turned out great!!! maybe I'll try the cat :)
The Jack Skellington nails are so cool! And the ghosts are really cute!
I love your design ideas! :-)
I love the Jack Skelleton Nails!
You are so talented! I love them!
These are so amazing! I like the spider web the best...great idea to put it over top of a glitter!
I love them all : )
I love these! I will definitely be attempting these...whether they'll appear in photos or not depends on how terrible they look. :)
SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE! Glad to see more Nightmare Before Christmas <3, actually uploaded my own version 1 minute ago :) You are so good at this, damn!
they're all just beyond awesome so i couldn't possible choose a favourite. I love the little kitty and of course the nightmare before christmas ones are fab too.
If I had the skills I'd probably just do each nail differently :)
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Oh my god they all look so perfect!
These nails are HOT!
You're so talented, they look amazing!
I luv it!Please post more Nightmare before Christmas!
Wow those are gorgeous!
i love these so much asami! i'm obsessed w/ TNBC so i'm totally into the Jack Skellington nails :) thanks for sharing your designs with us!
love these!
They look so good. You've always been talented with this stuff. Love the cat!
You are so talented Asami! I like the cute ghosts design :) Very adorable
awesome halloween nails
Wow, your Jack Skellington ones are amazing!!! Great idea for Halloween!
xx
I'm all about the Jack. Fantastic job! I also think the ghosties are soo cute. Makes me want to do little Mario Boos!
Those are so awesome! I especially love the candy corn and little ghosts. Thanks for sharing your artwork. You've now inspired me for holloween.
I love your Jack Skellington ones, and I have linked back to this page from my blog where I tried them for my halloween mani :)