Tuesday 10 April 2012

Crocodile Skin + 100 Followers!

Hello Everyone!

There are now 103 104 of you (potentially) reading this!  Thank you to everyone following and welcome to all the new followers.  I feel like I'm just getting started so I hope to show you a lot of neat stuff.

I don't have another giveaway planned just yet because the other one is still going on.  But, I'll see what I can do when it finishes! =)

Anyway, nails!

I saw a pair of sunglasses at work with crocodile skin print on the arms.  It looked pretty hot.  I, of course wondered how it would look on nails.  It was all in black and since I love me some black nails, (plus after pastel nails, I have an inherent knee-jerk reaction to go dark) I figured I'd give it a try.






I liked this but I didn't love it.  It was quite subtle in person and these definitely aren't going to be the nails that someone crosses the street to compliment you on but I was happy overall.

I did a quick google search to see what other kinds of crocodile nails existed and I couldn't find anything like this.  I found lots of people using a Barry M shatter that looked croc skin like and I found a few people had painted actual crocodiles on their nails.  With the popularity of croc skin items, I thought there would be more.

Anyway, what do you think?

Pass or fail?

'Til next time,
Amanda
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27 comments:

  1. Jackie M10 April 2012 at 22:52

    I think these look great! I'd cross the street to say I love your nails, then again I just stare at peoples nails all day...lol :)

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    1. Amanda Faulkner10 April 2012 at 23:51

      Thank you! I spend way too much time looking at people's nails too. =)
      I appreciate the virtual street crossing though!

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  2. fingers11 April 2012 at 05:36

    Your blog is cool! I am really digging your stuff!

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  3. Anonymous11 April 2012 at 06:35

    It totally reminds me of croc sunglasses. Pretty cool :)

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    1. Amanda Faulkner11 April 2012 at 10:16

      Thanks Crystal! Inspiration really is everywhere. =)

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  4. Paulina11 April 2012 at 08:52

    I think it's a pass.

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    1. Amanda Faulkner11 April 2012 at 10:10

      Thanks Paulina! I do like it just not as much as I liked it on the sunglasses.

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  5. KarenD11 April 2012 at 09:23

    I like it! Subtle is sometimes just the thing.

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    1. Amanda Faulkner11 April 2012 at 10:12

      Thanks Karen! I love black nails so it was nice to fancy them up a little. =)

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  6. Unknown11 April 2012 at 11:19

    Wow I love it! I definitely want to try croc nails!

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  7. Rainbowify Me11 April 2012 at 12:57

    I really like it. Cool and different!!

    And hey - I've passed on the Blogger Appreciation Award to you - you can see more about it in the post I wrote about it here:
    http://rainbowifyme.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-appreciation-award.html

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    1. Amanda Faulkner11 April 2012 at 22:57

      Thanks!

      And Wow! Thank you. I'll go read it now. =)

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  8. Kayono (Neues vom Kellerkind)11 April 2012 at 13:01

    Looks great, I think. I'd notice them if you would come to my help desk ;) I'm not really surprised that there weren't any other manis like yours. It makes me remember those awesome snakeskin nails I have seen a while ago. The wonderful lady actually used her snake's "old" skin...

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    1. Amanda Faulkner11 April 2012 at 22:56

      Thank you! I actually just saw an article on those nails again recently. It looks really neat but I think I'll stick to the fake skin on my nails. =)

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  9. Yun, The Polish Hideout11 April 2012 at 23:47

    Wow that looks so cool! Great job! :D

    ~ Yun

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  10. Kas12 April 2012 at 03:00

    Pass! I actually love how they are subtle! So creative :)

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    1. Amanda Faulkner12 April 2012 at 21:22

      Thank you! In some lighting they were great in others the pattern faded. =)

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  11. GaffoRama12 April 2012 at 13:41

    These are really neat, did you just freehand with the matte top coat?

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    1. Amanda Faulkner12 April 2012 at 21:26

      Yup! Just dabbed a little top coat on a plate and freehanded the pattern with a nail art brush. It was pretty easy. I tried it first with Seche Vite Natural Matte Coat but it wasn't matte enough so I switched to the Gosh matte top coat.

      Thank you! =)

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  12. Alexis12 April 2012 at 19:37

    I love matte nail art. This looks really cool.

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  13. Erin12 April 2012 at 19:48

    LOVE!!!!!!

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  14. Demi Mist18 April 2012 at 02:36

    I like it. It's very sexy.
    I am your newest follower at the moment. I hope you visit my blog too.

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