Silver Spiders Halloween Manicure

My first official Halloween design of the year! I can't believe it took me so long to do one. I have so many ideas in my head but then they never turn out quite like I imagined them when I actually try them on my nails... But, happily, this one came out perfect!


This one is a Bundlemonster stamp (both images are from the same plate) in Sally Hansen Chrome Nail Makeup in Black Pearl Chrome over NYC Blackula. The ring finger has one of those Cina Haunted Nights decals (the little spider with a red and orange gem accent). The old Sally Hansen was perfect for the stamp and the Cina decal applied easily and looks rather good with a coat of topcoat over it.

Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the NYC Blackula polish. It's horrible. I've used NYC Black before and thought it was awful and the Blackula version is just as bad. It's runny, watery, streaky and has a really annoying flat brush. All it wanted to do is run off my nail and pool in my cuticles, plus it chipped off my thumb in a huge chunk the very next day. I haven't had that much trouble applying a polish in a loooooong time. With all the good, cheap, one-coat black polishes out there, I don't know how NYC's can be this terrible. True, I only bought it for the name and had no expectations of quality, but come on... At least give me a good brush to work with.

I do not recommend the NYC Black/Blackula polish, but the plain old Wet n Wild Black Creme (99 cents!) is amazing if you're looking to add a good, solid, easy to apply, fast drying, one-coat black polish to your collection. It's my favorite. That and Illamasqua Boosh, but there's a pretty big price difference there.

Starting to get off topic here... I did the other hand without the spiders to see which I liked better:
I like both. I like the spiders, makes it look a little less empty, but the spiderwebs alone look just as cool. I should do the stamp sideways as french tips... bet that would look interesting.