Practicing the Half Moon

The next entry for Erica's February nail art challenge is the half moon look and I've never done that on my nails before, so I tried it out tonight on my toes. It took a few tries, correcting many mistakes as I went, but I like how it turned out!

I used Nina Ultra Pro "Punki Pink" and Essie "Smokin Hot". I tried painting the pink on first, waiting for it to dry, and then putting a french tip strip tape above the bottom of the toenail to paint the dark grey, but of course the tape peeled off the pink polish. Instead I used a small square tip brush, dipped it in polish remover, and swept the pink on the bottom off in the half moon shape so the nail was clean, then I painted the dark grey in the shape. That worked really well for me! I love these colors together, but I think I'll do 2 other ones for my finger nails for the challenge. I'm supposed to get a bunch of Julep polishes and other brands in the mail this week that I want to use. :)