Twinsie Tuesday: Ruffian Manicure

Hey girl hey!  It's Twinsie Time, and this week's theme was one I was dreading: Ruffian manicure. If you are unfamiliar with this look, it uses 2 polishes- one in a "moon" shape near your cuticle area, and another for the rest of the nail.

I've seen some tutorials for this that use tape to get the shape perfect, but I have little patience for the drying time in between polishes that would take. No, I decided to go freehand, and I have to say it was easier than expected.

For my ruffian manicure, I used Nicole by OPI Please Red-cycle and Totally In The Dark. First, I did one good layer of red on the entire nail. I waited approximately 2 minutes before moving on to the black polish. Painting my nail the exact same way I do any other time, only starting a little further up so that the red would peek through the bottom:

I can't wait to see what color combos the other Twinsies  came up with:

Amanda at Amandalandish 
Anna at Going to the Showing 
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails 
Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Beaulieu Review 
Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched 
Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Jamie at Polish, Please! 
Katherine at Haul of Fame 

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch 
Tara at Polishy of Truth