inspired by color

Day twenty one of the 31 Day Challenge, nails inspired by a color!
For today's manicure I picked teal. This is because September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, there's also a wonderful campaign going on called "Teal Toes" which is an awareness campaign set to raise awareness about ovarian cancer and hopefully get the message out there that Ovarian Cancer should not be ignored! If you're interested, check out : http://www.tealtoes.org/

For some reason, this looks really blue on my camera, however, it is teal :)
Base: Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Petal Pusher"
Tips: Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "White On"
Teal design: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure "Fairy Teal"
Kiss "Soft Blue" (Lightest Shade)

Kiss "Silver Sparkle"

Aaaaand, my teal toes!

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure "Fairy Teal" 2 coats

I've never taken pictures of my right hand for my blog before, simply because my left hand typically turns out better as i'm right handed. However, lately, all my left hand nails have been breaking and they haven't grown back and the nails on my right hand simply look better! They're quite a bit longer and the cuticles look just about the same.

Base Coat: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails with Nylon "Lavender Lace Sheer" 1 coat

Tips: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "White On" 2 coats

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails with Nylon "Nude" 2 coats

I got a new base coat (Revlon Multi Care Base + Top Coat). It's a clear coat, depite the frosted glass bottle it comes in. However, it's not too great as a base coat, I can't put my sheer white on top for a french manicure because it's incredibly streaky. It seems as if the base coat kinda grabs the polish and absorbs it, making it hard to get nice even coats. I tried it as a top coat as well and it's REALLY slow drying, I waited abuot 3 hours and still dented my manicure because of this. I'll definitely stick to my usual top coat but I may try this again as a base coat when I intend to wear a solid color polish.