Artsy Wednesday - Ruffian Manicure

Hi darls! Today's Artsy Wednesday theme is a ruffian manicure! A ruffian is pretty much an inverted half moon manicure. It is a lovely little design but I did have a bit of difficulty deciding on how best to apply it. I tried painting my nail the base colour and then painting over that colour, but keeping the ruffian visible, but I just couldn't paint on a good enough oval shape, so I decided to paint the top colour first, use a reinforcement sticker and paint the little bit of nail visible with my second colour. I used 1 coat of Jordana Calcium Gel Basecoat, 1 coat of China Glaze - Peachy Keen, 1 coat of China Glaze - Midnight Kiss, followed by 1 coat of Cult Nails - Wicked Fast.

I really like this look, it's super feminine and cute!

Thanks for reading and don't forget to check out the other lovely ladies who have partaken in today's Artsy Wednesday theme!

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish

Holly - Hooked!

Maria - Maria's Nail Art

Tif - Polished Genius

Lyndsey - Nails by Ms. Lizard
KaKa - KAKA Beauty Blog 

Catrine - Unnaked Nails

Jessica - Beauty Gnome

 

OPI - Gouda Gouda Two Shoes (+ Mermaid Nails)

Hello everybody! Today I have for you Gouda Gouda Two Shoes from the latest Holland collection, released earlier this year. This is a gorgeous rosey-peach beige with peachy-orange micro shimmer. It applied flawlessly in 2 coats. I decided to try doing the glitter placement method, which i've seen on a couple of blogs that call it "mermaid nails". I used Milani Jewel FX in gold. . it was very time consuming, but it does look very cool! I'm going to be sporting these nails at the Matt Corby gig tonight and hopefully the gold glimmer catches his gorgeous eyes..LOL (I have a tiny crush on him!)

GGTS Alone

 Thanks for reading and I hope you like this combination :)

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