cupcake_goth: (GCS Shield)
cupcake_goth ([personal profile] cupcake_goth) wrote2010-10-25 11:44 am

New post time at Gothic Charm School!

The new! Improved! Blood spatter manicure tutorial!

Thank you to [livejournal.com profile] maiaarts, [livejournal.com profile] staxxy, and the Finishing School of Flail for being their usual wonderful beta reader selves! Extra special thank yous to [livejournal.com profile] minim_calibre and the Stroppy One for help with nail polish colors and Photoshop work!

Now go paint your nails! And spread the word about the new post!

[identity profile] plymouth.livejournal.com 2010-10-25 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I tried this with black cuticles, a green undercoat and red blood so it looks like I have rotting zombie nails and have been sinking them into warm red flesh. It came out great! Ok, other than my coworkers assuming I was going for a watermelon effect :P I have pics but I haven't uploaded them yet. Cow-orkers are silly - it looks nothing like watermelon :P

The one great benefit to this kind of manicure you didn't even mention - it's superb for those of us (like me) who will chip our nails within about 15 minutes of applying polish. If you screw it up? Just retouch with more blood!

[identity profile] plymouth.livejournal.com 2010-10-26 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
As promised, zombie nails:
Image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/plymouths/5117677308/)

[identity profile] plymouth.livejournal.com 2010-10-29 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Redone with a darker red. Now even baby engineers can't insist it looks like watermelon!!

Image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/plymouths/5125368869/)