As I revealed in my 7 random facts last week, I'm not really into movies. So todays Girly Girl Challenge - a mani inspired by your favourite chick flick - was, if possible, even harder than the runway one. But challenge is what I like.
Thinking back of the films I've really liked, only one seems to fit in this category: Some Like it Hot by Billy Wilder. I don't know if this counts as a chick flick, but at least it's got a lot of chicks :) And even males wanting to disguise themselves as chicks. I loved everything, from the black and white nostalgic atmosphere (which I tried to reconstruct on my nails) to displaying ladies independent and making music (which I chose to be the main tune for this mani).
The base I used was Esence Colour&Go Irreplaceable. It's irreplaceable at least in the sense that I don't own anything like that. It's a light nutria with loads of greenish gold shimmer, completely opaque in two coats.
As I was going out and needed a simple and quick decorations until I had time to finish the mani, I stamped on the accent nails the piano keys from BM207 with Konad black special polish.
On the next day I moved on guided by the movie inspiration. I wanted to use softer contrasts, though, than in stamping and decided to look for charcoal and neutral colours rather than just black and white. I taped and painted strips on each nail with China Glaze Some Like it Haute (well, I HAD to include that...) and used Irreplaceable mixed with Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Peachy Keen for the film strip effect.
Using a nail art brush and a dotting tool I added some notes with Color Club Revvvolution. A coat of Color Club topcoat (I was too lazy to get up from the chair and grab Seche Vite), and I was ready.
No polish bottle pic today, but let's see if someone else from our polish troops has had a better photo day :)
Lindsey of
Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of
Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Stephanie of
A Little Polish
Kelly of
Devilish Polish
Jodi of
Captivating Claws
Danielle of
Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!
Elly of
Polishable
Olivia of
Unprofessional Nails
Kate of
This Charming Kate
Bethany of
A Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of
The Do It Yourself Lady
Johanna of
Neues vom Kellerkind
Robin, Erin, and Anna of
Polished Cousins
The base colour is beautiful, love the design :)
ReplyDeleteI love your design! Just perfect for a b/w movie somehow <3
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kayono and Yuzuki! It's got the black&white feeling for me, too! :)
ReplyDeleteProbably one of my favourite movies ever :) SUCH a good mani! x
ReplyDeleteMine too! It's Marilyn at her best, really! Thanks for commenting!
DeleteWow! This is so awesome. Well done girl!
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
DeleteI love that you used a polish with the same name as your movie inspiration! And your freehand music notes turned out so well, really great job :)
ReplyDelete~Amanda of berrypolished.com
Thank you for the compliments! :) The notes weren't really that difficult to paint, the film strips caused a lot more agony..
DeleteLovely! I adore this movie. Love your interpretation, especially the little film strips. Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThanks!! <3 I'm definitely going to use that film strip idea for a french (maybe diagonal) mani, too.
Deletethis is very cool!!!! you did such a great job!!! gonna have to see this now!
ReplyDeleteYes you've gotta see the film if you still haven't. Prepare to laugh until your eyes water - and adore the costumes! :)
DeleteReally, really cool! I especially love the piano keys on the accent nail.
ReplyDeleteThanks! <3 You can see in some pics, how the curve of my nail bended the straight line of the keys, but I still liked them :)
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