Ghostbusters is one of my all-time favourite movies and what better way to pay homage to the film than painting up my nails with Slimer?
Ingredients:
-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Whirlwind White
-Nicole by OPI Razzle Dazzler
-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lickety-Split Lime
-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Rapid Red
-Sally Hansen Hard As Nails in Solar Crème
-Ardene in Berry Gossip
-Claire’s Mood Polish in Fabulous/Funky
-Kiss stripe polish in White
-Kiss stripe polish in Black
I painted all my white except for my ring finger, which I painted black. Using red polish and a dotting tool, I made two small “no ghosts” logos on a sandwich baggie. I thought the polish would peel right off, but it didn’t so I just used manicure scissors to cut the design out. I put down a layer of top coat and placed the homemade decal on top.
The rest of my fingers have “slime” dripping down—I just freehanded this with a Slimer green nail polish and a dotting tool.
Finally, the thumbs feature Slimer himself! This was a bit difficult to do. I’ve never put on a decal this large so it’s bunched up in a couple areas, but it’s not too bad. Here I used the sandwich baggie technique again and started by putting down the green in Slimer’s body, followed by yellow and black for the eyes. I used pink, red, and burgundy for the mouth and dotted on a couple teeth. I went over the outlines with black polish using a small artist paint brush that I had in my art supply stash. Did the same method as the “no ghosts” logo and then sealed everything up with more topcoat.
I think it turned out pretty well for the first time doing something like this. It’s definitely my most advanced piece of nail art yet, haha!
I hope you guys enjoyed this manicure! And I hope you enjoy Ghostbusters because it is awesome!
