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!
cupcake_goth: (GAFhat)
( Oct. 19th, 2010 10:51 pm)
- Went to the chiropractor, where he made my neck make horrible crunching noises. And lo! My headache went away! My wonderful chiropractor also showed me some exercises I need to start doing to strengthen my neck and shoulder muscles, so that maybe I won't get these headaches quite as often. Here's hoping.

- Altered my Beetlejuice fitted tee that arrived in the mail yesterday. It now has a scooped neckline with lace trim and B&W striped piping. Whee!

- Finished watching the DVD of Brazil that the StuntHusband loaned me. I had never seen it. Ever. Yes, I know, how the hell did I manage that? Let's just say there are some astonishing gaps in my my movie-watching habits, and leave it at that. Anyway, Brazil. Whoo. I wouldn't say fun, necessarily, but surreal and fascinating.

- Watched the DVD of the Frank Langella version of Dracula (which I had finally gotten around to ordering). I haven't seen it in ages, and had forgotten how swoony and pretty it is. Plus, Frank Langella keeps referring to it as a "gothic romance" in the bonus feature interview. Be still my bombast-craving heart!

- Decided my everyday top hat needed to be refurbished, so I rummaged around and found a length of wide antique black lace and a lot of black ostrich and coque feathers. I'll try to take a photo tomorrow.

- Redid my blood spatter manicure. Now with black smudges, inspired by snowcoma's version. Again, maybe pictures tomorrow.

Also tomorrow: writing, writing, writing. WRITING.
I apologize for the quality of the photos. It's hard to take pictures of your nails in mid-manicure! (Also, wow, the light in our living room is very yellow-tinged. Huh. EDIT: Thank you to [livejournal.com profile] kambriel for doing some fast color-correction work on the photos for me!)

Firstly, the photo that [livejournal.com profile] marc17 took of my nails on Saturday night!



How did I do that? Click the cut tag to find out!

I found the idea on Tumblr. )

I think this style of manicure would also look amazing done with dark green, blue, or a blue/purple duochrome color substituted for the blood red. Zombie ichor manicure! Oooh, I may have to try that next time.

So! Questions? Comments? If you try this, please post photos of your results in the comments!
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