I wanted to use Riveting and Stone Cold. There are some absolutely fabulous Hunger Games manis out there today - check some of them out on my Pinterest nail board! I was so impressed and would have loved to do something fancy, but I'm just nowhere near as good at freehanding as many of these ladies. I decided to do a funky french mani, and then I decided to use my zig zag scissors instead of doing a straight line.
After I'd painted them, I put on a coat of Seche Vite to seal it before mattifying. Here are a few shots of this one shiny. I didn't love it, honestly I like Stone Cold how it comes out of the bottle with it's soft matte finish. It's one of my favorite polishes ever, and on Monday I'll have a few swatches of it on it's own.
Next I applied a coat of Essie Matte About You to transform it.
I don't love it as much as I'd hoped I would. Because the Riveting was applied over the darker polish, it is a tiny bit spotty and darker than when it's on it's own. When it was shiny it wasn't as visible, but after I applied the matte it didn't look as gorgeous as it does on it's own with a matte topcoat.
I'll be wearing this tonight to the movie, but I'm not sure how long I'll keep it on after that!
Have you ever done nails inspired by a book or movie? Will you be seeing The Hunger Games this weekend?
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