Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Black and White Challenge Day 5 - Color Base with Black

I'm back from vacation and trying to catch up with all that I missed, including your lovely comments to my scheduled posts. I'm sad to report that I did not see a sunset like the one I dreamed of here. Hawaii got hit with a major storm which lasted the entire week and included torrential rain, flooding, loudest thunder I have ever heard, lightening, high winds, hail the size of golf balls (luckily on the other side of the island) and more. The first few days we barely wanted to leave the hotel room, wearing rain ponchos whenever we went out. The last few days it started to clear up, but the tours around the island were still cancelled due to washed out roads. The storm is similar to one in 2006, which happens to be the last time I was there. Maybe I bring the bad weather with me? Oh well, it was still nice to get away from work for a week and spend quality time with my mom! :)

Now back to the matter at hand, Day 5 of the Black & White Challenge. The challenge was to create a manicure using a color base with black. I started out with a Color Club fuchsia polish that unfortunately does not have a name. It comes from an All About Color collection that I believe was released in 2010. I will post swatches of it soon. Using reinforcement labels, I blocked off random areas of the nails and applied one coat of Sinful Colors Secret Admirer, a pretty black with a silver shimmer. After removing the labels, I topped everything off with a top coat.

UPDATE: The Color Club polish is named Overboard. See swatches here.  





One thing that I learned is that not all reinforcement labels are made equal. I got cheap ones at the dollar store and while they do stick to paper, they refused to stick to my nails. I had to fight them to stay down the whole time, which resulted in a wobbly edge. I will definitely be trying this manicure with different labels next time...


I hope you enjoyed this manicure and I would love to know what you think of it!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

23 comments:

  1. Very pretty! I love the design.

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  2. Super pretty!I need to copy this manicure soon ;)

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  3. Gorgeous! Secret Admirer is super pretty! I will try that mani myself :D

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  4. This is a neat look! I'm going to try and copy this one.

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  5. have to copy this ,,, so neat and "look at me" nails

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  6. That looks really cool. I like how you placed it differently on each nail. Never thought to try reinforcement labels before, I may have to try and sneak some home from work, lol!

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  7. Ooooo - I have used those stickers before, but not like this! I LOVE IT :) I will be trying this veerrryyy sooon!

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  8. Love this!! Good idea with the reinforcements! May have to copy soon!!

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  9. Здорово! Вроде просто, но так оригинально.

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  10. I love how red and black looks together! This design is very chic too! <3

    Btw, I've tagged you for some awards on my blog! :)
    http://thepolishwell.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-blog-awards.html

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  11. Hihi! The idea is geniuos and the implementation is impecable!! :)

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  12. This is awesome - I have dots for half moon manicures - but I realllly like this idea. Thanks!!!!

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  13. I'm so glad that you like it! I am excited to see your manicures if you try this! It is so simple and fun to do :)

    @thepolishwell, thank you for the awards! :D

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  14. http://nonekkidnails.blogspot.com/2012/03/orly-fresh-and-sinful-colors-last.html

    I tried it! I tried it! :) In case you'd like to see. Thanks again for such a fun idea!

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  15. Simple ideas are the greatest! ;D

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  16. @Megan, I love it! Thanks for sharing :)

    @gnoma, thank you! :D

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  17. You are on a roll of BRILLIANCE Girl!!!!
    I am so needing to add this to my to-do list!
    WOWZA!

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  18. @Marta, I'm sure you will make it even more amazing! Can't wait to see what you come up with :)

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