30 October 2010

Halloween Inspired Nails

I wanted to do my nails a bit differently for Halloween and obviously the new Barry M Instant Nail Effects polish is perfect for that! When I dressed as a pirate I wore Barry M's Block Orange with the Instant Nail Effects polish over the top which looked really good. I think the polish looks better the more you practise with it as it's important you use quite a thick layer otherwise it looks a bit grey and doesn't crack well.


For this design I used the MissGuided Polish in MissCellaneous (that came free with this month's Cosmopolitan Magazine) as a base and then covered half of my nail in Barry M's Block Orange (301). I then covered the tips with Instant Nail Effects. I'm not sure whether I like this design or not but it looks ok for Halloween. I really like the effect that the new Barry M polish gives but I don't think i'd use it a lot when it's not Halloween. I also found that because it dries so quickly the rim of the bottle ended up gloopy and messy and I seemed to use a lot of the polish so if I use it regularly i'll probably end up having to repurchase it.

14 comments:

  1. this looks fantastic! the best halloween mani i've seen yet :)

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  2. this is such a clever idea!i've just done a french manicure..pfft! this is much more creative haha:)
    x

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  3. ooo I love it! So simple but the nail effects make it look great.

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  4. Now that looks flippin awesome!! Love it!! I might have to try that myself! :)
    xxx

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  5. ooh I prefer this to the nail effects all over the nail!
    Definately going to be sporting something similar this sunday :)

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  6. I love that, so simple but so effective! x

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  7. Great job, I love how this turned out :) xoxo

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  8. I like it, it's simple, cute, and wearable!:D

    ***** Marie *****
    allthingsmarie.com

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  9. I tried this earlier but it really didn't work very well, your's looks great though!

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  10. this is pretty :) I use crackle glaze in work now and again and seeing it in a little mini nail polish version is very strange for me... but i love it! :) have a great halloween weekend missy xx

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  11. it looks great, you're so good at doing nails!xxx

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  12. such a great idea! You nails look amazing!

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