Retro Matte

Thought I'd take a little break from all the Christmas-themed nails for a day and go with this...

and idea thats been bouncing around in my head for a while.

Didn't turn out as awesome as I'd hoped but still kinda cool.

The final result:

The products used to make this manicure:

*nameless metal butterfly pieces

*Bundle Monster black rhinestones

*China Glaze Millennium, Grape Juice, Adore and Blue Paradise

*Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love Top Coat

First layer, Grape Juice

Adore added

Blue Paradise added

Millennium and art pieces added

Matte top coat final

I was a goof and really wanted the butterfly facing the audience, not me on this one. Darn it!

Day 25 - Inspired By Fashion

Once again, I changed my mind on design at the last minute. It looks a tad funny with square nails but I refuse to round them out just for one manicure (sorry, I prefer square).

Add a shaky hand and this mani is no where near perfect but still totally cute because it involves the only type of fashion I'm really into...shoes! Not just any shoes like girly sandals or slip ons or flip flops.

I'm no girly girl. I like chunky guy shoes. You won't find any high heels in my closet :-)

My final result:

The products I used:

*2 coats French Tip Dip Bright White for thumb

*1 coat China Glaze Midnight Mission for artwork on thumb

*1 coat Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love top coat over blue artwork

*2 coats Wet N' Wild Black Creme

*2 coats FTD Bright White for tips

*OPI Dazzle for gromets

*Kiss nail art paint in black for tip stripe and white for laces

Inspiration pictures:

More pics:

I LOVE my Converse shoes and am so ready to add more to the mix :-)

Day 22 - Inspired By A Song

I'm probably way late in discovering this group but I have fallen in love with the song

I Waited For You by Valora (video at the end of this post).

So here is my Inspired By A Song nails.

The final result:

The products I used:

*2 coats Sally Hansen Complete Midnight in NY

*Accent nail and polka dots - 2 coats French Tip Dip Bright White

*Hard Candies Matte-ly In Love top coat (before art was added)

* Hearts - Sinful Colors Sugar Sugar

*Key and chains - China Glaze Awaken + Sinful Colors All About You

*Heart break - Kiss Nail Art Paint in black

--I didnt use a top coat after Matte-ly because I enjoy the matte/shine combo--

Base colors before art:

Hearts and chains added:

Polka dots and heart breaks and keys:

 (yup, another goofy phone picture flip)

The song that inspired me :-)

*puts on repeat*

Day 21 - Inspired By A Color

Well I decided to hit the midnight Black Friday sales last night so after two family dinners, I figured a quick manicure was in order before I headed out to deal with the crowds. I must admit that my mani didn't hold up very well in only 3 hours of shopping but oh well. My manicure was inspired by two awesome colors in an eyeshadow kit I have.
 Here is my simple Inspired By A Color manicure!

The final result:

The products I used:

*2 coats China Glaze Blue Paradise

*1 strip Avon Gunmetal

*1 coat Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love top coat

The color before matte:

After matte:

Day 19 - Galaxy Nails

I think this was one of the faster manicures I've done since I started this challenge!

Turned out pretty cute although it looks noting like a galaxy really. 

The joy to come is taking it off tomorrow night :-)

The final result:

The products I used:

* 2 coats China Glaze Cosmic

*sponged China Glaze Meteor Shower, Jessie's Girl Confetti and Glee, and Hard Candy Beetle

*Dotted stars with French Tip Dip Bright White

*1 coat China Glaze Fairy Dust

Base color:

Sponging colors:

Stars and Fairy Dust added:

Day 18 - Half Moons

I thought this was going to be an easy manicure.

I found myself thinking of a way to make it artistic but sheesh, why?

So I decided on Matte colors. Easy right? NOPE!

First off, I couldn't find my paper grommets so I tried yard sale tags which wouldn't conform to my nails.

I ended up at Walmart at 11:30 at night just to hunt down more paper grommets.

I get home and they're so sticky that they peel off my base color even after a 30 minute dry time!

So then I tried a fast dry top coat thinking it could peel the top coat if it wanted but would leave my base alone.

Then there goes my matte. Well hello! I have a matte top coat!

Wow. Just wow. So after what should have been a simple half moon manicure, here is my final result and the progress:

The products I used:

*2 coats Avon Red VelvetMatte

*1 coat Avon Black as Night Matte

*1 coat Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love Top Coat

*French Tip Dip Flower Frenzy pieces

The base:

With moons:

Another result pic with floral fimo accent: