Halloween Nails #3 - Harry Potter Nails Tutorials (pic heavy)

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The final Halloween Nail Tutorial!
This time, as promised, I created a nail design involving my Halloween costume. This year, in honor of the final Harry Potter film, I did not 1, not 2, but 3 nail designs. As you can see from the photo above, I did three different base/background designs and made an appropriately colored lightning bolt for each. You can choose which ever design you want for your nails, I am just showing different options. Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I am not a professional nail artist and do not claim to be one. This is my first time doing this design. Given my experience with this design, I hope that those of you who don’t think you can do will be inspired to at least give it a try!

TIPS:
Practice drawing a lightening bolt on a separate sheet of paper before attempting on your nail.


For Design 1 (red & yellow water marble)
What you will need: - What I am using:

• red nail polish - Sinful Colors in “Ruby Red”
• yellow nail polish - Sinful Colors in “Pull Over”
• shimmery gold nail polish - Stripe Rite in “Gold”
• clear top coat polish - Sally Hansen Mega Shine Top Coat

For Design 2 (black & red water marble)
What you will need: - What I am using:

• red nail polish - Sinful Colors in “Ruby Red”
• black nail polish - Sinful Colors in “Black On Black”
• shimmery gold nail polish - Stripe Rite in “Gold Metallic”
• clear top coat polish - Sally Hansen Mega Shine Top Coat

For Design 3 (red & yellow checkered)
What you will need: - What I am using:

• red nail polish - Sinful Colors in “Ruby Red”
• yellow nail polish - Sinful Colors in “Pull Over”
• shimmery gold nail polish - Stripe Rite in “Gold”
• clear top coat polish - Sally Hansen Mega Shine Top Coat

(L to R: “Gold”, “Ruby Red”, “Pull Over”, “Black on Black”, “Gold Metallic”, “MegaShine”)

The colors red and yellow are meant to represent Gryffindor and the black is the color of the student's robes.

For Design 1 (red & yellow water marble)
Step 1:
I’ve already done a water marbling tutorial. To keep this post from being too long, here is the water marble tutorial. Follow the same steps but using the red and yellow nail polish instead. Here are some photos of how I did this design.

Step 2:
Using my Stripe Ride in “Gold” or any shimmery golden nail polish that will stand out against the water-marble background, I created a lightening bolt. Practice on a piece of paper before attempting on your nail. I started with the horizontal center of the lightening bolt. Then, I fee-handed the rest of the lightening bolt.
Step 3:
Wait until design is completely dry and use a top coat. Finished!


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For Design 2 (black & red water marble)
Step 1:
I’ve already done a water marbling tutorial, click here for the tutorial. Follow the same steps but using the black and red nail polish instead.


Step 2:
Using my Stripe Ride in “Gold Metallic” or any shimmery golden nail polish that will stand out against the water-marble background, I created a lightening bolt. Practice on a piece of paper before attempting on your nail. Step 3:
Wait until design is completely dry and use a top coat. Finished!


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For Design 3 (red & yellow checkered)
Step 1:
This checkered design is supposed to mimic the Gryffindor crest, with the checkered background. Start by penciling in the 4 squares on your nail. Then, start with either the red or yellow nail polish and fill in the appropriate squares, as seen in the first photo. As you can tell, I did mine free hand.


Finally, use the other nail polish color and fill in the appropriate squares.
Step 2:
Finally, it is time to draw on the lightening bolt. After having practiced on a separate piece of paper, I used the “Gold” Stripe Rite nail polish to draw a lightening bolt, starting with the horizontal center of the lightening bolt. Then, I fee-handed the rest of the lightening bolt.
Step 3:
Wait until design is completely dry and use a top coat. Finished!

Here is a photo of my nails before drawing the lightening bolts. They still look great without the extra detail, so I guess this would count as my Water Marble Art, Take 5?

I hope you enjoyed my final nail tutorial this year and will try this design on your own.
Thanks for stopping by & Happy Halloween!