A Halloween Nail Tutorial

It’s officially October which means planning for Halloween nails starts now! As moody and warm toned colors get their moment for the fall season, Halloween invites an opportunity for artistic creativity and playful nail looks! In this blog article, we share a spooktacular Halloween nail look that you can easily achieve with versatile products available at Sweetie Nail Supply that you can also use year-round. Read on for an easy nail tutorial that you can recreate for Halloween.

Halloween Nail Tutorial: Hand Painted Webs, Spiders, Bats, and 3D Ghosts

Products Used: 
Yogurt Nail Syrup Gel No. 50 Black Sapphire
MORE Art Liquid No. 43 (Veil White)
Jello Jello Zig Zag Gel JT-15 More White
DGEL x JINI Painting Gel PJ 007 Pure White
DGEL x JINI Painting Gel PJ 008 Real Black
Sweetie Nail Supply Liner Brush #1
Dotting Tool

How To:

All Nails

Prep the nails and apply base gel. Cure for 60 seconds.

Apply one coat of Yogurt Nail syrup gel no. 50. Cure for 60 seconds. Apply a second coat of color and cure.

Pointer and Ring Nails

Dab the dotting tool into the DGEL x JINI Painting Gel Pure White. Place four dots on the top half of the nail. Use two different dotting tool sizes or different pressure to create different size dots for variation.

Use the Sweetie Nail Supply Liner Brush #1 to paint an extending line from each dot at the top, right, bottom, and left sides to create four-point stars.

Next, squeeze a dollop of Jello Jello Zig Zag Gel More White gel onto the nail and pull the tail end of the gel downward to create a tapered tail. Use the liner brush to pull the tapered end into a fine point so that the shape resembles a ghost shape. Flash cure for 30 seconds.

Squeeze a very small dollop of Jello Jello Zig Zag Gel More White gel on both sides of the ghost shape. Fully cure the nail for 60 seconds.

Next, load the liner brush with DGEL x JINI Painting Gel Real Black gel and paint dots for the eyes and one dot for the mouth on the 3D ghost. Cure for 60 seconds.

Thumb and Middle Nails

After curing the second coat of Yogurt Nail syrup gel no. 50, cleanse the inhibition layer with cleansing wipe or with alcohol and a lint free wipe.

Use More Art Liquid no. 43 Veil White to paint a splotch on the nail, moving the brush in a single stroke back and forth across the nail at an angle. Let the ink air dry for 30 seconds.

Use the liner brush with DGEL x JINI Painting Gel Pure White gel to paint a dot on the center of the nail. From the dot, paint five lines extending outward from the dot. This will serve as the base for creating a spider web.

Between each of five base lines, paint three curved lines connecting the base lines to resemble a web. Ensure that the curve of each line is curved in the same direction. Cure for 60 seconds.

Create a dot on the web as the base of the spider by using the dotting tool dabbed in DGEL x JINI Painting Gel Real Black. 

Draw three curved lines on the left and right side of the dot as the spider’s legs. 

Use a smaller dotting tool to create a smaller dot above the spider base as the head. Cure for 60 seconds.

Pinky Nail

After curing the second coat of Yogurt Nail syrup gel no. 50, cleanse the inhibition layer with cleansing wipe or with alcohol and a lint free wipe.

Use More Art Liquid no. 43 Veil White to paint a splotch on the nail, moving the brush in a single stroke back and forth across the nail at an angle. Let the ink air dry for 30 seconds.

Use the dotting tool dabbed in DGEL x JINI Painting Gel Real Black to paint two dots on the nail. This will serve as the base of the bats.

Use the tip of the liner brush to create a small dot just beneath the large dot. Paint a line from each side of the base dot to connect to the smaller dot. Fill in the space with DGEL x JINI Painting Gel Real Black

Paint two triangle shaped ears above the base dot to create bat ears. 

Paint three dots on each side of the base dot. 

From the base dot, paint a curved line to connect the side of the base dot to the next dot. Continue connecting one dot to the next dot with a painted curved line. Repeat on the other side. This will create the bottom of the bat wings. Flash cure for 30 seconds.

From the base dot where the line meets the bottom of the wings, paint a curved line to connect to the end of the wings. Repeat on the other side. Fill in the wings with DGEL x JINI Painting Gel Real Black

Fully cure for 60 seconds.

All Nails

After each nail design has been completed, apply top gel to all of the nails. Cure for 60 seconds.

The final look will look like this:

Whether you choose to recreate this look or create a variation, cute 3D ghosts, spider webs, spiders, and bats details will surely create a playful vibe for Halloween. Try using a different color as the base or mixing and matching the designs for each nail for a customized look.

Happy Spooky Season!