Friday, October 28, 2011

It's not nail art, it's FAIL art!

Let me start off by saying that I am my own worst critic. I am hard on myself when it comes to nail art (as well as many other things in life). What you see here may be a great job in your opinion, but what I see here needs improvement. I will not settle for less than perfect! LOL

For my base color I used Zoya Dove. Then I sponged Catrice Sand Francisco over top. I used OPI Black Onyx for the lines, OPI Alpine Snow and Big Apple Red for the eyes, and Seche Vite for topcoat. I did smear some of the eyes because I did not wait for it to dry completely. I tried adding some white to "fix" it, but that only made it worse because the topcoat was already on! But you can't tell unless you are looking really closely. I also got some weird black line on the pinky, it looks like a fuzz or a hair, but its the Black Onyx! LOL perhaps my polish was getting gooey and stringy towards the end? Ugh, see how critical I am about this! Anyways, onto the pics, I hope you like it better than I do! ;-)

Artificial light, no flash.







So what do you think? Be gentle! LOL

28 comments:

Kayla Shevonne said...

You do really good! The design suits your nail shape really well! And I like the use of the gray as the base colour. <3

Taylor McDonnell said...

they look super cute!! i think you did an awesome job!!

khuuphoria said...

This is good for your first (or early attempt)! I know what you mean about being your own worst critic, I am so anal about detail I get critical and everyone's like 'what are you on about?!' I can't settle for less than perfect either HA!

TraceFace said...

Thank you ladies, I appreciate that! I think with more practice I will get better in time.

PS: my right hand is totally just Zoya Dove!! LOL!! ;-)

Ulrika said...

I love it, I think you did a great job ! I propably wouldn't have noticed anything before I read the text, haha.

Kisses !
/U
pug-a-licious

Skyla91 said...

very cute traci you did a good job!!!! and by the way I do the same thing with nail art one hand will be done and the other just looks like meh, blehh or skittles of colors I might wanna wear next!!!

Nicole said...

It's sooo cute! Give yourself some credit there won't you(:

Miss L said...

Don´t worry this looks good. Practise makes perfect ;)

♥beauxs mom said...

I like it, very cute I really like the way dove and Sand Francisco look together.

bunika13 said...

i like it! don't worry, with practice you will be able to do your right hand too! i've noticed that my right hand actually turns out better than my left because when i'm doing my right hand, i know that i can mess up more easily, so i always take my time!

rock-or-not said...

I don't think that's a fail!
To me it's really cute and perfect for Halloween!

Karlene A. said...

oh hush it looks adorable lol

Emm said...

Even I want to grow up to be like Kayla!:P

But you've done a great job and even I envy those people who can draw on both the hands. I can't even stamp well with my left :(

moonchild said...

Looks really cool! :)

FashionFreak/Mihaela said...

lool. it's good :P

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Dani said...

Personally, I think your nails look stinkin' cute! Awesome job.

C.L.M.`s Nail Art Blog said...

Hmmm, it looks ok to me:) It's pretty:)

Fashion Footing said...

It looks great! Mummies are mummies... they are supposed to be perfect, anyway!

nicole said...

too cute, i think i can manage this one lol

Courtney said...

I like them :)

CuteNailDesigns said...

I like it! It's great :)

imfeelingnail-venturous said...

I think they turned out great!

тainтed мeмories. said...

are those spiders? looks cute ;) x

~*~Amber~*~ said...

Don't be so hard on yourself, they look really good!

PolishAddicted said...

These are so cute Trace!! You did a great job!!

nail crazy said...

great job, don't be so hard on your self :-D

Nail Art Epicness said...

Aww I think you did a good job! Great job in fact!

Kyky said...

It looks really cute! ^^ Excellent job! :)