Autumn Alternative French Manicure

I love cream finish polishes. Some think its boring, I like to think it's classic. That being said, sometimes I paint my nails with a polish and get bored. Sometimes a plain cream finish is enough, other times you yearn for a little more pizzazz. This manicure started out completely satisfying me. I wore it for days on its own. It complimented my outfits, made my nails look lovely, and was an understated classic. Then I wanted more. I added a metallic tip and gave this manicure new life.

Polishes used: Sally Hansen So much Fawn and Gilty Party

Gilty Party might be my favorite fall metallic. What do you do to spruce up a manicure that you're tired of?

Yellow and Neutral Alternative French Manicure

I love my family. We have always had the tradition of buying one another gifts when we are on vacation. One of the latest items I got from my vacationing family members was a beautiful scarf. It's only been the past year or two when I embraced the fact that I can indeed pull off some yellow articles of clothing. I do not have any scarves with yellow in them so I was excited to receive this one.

The summer weather has not been very conducive to scarf-wearing in the southern Midwest, but that didn't stop me from using the colors of this beauty for inspiration.

Polishes used: Zoya Chantal & Darcy (I used black rhinestones but you could always replicate this by using black polish)

Monday Manicure

The theme for Polish-aholics Anonymous' Manicure Monday was...

SPLATTER

My first thoughts were less than enthusiastic when I found out this won the most votes.  I knew it would be messy, it would be my first shot at it, and I had no straws whatsoever to try it with.  Most of last week went by and I avoided it.  Then on Thursday I mustered up enough gumption to attempt.  I did it without a straw and used tape to block my skin from splatters.  Let's just say it didn't work at all.

I was discouraged & thought "no one will care/notice if I just don't do it this week."  Today arrived & I started looking at the incredible manicures that everyone else created.  I was in awe.  They were all amazing!

I figured I would give it one last shot & do an alternative French manicure with a splatter accent nail.

This manicure was not without its headaches, but it did turn out pretty nicely.  My biggest problem was that my base color, Sally Hansen's Sheer Nude, wouldn't dry.  When I went to use my french tip guides it pulled the polish off of my pinkie.  This meant that I had to freehand the tips, which is why they're a tad sloppy.  Overall, I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.

Have you ever done a splatter manicure?  What did you do to make it successful?