50 Shades of...


...grey?  more like 9. (At least in this manicure)

No, I haven't joined the 50 Shades of Grey craze, and am still undecided whether I want to bother. I hear good stuff and bad stuff, but more people that hate the series than people that love the series. I know that eventually, like all the other 'crazes', I'll end up reading them out of sheer curiosity. (Twilight, I'm looking at you) I'm so weak. WEAK. Why can't there be a craze over historic biographies? or maybe books full of bread recipes? I'd be on top of that shit. (I'd be a total book hipster and love that shiz before it went 'mainstream', ya know?)

Anyway, I digress. This manicure is dotting tool-riffic. As in, besides the base coat and cleaning up my cuticles, it's the only tool I used. I wanted to do a dot gradient manicure, and I originally planned to do it in color, but decided to scale it down... grayscale, that is. I figured after my Jagger-icure, I should do something a bit easier. Surprisingly, though technically 'easier', this took far more time than ole Mick. Funny how that works out, right?

What do you think- do you like seeing simpler manicures on here from time to time? Sometimes I feel 'weird' doing that, because I've set a precedent of doing wacky, weird, and detailed stuff for so long. Let me know, because I'm curious what you guys think!


I used (from lightest to darkest):

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On!
butter LONDON Billy No Mates
Zoya Dove
Orly Mirror, Mirror
FingerPaints Stunning Stilettos
Barielle U Concrete Me
American Apparel Factory Grey
Nubar Stronghold
American Apparel Hassid

Seche Vite topcoat


35 comments

  1. This looks stunning! I love seeing easier stuff, it makes for a nice balance. (:

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  2. It looks really cool and interesting. Simpler is still great!

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  3. Sometimes the simpler, the better. Love it! Now I just need to bag me a load of shades of the same colour

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  4. I am amazed at the number of dots of all different shades. It still must have taken a good amont of time to do all your nails. I like an "easier" one thrown in here and there.

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  5. I actually think that sometimes simpler nail art designs can be more eye-catching than really intricate desgins ! As they say, less is more !

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  6. Oh I love it! you can do these anytime!

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  7. Love the mani but I honestly miss your square nails! But that may be because I have square nails :P

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  8. Do the easier stuff too. You have so much variety you'll come up with something for everyone sometime. I want to try this grey one soon.

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  9. Great mani! I love seeing the easier stuff - I love seeing things I can try and copy and build my own skills! Some of the crazy hard stuff like the Jagger mani is way too daunting!

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  10. Love love love this manicure! I'm going to try to recreate it! And don't read the "50 Shades" trilogy. I looooooove reading, and I only got halfway through the first book, because it's made me sad to read. But continue with the awesome manicures, I dig them all!

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  11. This looks awesome! I love everything you do and I don't thing you should feel like you have to top yourself to be more intricate or whatever with each new post. Sometimes simpler is better.

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  12. Kickass! I love getting ideas that can be done with the dotting tool because that's pretty much the extent of my talent

    Also love the hair if thats you picture ;o)
    Look forward to following your blog!

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  13. I really like when you do detailed things. You are very good at nails either way though! :) I hope you still do this blog for a while.

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  14. Amazing!! If this is your concept of a simpler manicure than I am looking forward to them!

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  15. I really like these! And yes, polka dots take for ever...

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  16. I love it! :)

    (I also love the 50 Shades Book Series!)

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  17. What tool did you use? (LOVE IT :)

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  18. YAY something I could actually recreate. Don't get me wrong I love all of your designs but I'm kinda useless..I really need to get some tiny nail art brushes, but until then all I'm capable of is Konad and dotting haha.

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  19. AKA ReaderRita

    Oh, yay! Evidently I wasn't scrolling down far enough to see the "anonymous" profile! (damned iPad!)(I know, I know, that's a first world problem...)

    At any rate, I love this mani- it reminds me of a seashell. Simply gaw-geous!

    I like it when you mix things up- some simple and some fancy- because no matter what it is, it's always interesting when it comes outta your head! But you should just do what you feel- it's your art after all! Yay!

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  20. This is very pretty, and I love almost all manicures you do! Just do what you like :).

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  21. I really like it! Maybe I'll be able to use my dotting tool for once (it's getting rusty)!
    BTW about books, did you already jump on A Song of Ice and Fire wagon?
    I did recently and fell in love with it!

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  22. Thanks everyone!!!

    NailNarcotics- Yup! That's me!! Thanks!

    Diana- I used a small dotting tool.

    ReaderRita- So great to see you again!! :-D

    Aly MaiSenzaSmalto- Nope! I haven't heard of that one- I'll definitely have to check it out!

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  23. You should cave and read them...I finished all three in about a week. The "interesting" parts get realllllly old but luckily they're easy to skip over without missing a beat of the actual plot... :)

    Gorgeous design!

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