NOTD: Spiders two ways

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Hello!

During my Halloween plate reviews so far, I mentioned that you can get a super-quick but still awesome Halloween mani by stamping silver webs and black spiders over a Halloween color. Today I'm going to show you two versions of this look, featuring UberChic Beauty Halloween 01 and 02.


For the first version, I started with a base of Sassy Pants Create, a lovely, rich blurple. I stamped my webs with Messy Mansion Sterling, then on my accent nails only I stamped my spiders with Sally Hansen Lickety-Split Lime. Finally, I stamped the spiders on all of the nails with Messy Mansion Carbon: 

UberChic Beauty Halloween 01 & 02 over Sassy Pants Create, stamped with Messy Mansion polishes

UberChic Beauty Halloween 01 & 02 over Sassy Pants Create, stamped with Messy Mansion polishes

For the second version, I started with a base of Wet n Wild Nuclear War. I stamped a smaller web, again using Messy Mansion Sterling. Then I stamped the same spiders with Messy Mansion Carbon:

UberChic Beauty Halloween 01 & 02 over Wet n Wild Nuclear War, stamped with Messy Mansion polishes

Which do you prefer? I like that the smaller web makes the spiders look bigger, and I love the contrast with the orange. But on the first mani I love the pop of green that gives a radioactive look, and I can't stop loving that beautiful blurple.


And, in honor of my spider mani, I share with you a poem I wrote for a spider mani three years ago:

In darkest night

The spiders crawl

Cross silver'd web

Come one, come all

Along your ear

Across your face

Sleep well, my dear

They'll leave no trace...

Happy stamping!
M.