Gone Girl: one of the most f***ed up books I’ve read in a loooong time. And it was recently made into a movie that I (finally!) saw yesterday, so of course my last NCC book-themed manicure had to be inspired by it.
Have you read Gone Girl yet? It’s this crazy story of two screwed up people who are married to one another and spend a lot of time screwing one another over. It’s reaaaalllly good! And I was pretty impressed with how the movie turned out too. I definitely recommend it!
Book Cover
And here’s my mani:
Gone Girl Manicure
My index and middle finger were supposed to be the wisps of blonde hair that are on the book cover. They ended up looking more like light tree branches. I think I probably should have used a much thinner nail art brush, but hindsight is 20/20 right? My ring finger and pinky are much more successfully obvious – they are blood splatter! This is inspired by, well, blood. In the beginning of the book, Amy (the wife) is missing and there is blood splatter in their kitchen.
Colors used:
- Index and Middle Finger
- Base color: Julep Cleopatra… a satin-finish black that does show a little streakiness but is otherwise a nice polish
- Hair/ tree branches: Julep Alexandra… an ugly eggshell cream neutral polish that looks awful with my skintone, but is great for nail art
- Ring Finger and Pinky
- Base color: Polish My Life Stripped… as I’ve mentioned before, a great 2 coat white
- Blood: Sephora Formula X Pyrotechnic… an amazing red creme
So yeah, I’m not thrilled with this mani but it’s alright. The book and movie are much better than my nails show! What do you think? Would you like tree branches for hair? Do you desire those *extremely* thick tresses? And have you seen/ read Gone Girl? Did you like the story as much as I did?
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For a hot minute, I was like, did she forget to post a Halloween mani? LOL! I haven’t read this or seen the movie yet, although we had intended to go see it with my mom back in October and never made it. Sounds like it probably would have upset her quite a bit so that’s probably for the best!
Haha – I definitely felt a Halloween vibe while doing this mani! Yeah, I don’t see this being a sweet mother movie or a date movie! But it really is great 🙂
Ooooh, it sounds really interesting, I may need to check it out!! Love this mani, too 😀
Oh you totally should check it out! It’s fascinatingly f***ed up 🙂
this is creepy! It would have been perfect for Halloween, too!
Yeah, fittingly creepy 🙂 Definitely a good Halloween mani!
Even though it might not have turned out like you wanted, I still think it looks really cool!
Aww thank you!
These nails turned out great!
Thanks so much! They weren’t my favorite, but I’m glad you like 🙂
When I saw your nails I thought this had to be a book cover. How smart am I?? I think you did great 🙂
Haha SO smart! 🙂 Thank you!
Very cool looking nail art!
Thank you so much! Maybe next time I’ll drag a fan brush around for wispy hair.
I still haven’t read the book – really must get to that.
YES – read it! It’s so great.
Great mani! I’ve been wanting to read the book and see the movie but have done neither so I fail, basically. 😛
Thank you! You should definitely read it and see it… then you will win 🙂
Ok, you sold me on this book. I have to read it! Great mani too! 🙂
Thanks! Yay glad I can sell you on it – it’s real good!
I’m glad you shared this because I need a book to read. Your nails are gorgeous, as always, but I love the description of the book. You totally sold me.
Thank you so much!! This is definitely a book that needs to be next on your list 🙂
I haven’t seen the movie yet but I read the book when it first came out. I agree it’s pretty messed up but I loved it. Nice interpretation of the cover. I can feel your pain about the smaller brush, that’s usually my problem with nail art.
It’s a good kind of messed up right? The movie did a good job staying pretty close to the book.
Yeah, that brush definitely needs a trim!
I think this looks great!! This sounds like a really interesting book, I might have to go pick it up!
Thank you!! Yes, you definitely should pick it up – it’s so good!
I think you pulled off the cover nicely! I think I’m going to download this book tomorrow because I keep hearing so much about it!