Friday's Failed NOTD

Currently reading: The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell

Good morning girls! TGIF :-) Have you had a good week? What are your plans for the weekend?

In my office we have a dress-down policy for Fridays so with that in mind, I thought I'd do a bright manicure.

For the base I used a neon pink by Magic Visage Glamour and stamped using Konad Special White with BM208

Then I used BM14 to stamp a black rose on each nail, alternating the position of the rose on each finger

The reason I think this is a nail fail is because the whole design just looks messy to me and the rose image isn't clear. Plus the overall design doesn't make sense. I should have chosen a spider image and made it look like a spider creating its web.

My nails are also short again, which I dislike.

What do you think of this manicure girls? I'd love to know.

Bye for now,
Laura

NOTD

Currently watching: Megacities

Good evening ladies!

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend :-) I went shopping this morning and have a few purchases I'd like to show you as well as an OOTD but for now, here's my NOTD using Barry M Dusky Mauve:

Depending on the light, this looks dark grey or dark brown with flashes of purple shimmer in it. I wore it to work on Friday and thought it was a good, strong colour which is noticeable yet not inappropriate for work.

Application was an easy two coats. I applied Seche Vite over the top which gave it a glossy look but also made it shrink a bit at the tips. I don't mind that in real life but I find it annoying when it comes to taking pictures for here.

Of course I had to add some nail art when I had a bit of free time this afternoon though I must admit, I'm not too happy with it. Firstly, I used a pastel pink polish and BM208 to stamp thin cracks. I really like these and the colour combination reminded me of marbled chocolate :-)

Then I ruined it by adding two flowers in Konad Special Pink from MASH m26. The cracked lines are so clean and clear that I really should have added another clear design instead of these fuzzy flowers which are hard to even identify as flowers. Fail.

What have you done today? Any nice nail art designs you'd like to share?

Bye for now,
Laura