Tuesday, July 16, 2013

OMD 31 Day Challenge - Day 16 - Ruffian/Half Moon

Hi everyone! It's hump day of the challenge!! After today we're officially on the later half of the challenge...but the themes get more complicated :)

Today is Ruffian/Half Moon and I decided to go with a Half Moon manicure. I've never done one before and I quite like how it looks :) It won't be the last one I do!

I decided to go with a very geometric look. I started with one quick coat of Wet N Wild Black Creme and then I stamped it with Gals plate 17. Once that was dry I used page protectors and went over the top portion of my nails with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Just in Lime! which was opaque enough to cover both the black and the white. I really like the juxtaposition of the triangles peeking through the curve.

A side note about the Gals plates, with the curved cutout at the bottom they're too small for my nails unless they're filed to their absolute shortest and even then it's a very precise operation to get the designs to fit. It's super disappointing because I really love some of the designs. Half moons seem to be a decent way to utilize some of the designs though, it's a good way to make them work. The plates are really challenging my creativity to use them...which is good in a way but sad because I just want them to work as full nail designs like they're intended. If they didn't do the little curved cutout at the bottom they would be much better :(




Thanks for reading!!

Check out the other mani's here





8 comments:

  1. Beautiful green and very cool design! :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. oh, it drives me crazy when nail stamping plates are so small - I literally have one where the pattern is only 1/4 inch across... it wouldn't even cover a child's nails, yet the pattern is clearly intended to be full cover !

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Me too :( It's so disappointing, but I guess the silver lining is that it makes you try to use them in new ways!

      Delete
  3. That's so cool, I love how those look together!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks so much :) I got lots of compliments on it when I wore them too, even the non-nail obsessed seemed to like them!

      Delete
  4. This looks so freakin coool!!!!!!!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks so much sweetie!! I liked the retro feel lol :)

      Delete