60s Mod Negative Space nail art

Hey y'all!

Happy Monday everyone!  We're almost halfway through October and this is normally where I would start getting really excited about Halloween, but unfortunately I have no fabulous fun plans this year (or last year, for that matter).  The British don't celebrate All Hallows Eve the same way we do it up in the US - but it's always been my favorite holiday, so at least I can celebrate on my nails.  This week's themes for the Pick-n-Mix challenge are the 60s and matte or texture.  I worked really hard on a design that would encompass all of those themes, and came up with this kind of funky look, which I can tell you unequivocally, Mr. Faff *hated*.  I'll let you be the final judge.

Thankfully I was able to condense this design into two colors and play off the negative space between them, so I selected a couple of Sinful Colors.

L-R: Sinful Colors Snow Me White and Enchanted

I started this look by adding two coats of Snow Me White to my index nail, because that was the only nail that would be fully painted.  I then applied the purple round studs in the near-funnel pattern that would mimic the negative space I would create on my other nails. By adding the studs, this nail completes my textured part of the challenge.

On my middle and ring fingers, I applied two coats of Enchanted, but I left a rough half-moon open at my cuticles.  I came back in with a concealer brush and some acetone to clean up the half-moon lines, and then removed the stripe of polish down the center of my nail.  This actually created too large a stripe, so I used a striping brush to close those lines back up.  This shape resembles the mod look of 60s interior design and fashion

On my thumb and pinky, I created the negative of this shape by painting in the half-moon and stripe in the same colors, and then sealed everything in with SV.  

Of course, as much as I loved these nails glossy, there was another aspect of the challenge that I hadn't yet hit, so I matted the whole thing down (except the studs because they're far too pretty shiny) with Sally Hansen big matte top coat.

If you like 60s-themed nail art, or textures, or mattes, be sure to peruse the linkup below for more manis from this challenge.

An InLinkz Link-up

And now it's time for you to sound off!  Is Mr. Faff right that these are just too weird, or am I okay with thinking that sometimes funky retro = cool?  Let me have it down in the comments!

Hope you're all having a good week and that you've got your costumes ready.  I'll see ya soon!