Nail Trend "The V Gap"

I find the name somewhat questionable, but hey, that's how the article addressed it...meh. What can you do? Anyway, I discovered this new nail trend online. It reminds me slightly of a crackle manicure, but you can do it with any polish, not just a specified crackling one.

It seems like the technician in the photo used special tools to create that look but I found that it's actually surprisingly simple to recreate the idea armed with just a bog standard nail polish brush. Using No7 nail polishes in "Berrylicious" and "Beautiful Black", I did a quick interpretation of it below.

Apologies for the poor quality pictures - I have no idea what was going on, but I just /could not/ photograph this without the blurriness. Adjusted the lights and everything. I think it was just one of those days :(

For my other hand, I reversed the polish order, so instead of pink on black, it became black on pink.

What do you guys think? I'm not sure I'd make it into a regular thing but it's pretty interesting and a talking point. Now, if someone could tweak the name slightly...

8 Comments

KarenD8 March 2011 at 22:17
The V Gap? If they say so, I guess. I'd call it The Ladybug. :)
Robyn8 March 2011 at 22:47
You could draw criss-crosses across the gap and make it into corset nail art! Looks cute.
Cheryl9 March 2011 at 13:04
Not too sure what you mean by a V gap, but they sure look pretty as ladybugs!
Witoxicity10 March 2011 at 01:42
That's quite an interesting trend! I do like Robyn's idea though about making it into a corset. :)
Gemx10 March 2011 at 22:12
Very pretty, I love the two colours together :)
The Student's Guide To Nail Polish13 March 2011 at 20:13
That's a pretty good name, KarenD. I prefer it to the original, lol.

Good idea, Robyn! I should try that, it'd look pretty cool :P

Thanks for your comment, Cheryl! Yeah I think you and Karen D have good ideas, it makes me think of a ladybird as well...

I like it too, Witoxicity! I wonder if it'll take off or if it'll be relegated to catwalk only status forever.

Thanks, Gemx! I quite like pink and black together. There's something kinda Hello Kitty about it which appeals to me.
Anonymous16 April 2011 at 16:48
I'd call it the butt crack! It's hideous! O.O
The Student's Guide To Nail Polish16 April 2011 at 18:46
Lol, anonymous! That might actually make a good idea for a nail art design...*ponders*