Sally Hansen has a variety of products to make your Halloween nail art quick and easy. Photo by Ashleigh James

Get into the spirit this Halloween and add a little spook and funk to your nails. You may not have anywhere to go this Hallows’ Eve or perhaps you think your too old to wear a costume but get in the spirit with fun nail art and colors.

There are so many festive and easy manicure ideas to choose from this holiday. Make your nails scream Halloween with designs that are more traditional such as spider webs, skulls and cross bones, ghosts, zombies, pumpkins or even a simple “boo” to express your holiday spirit. Look fabulously frightening with monster nails, such as the Frankenstein design. Sally Hansen’s Xtreme wear in green with envy, Xtreme wear in blackout and white on are perfect for Frankie face nails.

If you want to give your nails a more detailed look, such as teeth on a skull or drawing Frankenstein’s facial features, you will get the best results with nail art pens and nail art striper brushes to help clean up your designs.

Nail art pens are also perfect for creating spider web designs. Think the traditional look isn’t spooky enough? Frighten it up a little with vampire nails or blood dripping nail art.

Don’t be scared to put your skills to work. If you can’t choose one design, mix and match them by painting each nail different. To give your nails a more tasteful look this holiday, the candy corn nail design is the yummy way to go. This effortless design can be accomplished by simply using orange, yellow and white nail polish. All you have to do is paint your whole nail orange, make sure you wait for it to dry, then carefully paint a white horizontal strip at the top of the nail to create a white tip, then lastly add a yellow strip to the bottom.

For those of you who are dressing up for fright night, you can now look spook-tacular from head to toe. Complement your costume with different Halloween inspired nail colors and designs. Not only does Essie have a variety of nail colors that are perfect for eccentric nail designs, treat yourself to OPI’s Halloween nail collection. OPI’s Rock Goddess Mini Nail Set allows you to set your alter ego free this Hallow’s eve with four bold shades to help you achieve the look you are going for.

Another festive way to dress up your nails is by using glow in the dark polish. Monsters Ball Collection introduced by China Glaze includes Ghoulish Glow which is a polish that glows green in the dark. Your glowing nails will surely have head turnings at the party as you dance the night away.

If you find that creating your own nail designs is way too complicated, you can still have BOOtiful nails by painting them solid colors such as black and orange. Add a sparkle top coat for a little something extra. To spice up the solid colors even more, try applying them on stiletto style acrylic nails to make your nails scream Halloween.

Just because it’s Halloween doesn’t mean that you have to stay away from bright colors. Bright neon colors are perfect for anyone wearing a Retro-costume. Each nail can be painted a different color such as neon green, neon yellow and neon orange.

Another festive way to decorate your nails is by using Sally Hansen’s effects nail polish strips. These nail decals are easy to apply and there are a variety of Halloween designs, such as ghost art or zombie green. Depending on the look you’re going for, there are a variety of polish strips to choose from that will complement your costume.

Lastly, you could even give your nails a simple spooky effect with crackle nail polish.