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Mummy Nails

sorry for the glare i took this in my car lol
**Note: I'm trying to get the font sizes and font types fixed, but no matter what I do it just changes it back. Is anyone else having the same issue? I wanted to post this still**

 Happy Halloween!!! Okay, so it isn't Halloween, but it's the Halloween month and I wanted to do some spooooooky designs for you guys. But before we get into that, I wanted to tell you I was featured on Sally Hansen's website!! I was on the fan photos section and I was super proud of myself. Considering Sally Hansen is my favorite nail brand, it was an honor to be noticed. I posted a screenshot on my Instagram, which if you aren't following you should. Anyway, back to the nail design. I have chosen mummies as my first look and I got loads of compliments on them. Here's how I did it.

 The polishes I used were Sally Hansen's Miracle Gel "Get Mod" (#789), Insta-Dri shades in "Sand Storm" (#113) and "Black to Black" (#360), and Finger Paints "You’re Kiln Me" (#806504). I also used my usual Base + Top Coat from Revlon.

 To start, I put a base coat on all my nails and then a base color of white. In order to make the mummies look more old and dirty, as mummies are, I added some light brown (sand storm) to a makeup sponge and dabbed it on my nail in random areas. I didn't completely cover the white, but I just wanted to make it look more worn. 

 Next, I added the dark brown lines to create the wrapped up look that mummies have. I started with three small, diagonal lines in the corner of my nail bed (by the cuticle) and then switched directions. I added two more lines and then a few in between to make it look like there were layers. Towards the middle of the nail, I filled in a triangle where I would be putting the mummy's eyes. For the eyes, I used a nail dotter and did two white dots. Then I added two smaller black dots inside for the pupils. I finished off the whole design with a top coat.

 I hope you guys like my mummy nails! I have at least two more designs coming out before Halloween, both of which I've also never done. I'm looking forward to it :) See you then.
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