Geek Nail Challenge - TV #3 (The Walking Dead)

I present to you my third TV-inspired mani which is a representation of one of my FAVORITE TV shows - The Walking Dead! I have loved this show since it premiered on Halloween two years (I think) ago! It's one of the few shows that I must catch every week, on time, when it's on. Well, here's my zombie inspired mani!

Obviously, I got a little theatrical with that positioning. I also didn't clean up and left the mani sloppy because it was more zombie-esque that way ;] Here's a closer shot, with flash to really show all the colors.

I really ended up liking how this turned out! For a base, I did two coats of a Daring Imaginations Vampire Red that came with a Halloween costume once, haha, to represent blood. Then I painted one thick coat of Orly Decades of Dysfunction and sponged some of that off so the blood showed underneath. I repeated that one more time. Then, I lightly sponged on a bit of Zoya - Yara to add that greenish tint. Finally - and this was my mistake - I put on a matte topcoat and it smoothed everything over too much, the cool decay-like texture was gone. I tried to recreate it the next morning just sponging a bit of NYC Matte topcoat over it randomly:

Not bad, but I did miss my Seche Vite! As you can see, it chipped before I could even get a picture of it. Oh well. What do you think? And don't forget to check out the other bloggers!

Kelly

Participants in the Geek Nail Challenge

1. Sophia	2. Jennifer G	3. Delight In Nails
4. GelaNails	5. Kelsie's Nail Files	6. Sophia
7. Plumeria19	8. The Color Republic	9. Kelly
10. The Color Republic	11. GelaNails	12. Kelly
13. Delight In Nails	14. Sophia	15. Jennifer G
16. Plumeria19	17. GelaNails	18. Kelsie's Nail Files
19. Sophia	20. The Color Republic	21. pokenails
22. Delight In Nails	23. Kelly	24. Jennifer G
25. Jennifer G	26. Plumeria19	27. Kelly
28. Kelly	29. Plumeria19	30. Jennifer G
31. GelaNails	32. Plumeria19	33. Delight In Nails
34. Kelsie's Nail Files	35. Kelsie's Nail Files

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