Short Candy Corn Nails

Greetings Darklings and Snarklings.

So I thought I'd show you a little bit of something that I do every year for Halloween. It's a simple thing because I can't really do a lot of things with my nails (I'm not very coordinated). So, here's some pictures of what I had going.

So number one you are going to have to get your white, orange, and yellow nail polish. It helps if you have a liner for the white.

The next step is to add your yellow to the bottom of the nail (or the top if you feel like doing it in reverse. no harm there, I just prefer to do mine with they yellow at the bottom).

Next up is the orange. I put some of it on the yellow and some of it on just the plain nail so you can kind of get the transition effect.

And finally, just put a little white line on the top (or bottom) to show that part of the nail to be the end of the candy corn.

My lines are not so great, but you can try and show me how you did!

Lots of love,
-Vyvyan Wormwood
The Mind Behind the Darkest Designs

Gel Liner Crusty? Try This!

Greetings my little darklings and snarklings!

I just wanted to show you all a little tip with makeup.

So I have this problem with gel liner that it seems to gum up and crust up after a little while. After doing some research, I learned a really cool thing: You can fix it.

Check this out!

All you need is two things (besides your gel pot):

A toothpick and eyedrops.

These are the before pics of my gel pot. Behold how absolutely crusty it is.

Now, add the eye drops. Two to four are fine. Make sure to poke about four to six holes in the gel with the toothpick to give it time to seep in a little bit.

 

 

As you can see in the last photograph, It's very liquid-y and very awesome. You can pat it down into a more manageable form with probably some wax paper or something. I didn't pat mine down so that I could grab things a little bit better with my gel brush.

Anyway, thought you all might want to know about this nifty trick. Eye drops can also restore your regular eyeshadows and things. You just have to know how much to add. I'll probably bust up some eyeshadow and show you guys how to do it sometime soon, just for fun. I know you guys will enjoy it, like I do.

Goth it up with some amazing gel liner!!

Have fun guys.
-Vyvyan Wormwood
The Mind Behind the Darkest Designs

Glitter Pumpkin DIY Challenge

Hey there my little Darklings and Snarklings!

I was on my lovely Amino app on my phone and it asked us to do a weekend challenge with glitter. So I decided that I would do a simple but cute little project with some things that I have around the house and a LOOOOOT of glitter. Glitter's got such a bad rap, but I still like it. Yes I'm goth, leave me alone. LOL

So for my little glitter pumpkin I needed to use the following tools:

• 2 empty toilet paper tubes
• mod podge
• a small stick
• black paint
• translucent glitter
• scissors
• newspaper to put down
• a plate to transfer things on
• a paintbrush
• some yarn or twine to tie it together

Here are the steps:

Step 1. Paint your toilet paper tube or paper towel tube whatever colour you want. I used black paint so it would match the rest of the decor of my house.

 Step 2: Cut your tubes into little rings. This step is hard to do without bending them slightly. Mine bent quite a bit so I had to "fluff" them. Also: You do not have to have a cat like it is included in my picture. That's just one of my cats, Cotton Puff, who likes to help.

Step 3. Tie your string through the center of your rings. It will help if you can get them to sit adjacent to each other. If they each have their own room to sit, they will look more pumpkin-y. I used a grey yarn. You can see the knot just in the back of my pumpkin.I did a square knot. After that, take a hot glue gun and your stick and glue it in/through the center where all the rings meet. Make sure that your rings are in a really nice order~!

Step 4: Now it's time to do the glitter. I put a piece of newspaper down first, and then I put down a plate to catch the glitter so I could reuse whatever fell off and didn't work. Use the mod podge or elmer's white school glue (you could use glitter glue for an added effect I bet) and a paint brush to brush the glue or podge on. Then pour the glitter onto the spots that have the glue or podge.

note: I added more glitter on after I was done with this layer and it looked more like this:

Step 5: Allow to dry and enjoy the final product! You can make tons of these little guys for holidays like Halloween, Samhain, Dia de los Muertos, or even Thanksgiving! I bet you could make some really ornate ones for Dia de los Muertos.

Doesn't it look cute? I love pumpkins. I might make a pumpkin pie with real pumpkin this year. Or maybe a pumpkin cake. Good stuff!


Happy crafting!
Vyvyan Wormwood
The Mind Behind The Darkest Designs

Bat Wing Headband Tutorial

Hello my Little Darklings.

Today I'm bringing you my first crafting project on this site. I decided that I wanted to do a project that would go along with the GIY theme for this month, which is "Things with Wings." I came up with something that is dear to my heart; Headbands. I love wearing goofy stuff on my head, so this sounded like the perfect time to make something absolutely silly, and still able to be gothed up, depending on how you make it. I didn't make mine too out there. I used really simple materials that you can get just about anywhere.

Here are my Materials (some not shown in picture unfortunately):

• thin eva foam
• acrylic paint
• paintbrushes
• low temp hot glue gun
• scissors
• pencil
• headband
• butcher paper or something to make a paper pattern
• mod podge
• ruler
• box knife or exacto knife

Steps


Step One: Make pattern for the wings to attach to your headband. You can make these in any shape you want, but I chose to do a bat wing for my head. (The purple tentacle is my favorite pen)

Step Two: Cut out the pattern.

Step Three: Trace onto foam.

Step Four: Cut out the foam shape. You can do this with a sharp knife or the scissors. Be careful!

Step Five: Score the foam around the base so that it has a large v shape. This v shape will make an excellent reservoir for the hot glue that we will be using.

Step Six: Hot glue the scored area together so that it is at a 90 degree angle.

Step Seven: Mod Podge the wings to stiffen them up and so that the foam holds paint. Otherwise, the foam will absorb the paint and it will not look as cute.

Step Eight: Wait for about 15 minutes to dry each time you put a layer on. I did a layer on both the front and the back.


Step Nine: Paint on the Details.

Step Ten: Glue the wings onto the headband and wait until it dries. Then enjoy the end product!

Hope you guys enjoy! I'd love to see your versions. Please feel free to send me links or comment below. I can't wait to see what you have going.


Lots of love,
Vyvyan Wormwood
The Mind Behind the Darkest Designs