Next step: ombre!

[karenhealey]

Hey internets, wanna look at my nails some more? Sure you do! You're fascinated!

I typically do my nails at night, when I've done (most of) everything I need to do for the day and don't have to worry about smudging them with a last-minute laundry load or whatever. Which also means that some days I am just too tired to even think about sitting at my desk for half an hour playing with tools and polishes - with my window open to the night, the plaintive cries of lambs drifting through, so that I don't stink up my room any more than strictly necessary.

The first time I tumbled into bed instead of doing my nails I felt bad about it... for about five seconds. Then I remembered that this challenge is for me and me alone and I do not actually give a damn whether I complete it within the mandated 31 days. I have other things to give a damn about!

On to the pictures, I know that's what you want, you vultures:

Colour VIOLET:



Colour BLACK AND WHITE:



Colour METALLIC:



Colour RAINBOW



Colour GRADIENT:



Pattern POLKA DOTS:



Pattern: STRIPES



Pattern ANIMAL PRINT:



Pattern FLOWERS:



Pattern DELICATE PRINT:



My favourite manicure so far is the polka dots, with the panda nails a close second. What do you think?

Comments

[shiyiya]

Pictures broken :(

[karenhealey]

Huh, they're showing up fine for me. Try a shift-reload? I switched website hosts this morning.

[karenhealey]

Okay, I see the problem. Working on it!

[karenhealey]

There, try now?

[shiyiya]

I can see them now! And they're awesome. Man, metallic nail polish is really cool. PRETTY SHIT ON YOUR NAILS WITH SCIENCE!

And I like the polka dots!

[lemon_badgeress]

Pandas are WIN.

I envy you your nails.

[sethrak]

All about the panda nails, personally. ^____^

[sparkymonster]

My fave is polka dots

[karenhealey]

And like, SHOCKINGLY easy, too!

[minoanmiss]

Oh the magnificence! I like gradient the best, but I love them all.

[meloukhia]

Polka dots! Amaze.

[lirazel.livejournal.com]

Gradient! Gradient! *waves pompons with gradiated streamers*

[birke]

I think they're beautiful, and that manicures could be your day job.

[karenhealey]

Awww, you're so kind. But I think I would be too slow for dayjob styles.

[birke]

But my favourites are violet and gradient.

[revena]

I love the panda nails! I think the metallic came out extremely well, too - I can never get that lovely banding on more than about half mine.

[metaphortunate]

The paaaaaanda! And the delicate print! So pretty!

[karenhealey]

The delicate print is a stamp, and pretty easy to do if you have the requisite stamp plates and a thick opaque colour!

My only issue is that my plates are too small to cover the whole nail, so I have to try and go over the edges.

[erika]

I love the animal print! How do you do that?

[karenhealey]

Gold striper brush over black polish! It is seriously the easiest thing in the world - you just swipe the brush back and forth. Takes about three nails worth of practice to figure out how to make the strokes even.