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Monday 4 February 2013

Erica's Nails & More February Nail Art Challenge! Day 2: Half Moon Nails!

Happy Monday!

Today is Day 2 of Erica's Nails & More February Nail Art Challenge! The theme today is half moon nails. I love funky half moon nail manicures. I also love that they are easy to do with the paper reinforcements. They are cheap and they make the mani look neat and clean with very little effort!

This is what I came up with!


I started with a coat of Layla Titanium Sky. A light blue true chrome polish. It is my untried! I love Layla chromes and this one is no exception. Although they do show all imperfections, they really do have a mirror-like and brushstroke free finish. I'm glad I gave Titanium Sky some love. Then I stuck on my paper reinforcers and used Zoya Song (my all-time favourite blue right now). I love blue, and I love the way this mani turned out!

Then I went a little overboard. I thought these colours were perfect to try and make "Rainbow Fish" nails. I stamped with Titanium Sky and Bundle Monster plate 209 to make the "scales". I added rainbow "dots" with Zoya Megan, Suri, Zuza, Blaze, & Layla Mercury Twilight. I added a few pieces of glitter too.

I think my rainbow fish nails need a bit of improvement but I quite like the idea behind it! I just need a bit more practice with my dotting.

I hope you enjoyed my Day 2 nails and don't forget to check out the other awesome nailart from the challenge!

16 comments:

  1. WOW! This is stunning! I think the trick is to put the reinforcement a little farther down on the nail, like you did. I can't seem to get mine to look quite right, and I love yours :D I will definitely try it like this next time! I love the fish scales, they turned out great. I want to get a Layla Chrome (the silver one) but I can't justify spending the money on one (I think Nail Polish Canada has them for $15 or $16 each :( )

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    1. Thanks Erica!! I am a big fan of the half moon manis! i think they can look simple but still funky at the same time because of the colour choices :D The Layla chromes are definitely cool, but $15 is so pricey. I have the, at a drug store near my house! I'll check out the prices there for you :)

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    2. Awesome, thanks! I'm on my no buy right now but I will try to keep it in mind for when it's over *sigh* I'm going to end up over spending on polish when I'm done my no buy, I already know that, haha!

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  2. Wow! I love the combination of Song and the Layla! So gorgeous!

    I like your rainbow fish too. :)

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  3. Wow both of those colors are gorgeous, and since my favorite color is blue, Zoya Song is ugggh, I want. What a beautiful mani :)

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    1. Thank you!! !:) I love song too. She is definitely worth every penny of her. Its possible to be a one coater too! Which gives it extra points in my book!

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  4. Lovelovelove these!!! <3 The rainbow fish scales are beautiful, as is Zoya Song! <3

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    1. Thank you :D I think I need some practice on the scales, but you are all making me feel much better about my efforts :D

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  5. Wow!!!! These look great! I love how clean they look! I need to practice mine a little bit more I think - I don't have the stickers down yet.

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    1. Thank you so much :D I think without the tape mine would be a total fail, I really do need the guide of the reinforcers Hahaha I appeciate the kind words :) <3

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  6. These made my jaw drop! So wonderful and beautiful and..and...LOVE. <3

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    1. Awww thanks Kelli!! :) I'm so happy someone else likes em too :D

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  7. This is so much fun! I love the fish scales!

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  8. I love what you did with this! It looks great!

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  9. Beautiful effect and colour combination - looks awesome!

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