Time Warp Challenge 5: Mary Shelley
The theme of the fifth installment of the Let’s Do The Time Warp Challenge (hosted by Neverland Nail Blog) is “We Can Do It!” Rosie the Riveter said so! Create a manicure in honor of an influential woman in history. This was a tricky one: I had lots of interesting ladies in mind for this (Rosalind Franklin and Ada Lovelace, to name a few) but couldn’t think of how to translate them to a manicure. I finally settled on Mary Shelley as my inspiration. Shelley was a gothic author best known for writing Frankenstein, and was a bit of a political radical in her day. Frankenstein is considered one of the earliest examples of science fiction, and spawned a whole genre of horror stories.
For the “monster” nails, I’ve used a base of China Glaze Concrete Catwalk, OPI Skull & Glossbones and OPI Stranger Tides as the skin, and China Glaze Liquid Leather for stitches. For the lightening nails, I’ve used a base of A-England Lady of Shalott from the Gothic Beauties Collection (eh? see what I did there?), with China Glaze Sweet Hook, China Glaze Kinetic Candy, OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips, and China Glaze White on White to create the lightening effect. I also used Gosh Matt Effect Top Coat on the monster nails.
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