Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Neons, Crackle, and Striping - Days 41, 42 & 43

Day 41 of the 90 Day Challenge
I did this mani before I realized that the popular trend right now is gradient manis. I wanted to do something bright, but I didn't want just one color. I decided to try doing a gradient. I haven't done many, maybe 1 or 2 in the past. I love how it came out :)
For this mani I did a base coat of China Glaze - "Oxygen" and then using a makeup sponge I sponged using:
China Glaze - "In The Lime Light"
Sinful Colors - "Neon Melon"
Sinful Colors - "Summer Peach"
 China Glaze - "In The Lime Light"
Sinful Colors - "Neon Melon"
Sinful Colors - "Summer Peach"
 
 Most of the nails turned out great. I had a few where the orange wanted to over take the yellow, but all and all it turned out awesome. I loved it and I can see me doing this one again. I plan on trying other neon colors. The sad thing though is while I had this mani I ended up breaking about 3 nails :( But on the upside they are all about the same length now!!
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Day 42 of the 90 Day Challenge

My SO wanted me to paint my nails using green and gray. I decided to paint them green ad use gray crackle on top. The problem came when I couldn't decide which green to use.... so I choose 5 greens :)

 L to R: China Glaze "Tree Hugger", "Four Leaf Clover", "Paper Chasing", Zoya "Ivanka", and Revlon "Rain Forest"

 Thumb = "Rain Forest", Pointer = "Ivanka", Middle = "Paper Chasing", Ring = "Four Leaf Clover", Pinky = "Tree Hugger"

After I applied 2 coats of each polish to each nail I saw that 2 had a shimmer but the other 3 didn't so I added a coat of Icing "Call Me Glitzy" over the last 3. This way they all looked to have a similar finish.

 I then added a coat of 2012 by Cherimoya "DNA" crackle polish.
Final Results:



All of the polishes went on great. The crackle was a bit thick and goopy, but it turned out so that's what matters :) I have a bunch of the 2012 crackles and I should use them more. I wonder if you can add thinner to crackle or if that would ruin it... Will have to do some research :)
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Day 43 of the 90 Day Challenge

The last thing for today is a mani that I am currently wearing while typing up this post. I used the gradient method again but I also used some striping tape :)

I used 2 coats of Nicole by O.P.I. "Kim-Pletely In Love" but I forgot to take a picture :/ sorry

I then sponged over that using Sinful Colors "Dream On" and "Bikini"

 Sinful Colors "Dream On"

 Sinful Colors "Bikini"


I added a coat of SV Quick Dry and then applied striping tape to each nail. I used the same designs on my other hand too. I then applied 1 coat of China Glaze "Smoke and Ashes"


I need to work on getting my tape straight but other then that I really like the results :)

Well that's it for today. I'm trying to catch up with the 90 challenge that's why I posted for 3 days in one post.

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2 comments:

  1. Ooh I just love the last one.. the pink & purple tape stripes.. just fabulous! The colors are PERFECT!

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    1. Thank you :) I've been having fun doing the gradients, and the neons and bright colors make it even more fun :)

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