It Was Acceptable In The 80’s

Happy Saturday Loves!

I hope everyone’s weekend is off to an awesome start! I’m so happy I have the weekend off cuz it’s been a rough week.

Anyway, I have another lovely paint splatter mani for you today (you can see my first one here). I, like many of you, fell in love with them after Jen from The Polishaholic posted one. They come out looking so awesome and there are a ton of color combos that you can do.

Plus, they totally remind me of all the paint splatter paraphernalia from the 80’s (which I happen to think was a rockin’ decade since I was born during it 🙂 )

In the pics below I painted my nails with Wet ‘n Wild Black Creme, then I splattered on OPI Alpine Snow and Zoya Mira. Ch-ch-check it out:

So what do you think of this splatter mani? Isn’t it like totally awesome?! 🙂

The whole time I was wearing it I had Calvin Harris’ song “Acceptable in the 80’s” stuck in my head. If you’ve never heard, check it out. It’s pretty awesome in an 80’s throwback kind of way.

How many of you have been inspired to try a splatter mani? If you’ve done one, feel free to leave a link to it in the comments cuz I’d love to see it 🙂

Have a lovely weekend!

18 responses to “It Was Acceptable In The 80’s”

rmcandlelight (nailsbeautiqued) | July 30, 2011 at 11:44 am | Reply

so pretty! I have to give it a try 🙂
- colourcoated | July 31, 2011 at 2:48 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks! You really should, it’s so easy
Marta | July 30, 2011 at 12:25 pm | Reply

If I could guarantee that my first dib at a splatter mani would yield these results I would dive right in and wear a mani just like this to the backstreet boys / NKOTB concert I’m going to next Sunday 😉 AWESOME WORK!
- colourcoated | July 31, 2011 at 2:49 pm | Reply
  
  Ahh, I’m so jealous you’re going to the concert! I hope you have fun. You really should try out a splatter mani, I bet it would turn out great! 🙂
Rebecca | July 30, 2011 at 6:22 pm | Reply

Very nice! Love the color combo!
- colourcoated | July 31, 2011 at 2:50 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks so much 🙂
Tyne | July 30, 2011 at 6:44 pm | Reply

This splatter mani came out super cute I like you choice in colors, and I absolutely love that song it’s one of my all time favs!
- colourcoated | July 31, 2011 at 2:50 pm | Reply
  
  Thank you! Isn’t the song great?!
Kaz | July 30, 2011 at 7:44 pm | Reply

Looks fab!!
- colourcoated | July 31, 2011 at 2:51 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks hon 🙂
liveliferadiant | July 30, 2011 at 8:53 pm | Reply

I love this combo! I think I’ll try this splatter mani next.
- colourcoated | July 31, 2011 at 2:51 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks! Do it, I’d love to see pics 🙂
Lisa Mc | July 30, 2011 at 10:47 pm | Reply

Pretty sure I had a notebook or 5 with this pattern on it.
- colourcoated | July 31, 2011 at 2:52 pm | Reply
  
  Haha, I did too! I had a t-shirt also.
peacelovepolish | August 1, 2011 at 7:33 pm | Reply

Speaking of black & purple combos . . . (sorry I’m catching up on my reading in reverse order) I love this! I think Zoya Mira is such a perfect purple creme.
- colourcoated | August 3, 2011 at 12:59 am | Reply
  
  Thanks hon! 🙂 I totally agree about Mira. I’m so glad I got my hands on her.
melissa | August 2, 2011 at 6:04 pm | Reply

hey how do you get the splatter effect?…i love your nail designs btw!
colourcoated | August 3, 2011 at 1:01 am | Reply

Thank you! Jen from The Polishaholic has an awesome tutorial that you can check out if you wanna learn how to do the splatter effect. You can view it here: http://www.thepolishaholic.com/2011/06/neon-splatter-mani-tutorial.html