Howdy, everyone! We've all made it to Wednesday and that means it's time for another Challenge post! This week's ABC Challenge letter is "M" and, for once, I had no trouble deciding what to do. I'm not sure why, but moons popped into my head. Here's what I came up with:
I had a heck of a time photographing this manicure, so bear with me please. I promise it looks really cute in real life! I started with 2 coats of Moon Walk by Love & Beauty (thanks, Liz!), an opalescent polish with holographic glitter. This polish has a lot more of a pink hue than I was able to capture here and the sparkly bits are just wonderful! After Moon Walk dried, I pulled out my trusty paper reinforcement stickers and applied them randomly on my nails. Using China Glaze's Magnetix in Pull Me Close, I filled in the holes and pulled off the stickers, leaving little "moons" of polish. While PMC was still wet, I used a magnet to create a pattern sort of like moon craters. I let everything dry and then, with a small art brush, I painted on clouds with MAC's Vestral White and Cover Girl's NailSlicks in Midnight.
I'm hoping between Magnetix, moons, Moon Walk, MAC, and Midnight that I got enough "M"s in!
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And do take a minute to check out the other ladies participating in the ABC Challenge, I know they appreciate the views and comments, as do I! You can find them via the thumbnails below. As always, thanks so much for reading!
Thanks for the giveaway! I love the look of your Magnetic Moons mani :)
ReplyDeleteMagnetic moons!!! Awesome use if M chicky!! Super cool idea and it turned out beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLooking at it now, I really wish I'd titled it "Moons Over My Mani", but hindsight is 20/20, yes? :) Thank you!
DeleteNatalie you blew me away with this one!! 3D nails! This mani is so pretty I can't believe it!
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad you can tell what's going on since I had such a hard time with my camera! Thanks!
DeleteGreat job on your mani! Love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteThe use of magnetic polish for the moons is really a great thing! It gives a "real" effect which is super nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks...I was hoping it would give some extra texture and depth and it seems like it worked out ok :)
DeleteVery M appropriate! It does look like the sky in moonlight!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenni!
DeleteAweee, look at that close-up! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteOMG!!!! This is so incredible!!! And extremely original and creative. I may have to try this some day. And, yes, you win the M award!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! It was a lot of fun to do and I'm excited to try some other shapes with magnetic polish...I'd love to see what you come up with!
DeleteHey! Hey! Hey, Natalie! Gosh, that's a visceral mani you've got there. Grabs me right away. Dark and eerie and soooo beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThis week's manis are such a joy to behold. Feel like I'm on a fabulous tour.
Great work.
Everyone's doing such a great job with this Challenge...every week it's so much fun to see what everyone's up to and I always end up adding about 4 new polishes to my must-have list lol Thanks, Lisa!
DeleteThis is great!! You're nail always look great though!!:)
ReplyDeleteKelly
xoxo
Thanks, Kelly!
DeleteThat is one hell of an awesome M mani!!!! :D
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteYou had an amazing and usual idea and you did an amazing job!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad it came out the way I pictured it in my head...thanks :)
DeleteThis is damned cool!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kimber!
DeleteI love the moon idea! They turned out spooktacular!
ReplyDeleteHa! Spooktacular, love it! Thanks :)
DeleteOK - I think you get the creativity prize this week. I love this! Glad you liked Moon Walk, and the magnetic polish for the moons was brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have gotten better pics of Moon Walk because it was really pretty just on it's own. Oh well :) Thanks!
DeleteHa! How awesome is that! I tend to shy away from magnetic polish because I always mess it up. I really love the creativity! Great job on the M!
ReplyDeleteI found it easier to not mess up the moons since they didn't cover my whole nail, but yeah, I usually end up re-doing magnetic polish a couple of times when I use it lol Thank you!
DeleteWow, that is so unique and creative!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea and awesome result! Love it!
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