At the risk of sounded terribly uncultured I’m just gonna come straight out and admit that I’ve only read one book this year. Shameful I know. I used to read every single night before bed but in recent years, nail art and blogging has taken over any spare time I have, so I guess some good has come of it!

As I’ve probably mentioned before, I spend a lot of time watching TV and Movies (in the background while I’m doing nail art mostly) so for today’s literary inspiration I decided on Darkly Dreaming Dexter – a book that spawned an amazing TV series by the name of Dexter. Dexter is a ‘forensic blood spatter pattern analyst’ so I created some blood splatter nails. Analyze that, Dexter!

I used Barry M White as my base colour and created the splatter using a straw. I blobbed out some Barry M Blood Orange on to a sheet of plastic, dipped in the straw, pointed it towards my nail and blew through it sharply. Jen at The Polishaholic has a more in depth tutorial on her blog.

I topped it all off with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

Day 24: Inspired by a Book 2012

Day 24: Inspired by a Book 2011

See what’s coming next in the 31 Day Challenge 2013!