New nail obsession

My new nail obsession is the 30's moon manicure. I would describe it as a reverse French manicure, with the thinner colour stripe over the half moons of the nail rather than the white tips. There's a throw-away line in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep which refers to a female character having painted her nails red "all the way to the quick". Reading this years ago, I wondered how it would work; not painting your entire nail. Apparently, it was common place back in the day to leave your half moons unpainted (my gran confirms this as actual fact.)
Then, recently, it was a confluence of events where I first read a blog post about these "moon manicures" and then a friend went to a vintage store to get this vintage-style manicure, I kept seeing or reading about the nail style. Events were conspiring to get me to try it out.
For my first go, I started with a clear base coat, then a gold colour polish with a baby pink over the top. Rather than using little stickers or tape, I steeled my nerves and painted freehand. It took a very steady hand to paint the top coat from the natural line of my half moons. Maybe a tad messy, it still looked pretty cool.
For work, I used a natural pink colour normally used for French manicures, with a purple-brown top colour. It looked cool but not too vintage; so I didn't look like a Miss Marple extra.