31 DAY CHALLENGE, DAY 18 - Half Moons!

Welp. I apologize for the delay in getting this post out, but I have to say that there is a positive side to this learning experience. I have found out that I loathe half moon manicures. Looooooooathe them. They are difficult, and demanding, and they never seem to come out the way that I plan.

But, oh. I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start over.

::AHEM::

Welcome to day 18 of the 31 day challenge that has been so kindly hosted by Kimber. Today's challenge is Half Moons! Oooooooh. Aaaaaah. Let me show you what I did!

Illamasqua - Aorta, Amy's Nail Boutique - Kitchen Sink

 Pictured above are the tools that I used for the manicure in question. My (not-so)trusty hole reinforcements, Illamasqua's rubberized Aorta, and Kitchen Sink from Amy's Nail Boutique.

The reason why I chose these two polishes is because Aorta has this gorgeous rubber texture, while Kitchen Sink is the most glorious matte rainbow glitter I have ever seen. In my mind they are a match made in heaven, with this delicious texture thing going on along with these fantastically bright colors. Fantastic!

 I've seen it said on other blogs, but I have to repeat this... Aorta seriously reminded me of the wax coating on the Babybel mini cheese wheels. Mixed with my ridiculously pale skin tone, I kept wanting to peel off the polish and eat cheese... is that strange? It's strange. Sorry. Awkward.

Moving on.

Check out my gratuitous "Hey-I'm-holding-the-bottle-check-out-my-nails" pictures.

Oh. Yeah. Holding this polish like a BOSS.

Alright. Now that I've posted my pictures and my thought-process for picking out the colors, let me bitch. I cannot stand half moon manicures... on myself. I have no skill when it comes to lining them up evenly, and the imperfections are enough to drive me insane. I have two different sticker guides that are supposed to help with this! Of course, it doesn't help that I picked a bright as all get-out red against my natural nails... but still!

::Sigh::

Enough about my feelings. I'm going to drown my half moon sorrows by checking out the rest of our 31 day challengers.

Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Mari at Nailista
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance 
-Me, Myself, and Polish 

Thanks for stopping by!