31 Day Challenge, Day 29: Inspired By the Supernatural

Wow. This was a tough one! I think that most of us immediately think of ghosts when we hear the word "supernatural", and I'll admit I toyed with using the cute little ghost from my Bundle Monster plates. I decided that since it had been done, I wanted to go a different direction.  I tossed around a few ideas, but settled on Vampires. They're technically supernatural beings, right? I hope so, cause it's too late to re-do it! ;)


For this mani I chose China Glaze Lubu Heels for my base, and made little fangs on my thumb and ring finger with a white striper. Then I added blood drips to the tip of the fangs and to the tips of the rest of my nails. This mani looked great when I was finished, but I didn't have a chance to take pics until just now, and there is obviously no sunlight! You can also see just how hard I am on my manis - notice all the scratches on the surface of my nails? Yeah, I try to be delicate with them but I'm just naturally heavy handed. Strangely enough, it's very rare that I actually chip my polish. Anyway, I give you my Inspired By The Supernatural Mani!


Indoors, Natural Light:

Indoors with flash:

Left hand, Indoors w/natural light:

Bad Thumbnail Macro! So hard to get a decent macro with bad lighting!

I'm really digging drip manis at the moment, so this was a great excuse to try it out again. I do wish that I had taken my pics before I had worn this for a good 18 hours though! It really did look much better. Even with the surface scratches and minor tip wear, I still dig it. Red and Black is such a classic combination and is so eye catching!

Tonight is "Inspired By A Tutorial", and I am excited about this one. I get to play with a color that I've been dying to use as well as try out a cool mani. Tomorrow is the very last day of the challenge, and I have to say that although it's been fun and I have learned so much, I am looking forward to getting back to normal and being able to do whatever mani I want, whenever I want!  I keep telling my hubby that I'm going to take a few days off from doing my nails, but I'm probably lying. I know myself, and I just can't stick to one mani for too long. Besides, I keep telling MariJo over at MariJoNails that I'm going to swatch my entire collection, which should keep me busy for about a year and a half (and it just keeps growing! Xmas is coming and that means more polish!).

Happy Polishing!
-Kimber