Wordless Wednesday: Quick Halloween Nail Art

Buttery Roasted Peaches with Greek Yogurt

This is an idea I've been meaning to try for a while, but I whenever I got peaches they always disappeared too quickly! I first saw it on The Londoner, and I've come across it several times since. We're heading into the first days of autumn now, but to me this recipe is the best of summer.

I definitely recommend roasting any peaches that are not very good for eating on their own. The batch I used this time was not great, plus they might have been sitting in the fridge for 2~ish weeks waiting for me to get to them...But roasted, they were delicious!

Black Bean Brownies

So these are INSANE. I read about them and got the recipe from The Table, and I admit I was pretty skeptical. Black beans, I said, do not taste like chocolate. Yes, they are the right color, but they are still BEANS, I said. But...they are brownies, and if you go light on the chocolate chips and use dark chocolate cocoa powder, they are practically HEALTHY for you to eat. That can't be right.

But the blind test convinced me to give it a go. I pulled out the blender and started mixing them together while my husband was out...I wanted to get it done and in the oven before he got back!

Butterfly Wings Nail Art

This is probably my favorite nail art that I've done. I was worried it would be too complicated, but it came out fantastic! 

I have some nail art pens, which made this actually pretty simple, once I had a couple reference images in front of me. When I was looking up some different examples, I just couldn't decide what background color to go with, so I ended up using five different ones! I love the rainbow effect that it made.

Cute Yoda Coaster

So I made this for a coworker...I don't recall exactly why, but some Star Wars quotes were getting thrown around the office, and when I got home I was inspired to make this. I used this tutorial as a drawing reference. 

The coaster is just a promotional cork one with some company print on the other side, and I used a Sharpie pen to draw on it. No need to seal it or anything! I've done this before and I've never had a problem with the ink running.

Rainbow Nails

Sometimes all you need for really fun nails is a few different colors! I didn't have time to do anything super complicated, so I just picked out a few different fun colors that worked together. I love how it looks like candy - it reminds me of Skittles!

Summery Flower Nails

It has actually been a gorgeous summer here so far, not too hot with plenty of beautiful weather. I've been feeling super into the sunshine lately and I really wanted to try some more nail art, so something summery was an obvious choice! After a little poking around I decided on a daisy-ish design.

UPDATE: Wow, from now on I'm definitely going to start with a clear coat...that lovely green turned out to stain my nails a horrible yellowish color!