Polish up those claws!

One of my passions is nail art, back in the community college days I used to grow my nails out long (yes, those are my nails!) and paint them up the most detailed designs and brightest colors. There wasn’t a day I didn’t get comments on my nails, and I used to do alot of the fellow students nails during lunch breaks at school. However, I learned by doing this that it was much easier to do my own nails than others, so I never perused a career in nail art. Over the years, I have learned some helpful tricks to get the most unique nail designs to work!

With Halloween only a few days away and many ladies scrambling for the most ghoulish, glam or goth nail designs out there. I wanted to give you all some tips on how to get your Halloween (or year round) nails to be the talk of the town.

How to Get Naturally Long Nails!

• Eat some grass. No, really…. Wheatgrass is incredible for making nails grow in a short amount of time. Legend has it King Nebuchadnezzar grazed on wheat grass, making his nails and hair grow to beastly lengths. I can attest that it really does help grow your nails out quickly!
• Ace of Base. Use a good strengthening base on your nails, it’s usually clear and helps from your nails splitting or breaking.
• Get in shape! Shape your nails and keep them free of snags, rips or tears. I love using those cheap battery powered nail shapers to achieve a round or pointy shape. If you really want to vamp it up, you can make them extra pointy, but be warned they do get sharp and are easier to break.

Pick your Poison

• Paint it Black. Every goth gal has her favorite black polish. One that is shiny and purest black is China Glaze’s- Liquid Leather another good cheap black is made by Sinful Colors (available at Walgreens).
• Make it Glow! If you are going to a party with blacklights, White or Glow in the Dark polish is great for details! Or look for UV or Neon colors that really stand out. (I know this isn’t nail related but Kryolan makes the best UV makeup!)
• Glitter isn’t always gold. Glitter nail polish often looks pretty in the bottle, but turns out to be a chunky mess in the end. The best thing to do is find polishes that have fine glitter. However, in most cases a coat of the thick Seche Vite top coat usually smooths things out. 
• Orly? Yes, really. Some of my favorite polishes are made by China Glaze and Orly…. they have a great selection of bright colors that only take two coats to produce true to bottle color results.  These can be found at Sally’s or your local beauty supply store!

Finish them!

• Dry it up! Use a fast drying top coat, my favorites are Out The Door and my uber favorite Seche Vite, not only does it dry your polish fast but it’s super shiny.
• Devil is in the details! Alright, now here comes my top secret nail art detail. You can easily draw on any designs such as spiderwebs, tiger stripes, or whatever you can imagine. With….something you already OWN. That’s right folks the secret to my nail designs is Sharpie Markers…. you can get them in black or ANY color even metallic silver and gold.  Just add a coat of top coat and you’ll be good to ghoul it up.
• Nails for Males: Guys, you can also rocker it up with some matte black polish or if you are going for a vampire look, take a little wine red polish on a paper towel and rub it around the cuticles of your nails  to give that undead look.

Best place to buy nail polish online is: Head2toebeauty.com (Fast shipping and lowest prices!)

I would love to see your Halloween inspired nail designs! Feel free to post them as comments to inspire others!

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