Saturday, May 3, 2014

He Picks My Polish: Orange and blue dots (plus a nail fail)

Double post today! I had to squeeze in a round of He Picks My Polish before the deadline! You may remember that for last time, my husband picked colors to match the superhero Jean Grey. This time he went for his other favorite female character: Dr. Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation. (Do you think he has a thing for redheads?)




The polishes Mr. ALIQUID chose were Zoya Robyn, Zoya Amy, Revlon Stiletto and Revlon Trendy. I actually ended up doing two manis, just like last time. I'll show you the second one first:




This mani was loosely inspired by this dots-and-stripes mani by My Adventures in Nail Art. My stripes aren't even, and I think I made the middle finger a little too busy, but overall I like the result. It kinda reminds me of a circuit board--very sci-fi!

OK, here's my slight "nail fail" first attempt. It started out fine at first, although the lines aren't as clean as I would like, but then I added matte topcoat too soon and it got all bubbly. Don't you hate it when the last thing you do to a mani kind of wrecks it?




Oh well. I like the pattern, so I'll probably attempt this mani again sometime.



7 comments:

  1. Your husband picked great colours! I love both manis and don't think the second one was a fail at all - it's a really bold striking pattern that the colours are perfect for!

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  2. Nice picks he chose! I love what you did with them in both designs especially the first one.

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  3. Zoya Amy is so pretty! very pretty manicure - too bad the first one didn't work out, I mess up mine all the time putting the top coat on too early!

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  4. I love love the dots and stripes one!

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  5. Mr. ALIQUID picked out some great colors this round, love his inspiration :)

    I think you pulled off two GREAT looks with these colors. And I don't think the second one is a fail at all. Though it completely sucks when the last addition to your look goes wrong, but I can barely see the bubbles. I see no fail here :)

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  6. I love both of your manis. I must say he picked colours which match perfectly, whatever it was his inspiration :D

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  7. That's the worst when a top coat ruin something!! It always makes me wish I had taken pics along the way so I could almost go back in time.

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