I spy with my Hallowe’en bloodshot eyes an easy nail design that you can finish in a jiffy!

This is a nail look that requires only basic colours (white, black, and red) that you already have in your stash. Then, you can choose whichever shade you want for the iris.

The red I used was Hard Candy Remix Red. All the other colours are by Pretty Serious Cosmetics: Presence (white), Absence (black), and Nuke the Fridge (shimmery olive).

Considering what my favourite colour is, it should come as no surprise that I chose green for the irises. 😉

To create the veins, feel free to add ‘branches’ to make them look more believable. I, however, kept it simple with lots of squiggles.

As long as you’re happy wearing the design, that’s what matters. You can create them however you want. There aren’t any hard-or-fast rules. Nail art should be fun and not cause anxiety. Don’t concern yourself with perfection. Nail polish is all about enjoyment! 🙂

Bloodshot Eye Nail Art Swatches

All swatches have:

• OPI Nail Envy – Maintenance version (Used as a base coat)
• Hard Candy Remix Red
• Pretty Serious Nuke the Fridge
• Pretty Serious Absence
• Pretty Serious Presence
• Pretty Serious Aqua Coat Top Coat
• Daniel Stone Art Tool 4
• Nail art striping brush

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*~* Bloodshot Eye Nail Art Tutorial *~*

What I Used:

• OPI Nail Envy – Maintenance version (Used as a base coat)
• Hard Candy Remix Red
• Pretty Serious Nuke the Fridge
• Pretty Serious Absence
• Pretty Serious Presence
• Pretty Serious Aqua Coat Top Coat
• Daniel Stone Art Tool 4
• Nail art striping brush

Step 1: After painting a base coat, apply the background colour

I chose the opaque white, Pretty Serious Presence. (This is two coats, and it had amazing coverage, especially since most white nail polishes are streaky and require more than two coats.)

Step 2: Use a dotting tool to create the irises

You can make these irises as big or as small as you’d like. I made them on the smaller side because I wanted the bloodshot veins to be more of the focus.

If you don’t have a large dotting tool, feel free to use the back of an old makeup brush.

Here, I used Pretty Serious Nuke the Fridge.

Step 3: Add the pupils

If you use the same dotting tool and apply lighter pressure, you can create pupils within the iris. Alternatively, you can opt for a smaller dotting tool, if you have one.

Here, I used Pretty Serious Absence, which is a really creamy and opaque black nail polish.

Step 4: Paint wavy lines to mimic veins

With your striping nail brush dipped in red nail polish (like Hard Candy Red Remix), paint squiggly lines all around the iris to give a bloodshot effect.

If you want to make it look more realistic, you can add extra lines that branch off the main squiggles. (I chose to keep it very basic.)

Step 5: Seal in the design with a glossy top coat

Be sure to wait several minutes (as long as you can) before applying a top coat. It’s important to be patient at this stage because you don’t want to smear your design prematurely. (To give you an idea, I waited about 20 minutes, especially because the irises and pupils were particularly thick when layered.)

Hope that you enjoyed this super easy Hallowe’en nail design and will try it! 🙂

Disclosure: Hard Candy Red Remix, Pretty Serious Nuke the Fridge, Pretty Serious Absence, Pretty Serious Presence, and Pretty Serious Aqua Coat Top Coat were provided by PR or the company.

Now that Hallowe’en is inching closer, have you decided what you’ll sport on the 31st? What is the funniest/weirdest costume that you’ve ever worn?