Pink FAIL

Good morning, Kitschies!  I hope you're having a good week.  I'm fighting a cold (ugh!) and with the hubs gone, I'm exhausted.  This wonderful crud has been circling the office and it finally found its way to me.  Lucky me.  I guess it doesn't help that I stayed up later than I'd planned watching season 5 of Grey's Anatomy.  I don't know if you watch the series, but the last two episodes of the fifth season were INTENSE!!  I spent those last episodes with my hands clamped over my mouth and tears streaming down my face.  The entire time!  It's a wonder I was able to fall asleep after watching those (thank you Nyquil).

I wanted to post a new recipe for you today, but since it's been a little chaotic at home, I haven't had the time (or the energy) to prep pics.  I usually like to mix it up, so don't hate me for sharing back to back manis with you.

A couple weeks ago, there was a pink nail art challenge posted by Fab Ur Nails.  At the time, I thought this was a great challenge.  And then I thought about it for a while and couldn't come up with anything original, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to take a stab at gradient sponging.   I did not submit these to the pink nail art challenge.

I started with Color Club She's So Glam!, a bubblegum pink creme.  Application on this was meh.  It was streaky even after two coats.  I wasn't too worried about the application because I knew I'd be layering over this with two other colors.

The second coat was an un-named Color Club light berry creme from the All About Color collection.  I started about a third of the way up from the base of the nail and sponged toward the tip.

The third color was another un-named Color Club color in a darker berry creme from the All About Color collection.  I started about two thirds up from the base of the nail and took the color all the way to the tips.  I don't know if it was the choice of colors or what, but I wasn't happy with this.  So not happy, in fact, that I took this off and started completely over after I took these pictures.  Good thing I only did my left hand. 

This is the mess that I ended up with that night.  I was having some inspiration issues.  I ended up with about 10 bottles of polish/paint (not including base and top coat), various art tools and a sponge out on the table.  What I settled on is that bright blue in the bottom right corner.

What do you do when you have a mani fail?  Do you wear it for a day or so because you took the time to do it?  Or do you just clean it up and start over?