Monday, May 11, 2015

Monthly Mani Swap!

Hey y'all! 

Today on the blog I have this month's mani swap to share with you! I love doing mani swaps because it pushes me to try things I might not otherwise try. This month I was paired with a super talented nail artist by the name of @manicallypolishious on Instagram. She recently did a neon green half moon dotticure and I fell in love. I have never tried half moons before so I was pretty nervous. Let me show you how it turned out! 


Our originals are on the left. She recreated my matte flakie mani and totally NAILED it. <3 

Here's the solo shot of mine. She used green iridescent glitter as an embellishment but I didn't have anything like it so I went with a black rose charm. I didn't have any vinyls to use for this mani so I freehanded the half moon and cleaned up the line using acetone and a small brush. 


So I fell so hard for this mani but the rose charm was too big for me to actually wear, so I removed it and matted all of my nails. I actually left this on for almost 3 full days! Can you believe it? 


And just for shiggles, another few pictures of this mani:



Yes, I was taking pictures of my nails in the car. You know you do it too! #dontjudgeme haha. 

Anyway, now that I've shown you too many pictures of the same mani, I can ask - what do you think of this mani? What's a nail art technique that you'd like to try but never have? 





14 comments:

  1. This is really cute! Love that green. I still want to try blobbicure, stamping decals, leadlighting..I need to stop being lazy

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  2. This is so cute!! I should do more half moon mani's, I've only done one. But I really need to stop dreading watermarbles and just jump in and get it over with! :)

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  3. Super cute. I need to try a lot of things. Definitely leadlighting, i made my own tints months ago and havent even used them yet.. oops.

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  4. Oh wow this is awesome! You did a great job with it! I'm not a nail art person so I'd love to try all the techniques, but I'm too chicken.

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  5. Gosh I love this so much and I totally take mani pics in my car!!! Even though the stud was big, it was so cute!!

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  6. LOL. I totes take pictures of my nails in the car. ALL.THE.TIME. I really love this matte! So gorgeous! I want to try my hand at sugar spun nails again. I tried it before, but think I was a bit impatient waiting for the polish to get tacky.

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  7. Love the green, stunning mani x

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  8. I love your mani and it looks especially good with your nail shape!

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  9. Love this mani, it's so perfect for your nail shape!! I probably would have taken just as many pictures too lol! I want to do more negative space nail art, I love the look!!

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  10. Amazing halfmoons - these are incredible with your nail shape. I love your choice of neon and polka for the swap too - it is a great inspiration point.

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  11. I adore this mani so much!!! I have yet to try tribal, it's on my list to do soon :)

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  12. That lime dotted mani? A-dorable. Love. :)

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  13. Such cool and cheerful mani...love it.

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  14. I adore this! You totally nailed the look and that green is to die for. Mani swaps are definitely a lot of fun to do.

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