Ruffian (Reverse Half Moon)

Hello!

This past week I finally was able to add a silver polish to my collection! Lucky for me, every so often I get to use my loyalty shopping points with Melaleuca and I use it every time on a nail polish, so it was free! Yeah!! So once it came, I started thinking about what mani I was going to do.

I am so into doing nail art now, that I am not afraid to try a design, even if when looking at a picture online, I don't immediately fall in love. That was the case with this manicure called "the ruffian". I had seen pictures before and I didn't think much of it. This was my first attempt and I have to say that I really do like it. You don't need any tools, just nail polish and once you are comfortable with painting your nails, it is a very simple design to achieve.

I started off with a base coat of OPI Start to Finish Formaldehyde Free Formula. I then followed with two coats of Sei Bella Stardust. Once that was dry, I went in with Orly Liquid Vinyl, starting just a little below where I had done my previous color and basically painting the nail again, only being careful not to completely cover the sides, leaving a U shaped line of silver, surrounding the black polish, when complete. This can be accomplished in three simple strokes, first one going down the middle and the other two to the left and right of that first line, just like painting your nails one solid color. Then once that was completely dry, I sealed it off with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Sei Bella Stardust

Orly Liquid Vinyl on top 

Finished!

It might be a little difficult for you to achieve this look if you are not already comfortable with painting your nails. You could use a reinforcement sticker cut in half as a guide and place it at the base of your nail and then paint the rest of your nail another color and achieve the same look. Really though, with practice of the basic three stroke application of polish, you can easily achieve this look very quickly. So in my book, this is a simple, eye catching mani. Hope you enjoyed it! See you next time!