Stripes and Studs with Zoya

Hello, Fireflies!

Every once in a while, I get the itch to do a really complicated and time consuming mani. 

Usually, it's because I'm trying to impress someone.  In this case, I was giving a guest lecture, and I wanted my nails to be FAB.  I thought this design from Wacki Laki was pretty awesome, and I wanted to do a version of it.

I started with Zoya Cassedy, a foil silver-leaning green.

Then, I placed striping tape diagonally across the nail - I tried to do one from the corner, and one from the middle of the tip.  I also tried to have the top stripe come down about 1/3 of the length of the nail.

I probably should have paid better attention in math class.

I painted over the tape, carefully, with Zoya Storm, one of my fave black glitter polishes.  I finished the look with some silver square studs.  I probably should have used smaller square studs, but I didn't have any.  I have child-sized hands, apparently.

Nothing makes me feel more uncoordinated than trying to do nail art on my right hand! I keep at it, though, hoping I'll get better.  I really love how this turned out!

One person in the lecture noticed! Score! Have you ever done nail art to impress someone?