This is puzzling...

Hah! Not really! Today on the blog I have some puzzle and stripe nail art that I think turned out really well, despite the time it took to do it :-)!!

First, I started out with two coats of Zoya Wednesday, a medium turquiose blue-green cream. Then I used one coat of top coat. After it dried, I taped off my ring fingers and thumbs like a window using striping tape. Then, using Zoya Ziv, a metallic gold foil, I painted the corners of the "window" gold and pulled off the tape. Using a large dotting tool I then dotted on the top and side of the Ziv square to make a puzzle piece. On my pinkie, middle, and index fingers I used gold foil striping tape to make two stripes going random directions.

I love the combination of Ziv and Wednesday, but if I had it to do again I wouldn't have bothered with the striping tape! I think the puzzle pieces are cute on their own! Although Ziv is a little difficult on clean up so next time I'll have to be extra careful with her!