There are mani's that fail. Lol I have them more often than you might think especially when I'm indecisive. I do feel though I should show you when I fail a mani so that you can see even experienced stampers fail. This was my challenge entry for day 14 of the MoYou London 31 Day Nail Art challenge. The theme was TV and I knew right away this was gong to be tough. I have a lot of plates so I could do anything which of course didn't help. The biggest issue I had though is that I don't really watch TV. I haven't owned a TV in 6 years and TV isn't a huge part of my life. When I do watch I watch anime (yes - dweeb but Naruto Shippuden and Fairy Tail kick all the ass) or I watch a lot of K drama. Thinking back on the last real TV show I was watching it would be True Blood or Summer Heights High. So I floundered.
Mani-louge
Basecoat/Topcoat: CND Stickey and Sally Hansen Diamond Flash Topcoat
Base colors: Elevation Polish Mt McKinley, Streetside NYC, Avalanche (old formula) and Elberus 2
Stamping polish: Konad Special Polish in Purple, Sally Hansen InstaDri in Fast Fuschia
Stamping Plates: MoYou London Princess 02 and 07, Time Traveler Back To The 70's 01 and Mother Nature 01
What I should have realized is that I didn't have to do this challenge based off a TV show I watched, but maybe one that I could work into a mani. Afterwards I had so many great ideas for TV show inspired mani's but what I came up with was based on a K drama I'm currently watching called The Witches' Romance. It's about a woman on the verge of 40 (omg gasp - kdrama is so terrible for a woman's ego) who is single (see what did I say), successful (to the point of being called a witch because she will go to extreme lengths to do her job), and falling in love with a man 15 years her junior. Oy! Lol I love this kind of nonsensical story so I tried to capture all these elements in my mani. It ended up looking like something from BeWitched and it wasn't that good either...ugh
At the end it wasn't even that I didn't feel my idea translated. It was the fact that the execution was poor because I ran out of time. Daily challenges on top of work means pushing things right down to the last minute. Oh well I can't say this was a complete fail, but I'm definitely not satisfied with my work. And there we have it day 14. I don't even want to ask your opinions because I know this was wretched lol. Thanks for reading and see you next post...
Howdy! I just discovered your blog, it's so cute! I just started out stamping and can't wait to be able to do advanced techniques. Do you have a section of your blog where you talk about the bundle monster 2013 plates? I purchased this set and am having issues with some of the images...
ReplyDeleteHi sweetie! Thank you for your kind words and welcome to stamping it's really highly addictive and rewarding :) I don't think I have a post on the 2013 set was that the Create Your Own set or the Holiday series? I will have a new post soon on how to correct issues with stamping, but if you well me a bit more maybe I can help you now?
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