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Glittery Blood Drip Nails 🩸✨

Hello lovelies & HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 My most favourite day of the year has arrived, & obviously I couldn’t let it pass by without one more design on my nails! & this one is fun because it kind of fits the vibe of my costume for work.

I always love a blood drip design on my nails, but this year I wanted to make it more fun by using a glittery red. Because who doesn’t want to bleed sparkle.

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

  • Top Coat: Sally Hansen InstaDri Top Coat (red bottle) 
  • Base Coat: Essie Hard to Resist (purple)
  • Sally Hansen InstaDri Midnight Drive
  • Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Red It Twice
  • NailStuff dotting tool trio
  • NailStuff 7mm Mermaid Tail liner brush

Check out that beautiful drip! This is not the first time I’ve attempted a go at this design, but I will say I think it’s the most proud of the freehanding of my drips! They actually look like they could be blood dripping down my nails!

I also think it shows that even if you’re rocking shorter nails (like I am right now), you can see have fun & awesome nail art on them!

What do you think of my final Halloween look of 2025? This has been such a fun month of nail art, & I’m super proud of every design I crafted this month!

Happy Halloween! I hope everyone has a safe & fun evening— with a ton of your favourite candies!

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Witchy Thermal Half Moons

Hello lovelies & happy Thursday!

Surprise — another post this week, with some Halloween adjacent nails. These are less spooky, & more aesthetic— with a bit of nail Polish magic. I wanted to create some kind of witchy design over a thermal polish, which would be sort of revealed, & I think I was successful! ✨

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

  • Top Coat: Sally Hansen InstaDri Top Coat (red bottle) 
  • Base Coat: Essie Hard to Resist (purple)
  • Cadillacquer Nostalgia
  • OPI Lincoln Park After Dark
  • NailStuff 7mm Mermaid Tail Brush

I tried to freehand a kind of witchy design at my cuticles, which I think turned out very cool (although I wish it were a smidge daintier). That way, when my hands heated up & went the lighter blue, it would be kind of “revealed” on my nail. Like magic. ✨

& I love absolutely everything about them. Now if only they could give me the powers to make Halloween last a little bit longer — it feels like it’s just slipped away!

What do you think of these witchy aesthetic half moons? Do you like the thermal polish reveal? Let me know all your thoughts in the comments below & let me know what Halloween manicure you plan on wearing tomorrow!

Happy Halloween Eve! 🎃

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Glittery Chevron Claws ✨🔪

Hello lovelies & happy Friday!

This week has been a whirlwind, & a lot has been going on, but I refused to skip out of a final (non challenge) design of the week!

Today is an easy design that turned out so perfect — glittery chevron claws. It’s just the perfect amount of sparkle.

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

  • Top Coat: Sally Hansen InstaDri Top Coat (red bottle) 
  • Base Coat: Essie Hard to Resist (purple)
  • Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Belle of the Ball
  • Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Rockstar Pink
  • Deep Chevron Nail Vinyls

Look at the close up of that sparkle — isn’t that just so pretty? Also the pinky purple blue glitter just looks so beautiful paired with the dark base of Belle of the Ball.

What do you think of my glittery chevron claws? Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments below.

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GLAM NAILS CHALLENGE OCTOBER 2025 — Trick or Treat 👻 🍬

Hello lovelies & happy Wednesday! Can you believe we are only 9 days away from Halloween? Where the heck has this month gone?! It also means we only have 3 prompts of Glam Nails Challenge October to go before the end of the month. I’ve absolutely enjoyed jumping back into these month challenges, & I’m excited to finish up this month & start planning for my nail art for the rest of the year!

Today’s prompt is Trick or Treat, which is such an ambiguous prompt. But, I did pick up those Wet n Wild Fantasy Makers nail art stickers & there was some fun candy stickers, plus a few that say Trick or Treat. So I instantly knew that they would be perfect for this particular prompt, & I couldn’t wait to use them again!

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

  • Top Coat: Sally Hansen InstaDri Top Coat (red bottle) 
  • Base Coat: Essie Hard to Resist (purple)
  • Colour Club Purple Haze layered over OPI Lincoln Park After Dark
  • Wet n Wild Fantasy Makers Nail Art Stickers Trick Me, Treat Me style

How fun are these stickers? I know I said it in my previous post featuring them (my birthday nails), but I just love these stickers. I will definitely say though — you want to apply these stickers after your base is fully dry. I had a much better application this time with a manicure that was done the night previously, as opposed to a base that was still tacky & wet. They sit much flatter on the nail, & I think look much smoother as well.

What do you think about my fun Trick or Treat design for this prompt of Glam Nails Challenge October? Do you love these cute Halloween nail art stickers? I purchased my sheet at Shoppers Drug Mart for $7.99 CAD, but I have also seen them available at Walmart in previous years. I kind of wish I had also purchased the other style of stickers (with cute little Ghost Face stickers) but when I went back to find them, they were already sold out at my local store.

Happy Wednesday loves!

♥︎

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GLAM NAILS CHALLENGE OCTOBER 2025 — Black Cat 🐈‍⬛ (aka My Birthday Nails 💅)

Hello lovelies & happy Wednesday! I know, this post is coming to you much later in the day than usual, but that is because it’s my birthday today! & I’ve been out & about (has to get that free Starbucks birthday drink ✨!)

But I’m so excited to share the next prompt for Glam Nails Challenge October — because it’s one of my favourite things! Black Cat. 🐈‍⬛ I’ve also been holding onto some nail art stickers from Wet N Wild, which were perfect for this prompt!

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

  • Top Coat: Sally Hansen InstaDri Top Coat (red bottle) 
  • Base Coat: Essie Hard to Resist (purple)
  • Essie Nail Art Studio Jelly Blush *pr
  • Essie Swoon in the Lagoon
  • Essie Birthday Girl!
  • Wet n Wild Halloween Nail Art Stickers

Cute little black kitties, perfect for this prompt — & my birthday manicure. I went with a sponge-y pink base, compliments with Essie Birthday Girl, since it was the perfect day for it!

Maybe this is not the spookiest, scariest black cat design — but it is the perfect one for me to celebrate my October birthday with! I love the pink, I love the stickers (& the other little accent stickers I paired with them.)

What do you think of this black cat design? Do you like the colours I chose to compliment my stickers? Does it scream black cat to you? Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments below!