#31DC2014 - Day 7: Black and White

Hello everyone! Again, apologies for how late this post is, least I'm still one the right day though! Packing has kept me busy, I'll be heading back to Scotland tomorrow! Hopefully I'll still get the challenge up at a reasonable hour!

On to today's! I'm actually incredibly in love with this look, its so witchy and dark. I've missed having dark, vampy colours on my nails! This was inspired by a look of fleuryrosenails' that I saw a while back and kept meaning to try! I will guiltily admit that it's not pure black but rather a franken with some shimmery blue to get a space effect - I think next time I'll use a shimmery black instead but limited tools here so making do! I did the moons in acrylic paint. They came out a tad messy but better than I anticipated!

The lighting today was not being cooperative but hopefully you'll all forgive the quality of the photos!

I'm sure you'll be seeing an improved version of this look before long, I can't wait to wear it for more than a day! I think I've finally got the hang of the InLinkz link so take a peek at what other people have been up to there are some seriously snazzy looks, I'm feeling very inspired by all the monochrome!

An InLinkz Link-up

31DayNailChallenge - Day 2: Orange Nails

Again slightly later than anticipated but still today so not late, I'd like to present you with my attempt at orange nails. Orange isn't a colour that particularly flatters my skin tone so I kind of swung between hating and not minding this mani. I think I'd love it on someone else though! 

The polishes used were Barry M's Mango Gelly and Gold Foil as well as Konad's Black stamping polish (I didn't have another black!). Neither the black or the gold were great for using like this, they were both a bit thick and didn't level very well - though that's only because my Gold Foil is ancient and overused and needs replacing.

I ended up liking this a lot more than I thought I would I think the gold kept it from being too Halloween-y while the twist on the French mani made it feel like a quirky classic.If I had used a shimmery orange I think I'd have loved it!

Apologies for the photos here, I didn't get a chance to edit them at all and some of my nails could have used a clean up. Hopefully tomorrow will be tidier!

 Do you guys use orange polish often? What's been your favourite entry for #31DC2014 orange nails so far?