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Bundle Monster, butter London, Challenge Your Nail Art, freehand, Halloween, halloween nail art, Konad, Nail Art, rafriendlynailart, saran wrap, Seche Vite, Sephora by OPI, splatter, stamping, Wet n Wild, Zoya
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I tried a couple of ideas for today’s manicure. My first was ghosts, but I was not really feeling freehand work. For my second I finally tried Frankenstein patchwork but it looked too crowded. After that bought of freehand, I felt pretty discouraged so I sat down and flipped through my stamping plates. I came across a nocturnal creature and I was suddenly inspired…Vampire Bats! And to top it off, I combined two RA-friendly techniques: splatter and saran-wrap!
So here’s a fun story…sort of…When I worked the morning shift at the animal hospital one of my duties was to walk the dogs in the outside yard. These walks took place at 5 a.m. so I stood outside with the “barkers” to make sure they didn’t bark. One morning while I stood next to this patch of decorative bamboo in the yard, I heard a rustling in the leaves. I thought it was a person or animal but it was coming from the top. I freaked out thinking whatever it was might jump on me, grabbed the dog and ran inside. Later, I was telling this story to one of the receptionists and she told me bats were pretty common in our neck of the woods. She also told me she never walked her dog, at night, in forests or patches of trees and never ever let her dog out by itself. Bats carry rabies!
I love watching bats in captivity but out in the wild!…Nope! Anyways…
I hope you like it!
I started with two coats of Zoya Goldie as my base.
I “saran wrapped” with Sephora by OPI 212-Sephora and butter London Scuppered. I sealed the base with a generous coat of Seche Vite.
I “splatter painted” with Wet n Wild I Red Good Book.
I stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM-314 and Konad Special Polish Black.
Hi my name is Monica and I have RA.
Don’t forget to check out the other villains below!
Yikes!! I can totally see my dog going up to a bat and going ‘hey, let’s be friends!’ and the bat would be all ‘Um, no thanks! ::sinks fangs into dog nose::’. Anyway–cute mani, love the red and gold background, really makes it pop. 🙂
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Thank you!! My dogs would do the exact same thing! Saachi tried that with a wasp once…needless to say, her paws and face swelled up too three times their normal size!
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Ugh! There are always bats flying around here at nite. At first you see their sihouette overhead and your like BIRDS! But they dont stop, and theres a bunch of them, and then you realize ! BATS! Aggh!
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Eeeep! Creepy!! Bats really freak me out…they are blind so they scare easily and we all know what happens when animals get spooked!!
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My cat catches bats out of mid air (if they swoop low enough) And sometimes he thinks it’s a good idea to bring them home as presents! So I always make sure he is up to date on his rabies!!!
BTW I love love love your base for this nail art!
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!!! That would freak me out so much…I’m fine with animals, dead animals, but I can’t stand when dogs and cats pick up dead animals ::shudders:: I think I would flip if my dogs brought home presents like that.
Thank you! I really love how this came out…sometimes the red is hard to splatter with and covers more of the nail than I want since it is so runny but this time it worked well!
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What a story! I would freak out. U just ran haha. Nice mani in memory of the bats
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Thank you, Anita!
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