Vampy gradient

I saw this gradient on Pinterest a couple weeks ago and absolutely fell in love with it.  I loved the dark vampy look of the black tips against the blood red.  The pin originated from http://www.lovevarnish.com/2012/06/vampy-gradient.html so credit goes to her for this awesomesauce mani.

This is 2 coats of Sally Hansen Right Said Red sponged with a combination of Sally Hansen Wine Not and Wet N Wild Black Creme.  Then I added just a teeny bit of sponging on the black tips with Orly Androgynie. 

This is a mani I can sink my teeth into.  I'd stake my life on it.

Hope you have a great day!

Bright Flower Gradient Nails

Hello ladies, hope you've all been well :)

Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been recovering from a brutal allergy season. I've had a terrible cough for the past two weeks.. BUT! I'm back in action with a pretty new mani to show you guys!

I started this one with two coats of China Glaze Papaya Punch, then created a gradient with China Glaze uh.....the fuchsia one from their spring collection, and China Glaze Spontaneous. And you know what? This freaking mani chipped in two hours! Yeah. I did these at about 6:30, got in the shower at 7:45, and when I got out they had chipped. WHAT! Lame.

I'm not sure what my camera's problem was when I took the pictures of the gradient, because that's DEFINITELY not how this looks in person. The final pictures are more color-accurate.

I Konaded over it with plate RA-112 - don't know what to call this pattern? But anyway. I think it came out so pretty! I've been out of practice lately with my nail art so I was pleasantly surprised with the way this one turned out.

That's all for today, have a fabulous day! Almost the weekend :)

Day 10: Gradient Nails featuring Teenage Dream

I struggled for a while thinking about what to do for gradient nails. I wasn't feeling up to doing a full color gradient, so I decided to do a glitter gradient a la The Polished Perfectionist.

I started with three coats of Revlon Top Speed Candy. It's your regular old medium pink creme polish. One thing I find about these Top Speed polishes is that they seem to be pretty streaky -- I have another light colored Top Speed polish that is hard to get opaque because it is so streaky. Anyone else have that problem?

Anyway, then I sponged on OPI Teenage Dream at the base of my nails. I really like the way this looks as opposed to glitter fading down from the tips! Plus this mani is simple and that's what I need after a few busy manis in a row. ;)

Do you prefer glitter gradients from the tip down or the base up, like this one?

220 Volts Gradient

After Let Them Have Polish did this gradient mani, I had a burning desire to do one too!

I used three coats of Funky Fingers 220 Volts. This is a BRIGHT neon blue.. I'm surprised these pictures look as color accurate as they do! I didn't get a swatch of this alone, sorry :(

Then I sponged on China Glaze Mistletoe Kisses. Overall I'm really liking how this looks, even if it is a little summery for September. I can never use fall colors for too many manis in a row :)

Short post for today, but there's not much else to say! What do you think?

Hawaiian T-Shirt

Aloha fellow nailaholics! I knew I wanted to sit down and do something fun with sponging today. This post is pic heavy!  :)

 I started with a base of Sally Hansen Coral Fever, which is a beautiful light.....coral. I know right? Who woulda thunk!?

Two coats of Coral Fever.

After, I sponged Sally Hansen Amazing Blaze and Sally Hansen Right Said Red (I'm...too sexy for my nails...) to create the gradient effect. I started off with an old crappy eyeshadow applicator but then found that these really cheap sponges we have work about 10x better!

Finally, I stamped with the Hawaiian looking flower pattern from BM221 and Konad white polish.

Pretty! In the sun!

I was going to use black but I'm so glad I stuck with white because I am loving this so much!! It looks like one of those cheesy Hawaiian shirts....



Eh? Eh?? Very summery, I think! This is one of my first successful sponging attempts and it came out nicely, so can I get a YAY ME!?

Hope everyone has a wonderful day,

-Amanda

Sunburst gradient

This is a mani I did 4 days ago and it's beginning to chip and show tip wear and cuticle pull, but I didn't want to remove it without sharing it. It's a sunburst gradient using the Wet N Wild Fast Dry polishes. I started with Everybody Loves Redmond.

Then taped off the nail and added 9.0.2.1. Orange and The Wonder Yellows.

In retrospect I wish I'd chosen a creme for the orange, because I didn't like the combination of the orange shimmer with the cremes. But I do like the colors. This was my first attempt at taping off my nails and I don't think I did *too* bad on it. Anyway, I've gotten lots of compliments on them.