33DC Black Matte Contrast Nails

The challenge for today is to choose a manicure from your pinterest board and recreate it. I choose this one from Copy That Copy Cat nails. But because my nails are shorter my shiny details are less complex.

I used my Barry M matte polish in Espresso for the base coat and then used NYC Grand Central Station to create the patterns. I much prefer this way of using the contrast between matte and shiny than just doing a french manicure, it gives it a subtle elegance. I'm not sure how long this will last because there's no top coat involved and matte nail polishes are notorious for chipping quickly. Here is Espresso alone at 2 coats:

My computer has done something really weird to the next photo but it made me giggle quite a lot so I thought I'd share it with you.

Remember to check out everyone else's pinterest inspired manis through the inkslinks below :)

Weds 20 Nov – something from pinterest / your inspiration board

1. Superficially Colorful	2. CrazyPolishes(Dimpal)	3. Casa de Polish
4. Glam-madam	5. Polished Polyglot	6. Vic and Her Nails
7. prettypolishes	8. Claire @ nuthin' but a nail thing	9. Cambridge Nails
10. Glowstars	11. Kerruticles	12. Sam @ FingerFood
13. nail addict	14. SpecialGirl Nails	15. Be Happy and Buy Polish
16. manicured monkey	17. Helly NailNewbie	18. The Lacquer Confessionals
19. Hey, Darling Polish!	20. Pearl (preciouspearlmakeup)	21. Penny Pinching Polish
22. MydailyNailDesigns	23. Enigmatic Rambles	24. Druid Nails
25. Linziino	26. Light of the Moon Nails	27. baroque fool
28. Nail Polish Society	29. Nail*ine It!	30. Petite & Polish
31. MegsManicures	32. Not Too Polished	33. Aisuru Nails
34. My Adventures in Nail Art	35. Lane's Lacquers	36. lost and found: Challenge cheating-tutorial and pi
37. Acetone Files	38. byKATUSH	39. Cómo te pintaste

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