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 I have been a bit obsessed with Dita Von Teese's Reverse Moon Manicure for a while now... I have yet to completely perfect it, though. I tried using the circle tabs that many YouTubers made look so easy and my first try was a hot mess. So taking the lead from Emily from Cupcakes and Cashmere, I tried it free handed.  I primed my nails, then applied one coat of Essie There's No Place Like Chrome over the entire nail.

Then carefully I carefully applied Essie Smokin' Hot in a semi circle up near the nail bed & down to the tip of my nail. I then went over with a second coat and sealed everything with a top coat.

I'm going to pick up a few mini bottles of polish from a few different brands to see if the smaller brushes are easier to navigate with. All in all I loved the look and got a lot of compliments!

 Peace. Love. Polish.

Polish Pic{k}s

I love me some Dita Von Teese. I think she oozes class, style & sensuality. I love her retro look - her skin, make-up & hair are flawless! She always wears a vintage inspired reverse moon manicure & I wanted to recreate the look. So I painted a base coat & then applied a coat of OPI's Lucerne-Tanly Look Marvelous.

On Pinterest, every one said this style was easy to recreate. Just apply reinforcement labels where you want the reverse moon to go. Then on to the second coat of polish.

Liars! I start to get nervous as I apply the other color. The navy polish, OPI's gorgeous Light My Sapphire was very runny for some reason. I had some serious run off into my cuticles. I'm normally very good at polishing my nails, so this 'crafty' manicure attempt had me muttering an expletive or two or five.

Yes, this is the hot mess part. Certainly, no Dita here! Though in this picture it doesn't look awful. The problem is I couldn't get the round tabs to lie flat all the way across the nail. You also have to make sure the initial coat is very dry, or removing the round tab can pull up some of the inital polish coat. It didn't help that the navy was runny, but the tabs also weren't cooperating for me, either.

My remedy was to go back & cover the unevenness with a simple 'V' shape. I still like it & love the color combination- I just wish more of the silver was showing. I'm going to buy a nail polish pen & reattempt this in another color combo to see if it's any easier. I'll report back to you Beauties! In the meantime- what do you think?

Peace. Love. Polish. M