25 of 31: Nails Inspired by Fashion

Howdy, everyone!  Gosh this 31 Day Challenge is just whizzin' right along, huh?  We're on Day 25 already, I can hardly believe it!  Today, we are inspired by fashion.  Now I have to admit, I don't know from fashion...I like what I like and that's what I like.  Whether anyone else cares for it doesn't interest me much.  That being said, I am an avid Project Runway viewer and I enjoy clothes overall.  Being in love with Pinterest as I am, I looked back through some of my fashion pins to see what jumped out at me.  Here's what I found:

These tights are from an etsy seller, Gal Stern, whose store can be found here.  I love pretty much everything she has listed even though I do hate to wear stockings myself.  For my manicure on the left, I started with 2 coats of MAC's Black Enough?, a  polish with a matte finish.  Then, using Orly's Luxe and my homemade dotting tool, I added some half moon dots and the pattern on my accent nail.  This is really simple, but I LOVE it!  Black and gold is such a great color combo and I think it's a great complement to the tights.  Whaddya think?

Thanks so much for reading and look out for tomorrow's post, inspired by pattern!

Rainbow Bright

Howdy, everyone!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  I've kept myself busy even with 2 whole days off work in a row.  I've got a fun manicure for you guys today.  This is from a tutorial I found on Chalkboard Nails.  She calls it the "Ruffle Manicure".  Now, her ruffles are much more pronounced than mine.  Mine kind of look like wavy lines, rather than ruffles, but it's still a fun effect.  I think I need a bit bigger dotting tool to get the look down right.  In any case, here's my version.

I wanted something bright and colorful to wear this weekend and I think I found it!  I've used 8 different polishes and I'm not going to give you a whole list of everything, just because, with this manicure, it doesn't really matter which colors you use.  You could do something bright like this, or something more monochromatic.  I think it would be fun to try with complementary colors as well.

Thanks for stopping by!