"This is Halloween" Day 4 - Jack-o-Lanterns

Today marks the next installment of the "This Is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge from Lacquer Dreams! Thanks to her for coming up with a great list of challenge themes, and enjoy clicking through the links below to see everyone else's interpretation...and then add your own! :)

Without further ado, here are my Jack O'Lanterns!

Wait, what? Those are just pumpkins? Well, of course they are! The Jacks are on the other hand!

Yeah, I know, I won't quit my day job, I promise. I'm definitely not the comedian/ne in the family. Which is why my hobby is nail art, not jokes!

Hmm. Maybe I shouldn't write blog posts when I'm feeling silly. Ah, well, you're not reading this anyway - you're just here for the pretty pictures!

I started off with two coats of Nubar Forest. After waiting for that to thoroughly dry, I put a thick coat of Avon Absinthe, one finger at a time, and then used scrunched up plastic wrap (also known as cling film in other parts of the world, I believe) to dob off some of the Absinthe. I think the result made for a nice mossy or green grass background.

For the pumpkins I started with Primark Beauty neon orange, and then once that was dry I drew lines on them in China Glaze Riveting alternating with Sinful Colors This Is It. I added some stems in OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys and then added thin lines of Absinthe on them...I think that was a mistake, and I should've used another shade of brown, because the stems just don't show up well against the green background. Live and learn!

I used China Glaze Liquid Leather and a tiiiiny detail brush for the Jack O'Lantern faces, and I think I need to learn to use thinner on my palette when drawing tiny details - I can't for the life of me get my lines as thin on my nails as they are on the design in my head. :P

And Brianna wanted to join in the party this week! This is nearly 100% her work - she painted her nails (including base coat, since she asked me if she should use base and top coat and I told her that depended on whether she wanted them to last longer than overnight, and she decided that she did) and drew the Jack O'Lanterns on her left hand (she's right-dominant). I only drew the Jack O'Lanterns on her right hand. Didn't she do a great job?!

Now, enjoy all the pretties listed below!

Here are the other challengers, add your link if you are joining in!

1.	Nail Gun XS - Jack-O-Lanterns	22.	Kelly's Kolors! - Ghosts	43.	Follow the Yellow Polish Road	64.	Delainie
2.	Nail Gun XS - Ghosts	23.	Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction	44.	NonLacquerDaisical	65.	Delainie
3.	A Polished Prance	24.	Polish Rainbow - Ghosts	45.	Lacquer Dreams - Ghosts!	66.	Polish Rainbow - Jack-O-Lanterns
4.	osiris and loki paint their nails	25.	Michelle at Ehmkay Nails	46.	Melmyissta- ghosts	67.	Never Mind Suzi - Jack-o-lantern
5.	Plisherrific	26.	Pink and Polished Nails	47.	The Girlie Tomboy	68.	play polish :)
6.	Nai's Nails - Ghosts	27.	LacquerNinja Halloween Ghosts!	48.	Tes Did It Nails	69.	Ehmkay Nails: Jack O Lanterns!
7.	Jaztee - Ghosts	28.	Amoki's Corner	49.	Just Another Polish Addiction	70.	a girl and her chicken named betty
8.	Ghost nails - Jibber Jabber	29.	The Life, Times and Lacquers of Lilmoon	50.	datyorkLOVES	71.	LacquerNinja Halloween Jack'o'Lanterns!
9.	Ghosts set1- mani madhouse	30.	Nikki NeverWithoutPolish	51.	Jack O Lanterns - Jibber Jabber	72.	Overpolished - Jack O'Lanterns
10.	Nail-to-Nail-Interpretations	31.	a girl and her chicken named betty	52.	It's Just a Hobby! - Jack O'Lanterns	73.	Amoki's Corner
11.	The Silverinator	32.	Glitter Me This	53.	Shatter me Claire	74.	Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction
12.	Hand-y Feats and Other Treats	33.	Sophie	54.	melmyissta- Jack-o-lanterns	75.	Nail-to-Nail Interpretations
13.	Patricia. Manicura de Fantasía	34.	Baroque fool	55.	Lissa's Polish Addiction - Jack o Lanterns	76.	Nikki NeverWithoutPolish
14.	Lacquer Or Leave Her!	35.	Sonoma Nail Art	56.	PRIS Nails	77.	LTandL of Lilmoon - Jack-O-Lanterns
15.	More Nail Polish - Ghosts	36.	Nailified	57.	Pretty Purple Polish - Jack-O-Lanterns	78.	Just Another Polish Addiction
16.	Never Mind Suzi - Ghosts	37.	Dema Pixie	58.	More Nail Polish - Jack-o-lanterns	79.	Nailified Jack-o-lanterns
17.	Pretty Purple Polish - Ghosts	38.	Not Too Polished	59.	Lacquer Or Leave Her!	80.	The Daily Lacquerista
18.	Jas's Blingtastic Nails	39.	Tales from the Makeup Bag - Ghosts	60.	Hand-y Feats and Other Treats	81.	A Polished Prance
19.	Carrie	40.	It's Just a Hobby - Ghosts	61.	Baroque fool - jack o lanterns	82.	Jas's Blingtastic Nails
20.	Overpolished - Ghosts	41.	PRIS Nails	62.	Pink and polished nails jack-o-lanterns	83.	Miss Holly Berries
21.	RantingBlogger	42.	Within-My-Eyes- Ghosts	63.	Carrie- Sassy Nails

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