Monday, May 10, 2010

My favorite way to fix a manicure...

Ruffian...

I did mine free-hand, and it isn't as bad as you think.

I started off wearing Diamond Cosmetics "Silver Brocade", 2 coats with Poshe top coat. It had been three days and I was showing signs of "tip-wear", but didn't want to take it off, so......




I covered it with Rimmel "Black Satin".





See not too bad...right?

What is your favorite way to "extend" a manicure?
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11 comments:

ABOP Laquerlove said...

You did a great job. I tried this once, and my "moons" were all different shapes and sizes. I like to extend my manis by painting the tip a complimentary color and adding a white line separating the two like I did here (http://anotherbottleofpolish.blogspot.com/2010/04/extending-mani.html)

Iris @ pimpmynailz.com said...

Nice! I might actually try this technique myself too soon :D

A small sidenote..very nice to see my iSwap button on your blog too, everytime i see it somewhere i secretly giggle :-)

Unknown said...

It looks awesome!

The Phalanges Friend said...

Your ruffian looks good!!

I'm such a color ho...I don't extend anything. I just take that sucka off. LOL.

Rebecca said...

I just painted a coat of complimenting glitter over my mani, plus a thick coat of fast-dry topcoat. :D

Unknown said...

@ another bottle of polish- In all honesty, I didn't try it on my dominant hand, I imagine my moons on that hand would have been CRAZY :P

@Iris- I love the button, and I love swapping, I just wish I had more polish in my stash I was willing to swap! LOL!

@ Evil- Thanks!

@ Chaos- I agree, but when I really like a color, I get separation anxiety..LOL!

@ Rebecca- Ive done this as well, I love adding glitter..its like the icing on the cake!

Pink Ginger said...

I usually add glitter or turn it into a french mani.This looks lovely :)

Recalcitrant Nails said...

Its fabulous! I need to try a ruffian. I often times will layer a complimentary sheer topcoat with glitter, holo or flakie effects if I want to extend it out.

Unknown said...

It's very cute. I haven't gotten around to try this method yet. While you were out and about I'm sure you got lots of compliments :)

Libby's Pink Vanity said...

OOOhhhhh! I'm your 99th follower! I hope by tomorrow morn you have your 100th! Way to go!!!

Unknown said...

@ Pinkginger- French mani..oh la la!

@ Lacwuerware- I love flakies with everything!

@rmcandlelight- it definitely caught peoples eye!

@ Kimberly- Thanks for following, and yes I'm at 100 now...yiippee!