…shame about the picture though.
I chose Precision – Party Like a Rockstar for the gold under-layer because of it’s hawt metallic qualities. Over the top, I added Illamasqua Scarab to create a nice, Wintery feeling manicure.
Unfortunately, the flash firing in the photos simply shows Party Like a Rockstar as a solid yellow and not the beautiful metallic gold that it is in reality.
I was a lot easier to achieve that I thought it would be… a little bit of patience is honestly all that’s needed.
For a great how-to on the Ruffian inspired manicure, check out one of my favourite nail blogs Lacquerized.
I can’t even tell you how many people admired my nails yesterday… oh ok, about 9 separate people and they ALL wanted to give it a go for themselves once I explained how it was achieved.
Have you attempted Ruffian Nails yet? Which colours do you think would work best together?
Why are they called Ruffian?
I like the look though, it looks difficult to achieve, I’ll try it when I get around to sorting my nails out.
The Illa polish is a gorgeous colour
Ruffian because CND (Creative Nail Design) created the design for the Ruffian show at NYFW this year.
Vid here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KsxVyqgNmI
I haven’t tried this yet, but it looks really cool. I’d like to combine a gray and a midnight blue. What do you think?
~Sophia
Fit&FabLiving
I think that would work really well!
Well there goes my attempt at having my nails clean and sober for a whole week
I’m laughing at this… I’m totally like that when reading blogs… I have been known to wipe off a 2hr old manicure to emulate something I’ve spotted! x
Your nails look really good especially for a first attempt and the cold polish looks great. Im really bad at any nail art.
Thanks Henessy!
Oh I really like the colors you chose! Why is this called Ruffian?
Ruffian because CND (Creative Nail Design) did the design for the Ruffian show at NYFW this year.
Vid here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KsxVyqgNmI
they look so good! well done! xxxxx
Thanks Sarah x
I love it! Looks amazing 🙂
Cheers Becky xxx
Absolutely gorgeous, I’m in love with this!
xoxo
It’s a cool effect isn’t it? And the colour possibilities are endless! x
I love this look! I bet you can recreate that with other complimentary lacquers. Job well done. CBeauty..
http://www.capuchino-beauty.com/
You sure can, the possibilities are almost infiniite!
The color is absolutely gorgeous! Amazing…
I wish my camera had made the gold look as metallic as it was though 🙁 x
Oh, it’s like the opposite of a french tip 🙂 Will try this soon!
Not shabby at all! I can imagine what it looks like, bet it looks amazing in real life! 🙂
Great combination, now if I had Scarab, like, yesterday…*sigh*! (Ok, that sounds too weird to any non-makeup fanatic, haha)!
xx