Mani-Pedi Must-Try: HALLOWEEN NAIL ART

Some people love to wear costumes or get made up as a familiar character for Halloween, but some really couldn't care less. Well, here's something that will definitely get you in the All Hallows' Eve spirit, whether you're a bona fide Halloween fan or Halloween Scrooge: Halloween nail art!

You'll hit two birds with one stone by getting it done at your fave nail salon, like Beauty & Butter in SM Megamall: Not only is it the easiest, most nondescript way of "dressing up" for Halloween, it's also the perfect excuse to get a mani-pedi this extra long weekend (October 29-November 1)--whether you plan to stay in with your man, take the young ones trick-or-treating, or go wild at a costume party (if you'll be in costume, this is a great finishing touch!).

Beauty & Butter offers a wide variety of Orly colors to create the Halloween nail art you prefer. You can choose from the many designs they offer, or you can bring a peg and have the nail artist do the design on your nails.

Go traditional with jack-o'-lantern, skull, and vampire designs, or show a more quirky side of yourself with cartoon-themed art featuring characters from Spongebob Squarepants and Angry Birds. If these are too flashy (or kiddie) for you, you can choose simpler styles from their standard nail art offerings and make them season-appropriate by replacing matte colors with metallics or getting them in orange and black--the featured Orly shades for Halloween. Prices start at P300 and increase depending on the intricacy of the design. You're sure to get tons of compliments for the creative, eye-catching designs!

You might also want to try Orly's six newest shades under the Birds of a Feather nail polish collection. They offer six limited edition sophisticated, show-stopping shades: Fowl Play (Tyrian Purple Sparkle), Lucky Duck (Dark Green Creme), Nite Owl (French Beige Shimmer), Peachy Parrot (Coral Shimmer), Sea Gurl (Grey Shimmer), and Sweet Peacock (Cobalt Blue Shimmer).

You can opt to get your nail art done using these new elegant shades at Beauty & Butter, or purchase a bottle (P349.75) at Purbeauty Store, Marionnaud, First Aid Greenbelt, PCX (Rockwell, Ermita, Alabang Town Center), Watsons (Greenbelt 5, Ayala Cebu), Beauty by SM (Makati, Megamall, Fairview), Landmark-TriNoma, Beauty Cocktails, and Robinsons Department Store Ermita.

Launch the gallery to see the Halloween nail art designs, PLUS photos from the Orly Birds of a Feather collection launch, with special guests Divine Lee and Victor Basa!

Beauty & Butter is located at 5/F SM Megamall Atrium. For inquiries and appointments, call 470-4239. Other branches are located at SM Mall of Asia, SM San Lazaro, and SM Cebu. Visit their website for more info.


With reports from Trixie Reyna