Day six with Carolina, Marketta and Marta! Today we are doing our favorite celebrity manicure, I picked Dita Von Teese because I love her half moon mani. Plus, I hardly ever wear red so it's the perfect opportunity to wear my red I have been neglecting.
I tried doing these with hole reinforcers but have come to the conclusion that is isn't worth the extra time for me. The stickers don't sit on my nails that well and no matter what I do, cannot get a clean line so it is just easier for me to freehand them instead of waiting so long for everything to dry. I also didn't have enough top coat when I went over my pinky and the red smeared onto the white, live and learn.
I used two coats of Alpine Snow for the base and two coats of Revved Up & Red-y For the tips.
Do you wear red nail polish much? What do you think of the half moon main, have you tried it?
These look good on you! I haven't tried half moon mani's yet, but maybe I will during the holidays :o)
ReplyDeleteI don't wear red nail polish that much even though I think it looks great, especially the shade you're wearing here. I tried a half moon mani once, using reinforcement stickers, but it was a disaster. Might try freehanding one day when I'm feeling brave ;-)
ReplyDeletelovely I have to try this at some point lovely, I love red polish
ReplyDeleteI think its gorgeous. I personally don't wear a lot of bright reds as my hands are not feminine so it looks kinda funny. I need darker colors on mine :-)
ReplyDeleteI love red nail polish and this is a great color! You did a great job doing it free hand. I'm not a big fan of the half moon mani. I think it looks nice, but not for me. Good color combo too!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! It really turned out great! & I rarely wear red, last time was in April & before that was in '09! Ha.
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love this! It's very pinup sexy. I love red polishes, but I do find sometimes it's too much, and since I do think of "sexy" when I see it, and I'm so not that way, I feel like its inappropriate when I wear it, lol.
ReplyDeleteI dont wear red much either.. I like your half moon mani! It's pretty!
ReplyDeleteWow, I love how this turned out on you.
ReplyDeleteSeriously.
I can never get enough of half moon manicures! You did an amazing job with this being freehand!!!! I'm glad you also mentioned that the binder reinforcements sometimes 'leak over' on you... that happens to me all the time too... :(
ReplyDeletesince I started blogging, I have made friends with MANY red shades and they are climbing up the ladder of my favourite colour. They are vibrant and compliment a LOT of my clothes (and I like to be matchy matchy so that works out well ;) )
Thanks for all the amazing comments ladies!
ReplyDeleteLaura and Marta, I don't know what it is, no matter how hard I press it is never a clean line!