Hi Goddesses
I have been wanting to do an anti-Valentines mani for a couple of weeks now, but the stampers kept voting against me lol. Finally, finally, I decided what I wanted to do, and created this - a Goth's Valentine mani.
This is 2 coats of OPI Black Onyx, sponged over 50% of the nail with Pure Ice Kiss Me Here (a medium dark grey), dabbed in places with Nicky Minaj / OPI Metallic 4 Life and then stamped with Konad red polish and BM02. You can't easily tell in in all the photos, but the stamp is hot red lips.
Phew! That's a long list of ingredients. If it's not totally obvious by now, I have fallen in love with sponging. It instantly adds another dimension as well as allowing you to regress to the joy of a 3 yr old plonking with a potato.
I digress ..... I almost wish I had taken a photo of this before I put the lips on, because it looked FIERCE. The most interesting thing was how the grey looked matte after the sponging, and then Metallic 4 Life glossed it back up AND made it go black. Seriously, this was perfect underwear for a galaxy mani.
This was a bugger to photograph, and I'm slightly disappointed the lips don't look more prominent. It's the first time I've used a proper Konad polish, and I had no idea how thick it was. I was thus primed for stamping perfection .... guess I shouldn't have tried to stamp over a black galaxy.
Ho hum, I am still loving this in a black and twisted way. It perhaps just needs a dash of barbed wire or a safety pin to make it perfectly Goth :)
Enjoy xx :)