Oz inspiration for a now gone challenge

I did this mani as part of the weekly challenge category in one of my Google+ communities.  The challenge for the week involved the Wizard of Oz in theme.  I was excited for this as I have a couple of OPI's Oz polishes and love the movies.  AND Rachel Weisz's nails were killer in the movie, and this mani was inspired by that.

From Oz the Great and Powerful

Pretty bad a$$, right??

The colors I used were all OPI: 

- base- My Vampire Is Buff

- Gold glitter on middle finger- When Monkeys Fly

- Bronze glitter- actually a liquid sand color, What Wizardry Is This?

I should't love my own work, but I love this manicure.  It was a tape manicure to achieve the slashes of bronze glitter which also sparkles more with top coat.  The gold glitter....that has some seriously large gold hex glitter in it.  

But I have lost my enthusiasm for this manicure as there is some unknown drama going on within the community, leading to some fantastic and supportive moderators no longer being involved.  Pardon this part of my post as I am climbing up on my soapbox, but it is sad to see when support wanes in a community such as this one and personality takes over.  I like this community, but something seems off here in spite of the "open dialogue" currently taken place regarding these changes.  The changes seem to go against what a community such as this would be about.  So, I am probably going to engage more consistently with other communities and hope to still keep in touch with those who are no longer involved as this was a great sisterhood of support and an inspiration to always improve your skills/art.

With that said, and thank you for listening.  I am bringing the manicam back for its weekly installments, going to continue to be inspired by others and hopefully inspire others, and finish this post with a little dose of cute.  :)