Halloween Nails 3: Frankenstein

Frankenstein is the epitome of classic Halloween horror. I studied the book by Mary Shelley last semester in college and loved it. So it seemed fitting that a Frankenstein manicure should appear somewhere in my Halloween nail art tutorials.

To nail this look you'll need:

O.P.I - Did it on 'Em (Nicki Minaj Collection)

Rimmel London I heart Lasting Finish - 080 Black Cab

Rimmel London Nail Tip Whitener

Dotting tools

Striper brush/ Cocktail sticks

Frankenstein's Stitches

1. Use a base coat to protect your nails from staining then paint your nails a Frankenstein-esque green. Use as many coats as you need for the green to be streak-free.

2. Take your striper brush and dip it in black polish. Draw the lines in Frankenstein's skin that need to be stitched up. Your nail should look like the one in the top right picture above.

3. Take your striper brush again and using black nail polish, paint in short strokes to achieve the stitches along the lines created in step two. Use a topcoat to protect your design.

Frankenstein

1. Use a base coat to protect your nails from staining then paint your nails a Frankenstein-esque green. Use as many coats as you need for the green to be streak-free.

2. Take your dotting tool and dipping it in white, place two dots side by side about half way down the nail. These will be the eyes.

3. Take your striper brush and dip it in black polish. Create two curving lines beneath the eyes, these will make Frankenstein look like he has bags under his eyes (I doubt he sleeps very well!).

4. Using the same brush as before dip it in black polish again and draw two lines above the eyes slanting downwards as they come towards the centre of the face (Frankenstein isn't happy here). Then paint a hooked line, starting from the inside of the right eye and curving a little further down the face, this will be the nose.

5. Still using your striper brush and black polish paint a frowning mouth a short space beneath the nose. Draw lines extending from near the nose to near the mouth on both sides of the face to exaggerate how unhappy Frankenstein is. Then like we did with the stitches before, draw a small line anywhere on Frankenstein's face and create stitches across the line.

6. Finally, to give Frankenstein's eyes some character take your striper brush and dipping it in your green colour draw drooping eyelids across half of both the white circles. Beneath each eyelid, using your smallest dotting tool, place a dot of black polish (these will be the pupils). Once it's all dried, use a topcoat to protect your design from chipping.

Et voilà! Frankenstein nails for the gothic literature lovers out there.