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 :(
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Beautiful green and very cool design! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks sweetie!!
Deleteoh, 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 !
ReplyDeleteMe too :( It's so disappointing, but I guess the silver lining is that it makes you try to use them in new ways!
DeleteThat's so cool, I love how those look together!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much :) I got lots of compliments on it when I wore them too, even the non-nail obsessed seemed to like them!
DeleteThis looks so freakin coool!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much sweetie!! I liked the retro feel lol :)
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