I Vant to Suck Your Blahhhd!

I chipped my French manicured thumb while washing the dishes, so I decided to take the opportunity to do my entry for Polish Hoarder Disorder's vampire challenge. Before I go any further, I should probably say that I don't like Twilight. At all. However, I have read and do like Dracula, so I was excited about this challenge anyway. After doing a few different designs on fake nails glued to toothpicks (I used the giant thumbnail ones that are way too big for me - they're great for practicing), I came up with this:

Mm...blood. For the base color I used an unnamed Charlotte Russe taupe/greige color, and for the bloody streaks I used Borghese Sonata Berry, which was the closest thing I had to the color of dried blood. Charming, I know. :) I did the design with my usual tool of a toothpick. I was pretty happy with this rather gory mani - while I'm probably not going to wear it around my small town at this juncture, I'll be bringing it back out around, say, late October.

Are you planning in participating in this PHD challenge? (Because you should.) Thanks for reading!