Hi everyone!!! I hope that this lovely April day finds you well ( and not wind-blown, like here in Vegas!! lol) Today's nails were inspired by something at work- my cork board!! :) I thought it'd be something different, and plus, when I did the dinosaur nails the other day, I thought the background looked like cork, so I thought I'd used that idea as a design! :)

I used MAC Abalone Shell (I wish I'd picked up multiples of this- I <3 it), with
Zoya Dea pretty heavily sponged over it, then topped with CND Super Matte, which BTW isn't MATTE AT ALL!?!?!?, don't get it. After that failed, I went to my go-to matte topcoat,
Essie Matte About You. Next, for the thumb tacks, I used
CND Green Scene,
American Apparel Downtown L.A. for the red tack,
Pure Ice French Kiss for the blue tack,
American Apparel Poppy for the orange tack, and
CND Bicycle Yellow for the yellow tack. I mixed each with
American Apparel Cotton to highlight, and
American Apparel Hassid to shade, except the yellow tack, which I mixed
American Apparel Poppy with to shade. for the metal part of the tack, I used
American Apparel Hassid mixed with
China Glaze Millennium. FOr the items tacked up, I used
American Apparel Cotton for the white,
American Apparel Hassid for the black, and
American Apparel Downtown L.A. for the red. For the shadows of the tack on each nail, I used a mix of topcoat and
American Apparel Hassid. Topped the tacks off with a coat of
Seche Vite top coat, being careful not to get any on the matte portion of the nail.
Totally tack-y, right?!And, as a bonus sneak peek into part of the giveaway prize.... (hand screened by yours truly)