Hello lovelies — Happy Monday! Today is a beautiful start to the week, because it’s time for the second prompt of Glam Nails Challenge October! & the next prompt we have is Sugar Skull! I attempted Sugar Skull nails only once before, but wasn’t exactly super happy with how they turned out. So I had an idea to redeem myself, & I’m actually obsessed with the end result!
The polishes I used for this manicure are:
- Top Coat: Sally Hansen InstaDri Top Coat (red bottle)
- Base Coat: Essie Hard to Resist (purple)
- Icing Store Black
- Claires Cosmic Babe Nail polish Cosmic Blue
- Madam Glam Nail Art Pen Orange *pr
- Madam Glam Nail Art Pen Yellow *pr
- Madam Glam Nail Art Pen Blue *pr
- Madam Glam Nail Art Pen White *pr
- Sally Hansen I ❤️ Nail Polish pen in Purple
- Dollarama Spooky Halloween Nail Stickers (skulls)
So my original plan was I was going to hand paint skulls on my nails, but that wasn’t really working — & then I was going to stamp on a skull, but I didn’t really like the images that I had. But I remembered I recently purchased some new nail art stickers at Dollarama so I decided to use those are my base for my sugar skull design!
After I applied my skull stickers to the fingers I wanted them on, I then went in with my nail art pens one colour by one colour, & created a fun pattern on each skull face. I tried to do something bright, & eye catching, plus some fun little flowers. Then, on the two fingers I didn’t do skulls, I just added a few colourful dots in a half moon to keep them all looking fluid & cohesive.
What do you think about my Sugar Skull nails? Do you think I did the prompt justice?
Don’t forget that you can follow along with all the designs this month by checking out #glamnailschallengeoct25 on Instagram. There are so many beautiful designs to see, I definitely recommend taking a peek!
Happy Monday
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Coffee & Nail Polish 
Wickedly PERFECT! Thanks for sharing – this turned out GORGEOUS!
Oh my gosh — THANK YOU! I am so glad someone else loves them as much as I did 🖤🖤🖤🖤
I hope I see these on the glamnails Instagram roundup of this prompt because they are THAT GOOD – they pop off that gorgeous spooky sparkle np brilliantly, yet they still have the fun and playful side that any decent lady simply must have. Thank you so much for sharing! Have a blessed week! 💖