Ruby Red Pumps Gradient

I started doing my nails the other night and got so into it that I almost forgot to take pictures.. So in the pictures of the base color you will see some tape on my fingers. When I do gradients I always put tape around my nails after doing my base color. I find this makes cleanup a lot easier. Well I had started doing the gradient on one hand when I realized that I didn't take a picture. I didn't want to take the tape off and have to put it back on, so I hope you understand. :) Ok enough babble and on to the nails!!!

 I did 2 coats of China Glaze "Snap My Dragon" In the picture I'm sure you can see the nail line. I don't know if I told you all yet but a few months ago I bought a set of Custom Nails from CNS. I love these things, and I think it is the best purchase I've made in quite some time. The reason the line is so visible is that they are permanent french tip so it is had to get opaque coverage with out a white base coat. It really isn't so noticeable in person. If you want to know more about these nails check out their site here: Custom Nail Solutions.. moving on :)

 This color is very pretty. The formula is wonderful and very smooth. I had no issues with this polish. It is from their Avant Garden Collection. I think I ended up buying most of the collection. "Snap my Dragon" is a bright reddish-pink with pink shimmer.

 For the gradient I used another China Glaze polish, "Ruby Pumps" This is another polish that is beautiful. It is a bright red jelly loaded with red glitter. It is part of the core collection, but I've heard that some people have a hard time getting their hands on it since it is so popular. 

 "Ruby Pumps" is another wonderful polish. I applied it to the top portion of all my nails (and the bottom of my ring finger) using a makeup sponge.

 The final result of this gradient ended up being very subtle which I liked. I love gradients so this was a nice way to change it up a little and not have something that was super noticeable.

 All in all I think this turned out great and look forward to using other polishes from the Avant Garden collection

 These two polishes worked very well together. Just another reason why I love China Glaze so much.

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Green-Teal Gradient Spotted!

I know I haven't been around much but I'm still kicking. I am currently suffering from a really bad sunburn I got this weekend while up north with my guy. So here is what was on my nails for the weekend!

I started out with 2 coats of Essie "Blanc" which has been my current go to white base polish.

 I then did 2 coats of one of my favorite neon greens China Glaze "I'm With The Life Guard" I just love everything about this polish. I have several bottles of it :) The application is awesome, it's a lovely bright neon green.

 It dries a little matte, but with top coat it just glows.

  

 For the gradient I used another China Glaze polish. This one is "Custom Kicks"

 I really think these two go together great. It's a very beautiful and smooth gradient. Gradients are by far my favorite thing to do.

 How awesome does that look? I still couldn't leave it alone lol... so I added an accent nail...

 Maybelline Color Show "Clearly Spotted" is from their current Polka Dots collection that includes 4 other polishes. I love this polish and I think I have several versions of the matte black and white glitters from several different brands.

 The other 4 in this collection are the same glitters in a colored base, green, blue, orange, and pink. I bought them all :) This mani still felt like it needed something.

 My good old Northern Lights topcoat was there to same the day :)

 It finally felt completed!

I love this mani and I have been wearing it for almost a week. Tonight it is coming off though for something new. Do you like this mani? What are your thoughts on gradients? Would you like to see more? Less?

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It's been awhile, but I'm still here!

I've been busy this last month or so. I got out of a bad relationship. I got in a car accident and had my car totaled. I met a great new guy who is better and nicer then anything I could have ever imagined. I just got a new vehicle. It's nothing awesome but I like it. So with all that I have a little down time so I thought I would get a quick post up. Oh and I can tell I really like the new guy because I haven't done my nails a lot lately. My last polish stayed on for over a week!!! lol that's like forever. But I'm not complaining :) Oh to the polish...

I started out with a bast of China Glaze "White on White" I really don't care for this white. I have yet to find a white that I really like that has a good formula. I feel like "White on White'" is kind of a chalky formula, but I just went with it. I then used China Glaze "Gothic Lolita" to sponge over the top halves of my nails.

 Base 2 coats of China Glaze "White on White"

 Sponged China Glaze "Gothic Lolita" Such a wonderful polish. I love everything about it.

 I decided to top the gradient with China Glaze "Bling It On" which is part of a recent collection that I love. I love glitter toppers :)

 This is the purple of the collection.

 I think they look great and I love how they turned out!

Well that's it for today. Sorry about not really being around. I hope that as I get into the swing of a new relationship that I will start posting more again. I hope you enjoyed this post. Take care and keep reading :)

Pink and Purple Gradient

In case you haven't realized by now, I really love gradients. I love doing them. I love how they look. As I love the endless combinations. I can't say I've perfected the gradient, but I think in general mine usually turn out pretty well. So with that said here is my latest gradient!

 I started out with 2 coats of Rimmel London "Pulsating" I really love this polish. The formula was wonderful. The coverage was perfect. The color is beautiful. The second the brush touch my nail I knew I was in love and needed to get a back up :)

 I had second thoughts about doing a gradient since I loved this polish so much, but I knew it was just going to make the gradient even better since it was already so awesome looking.

 The second polish I used was Zoya but I don't know the name of it :( at some point the label fell off, or made it was never there. So I'm not sure what the color is, if you think you know please let me know.

 I think these two colors work perfectly together. I love how this turned out.

 This came out perfect. I don't think I could have done it any better.

 Sorry for being kinda spammy... but I just love this mani and I couldn't decide what pictures to use, so I just used them all hehe :) I didn't notice the little bit of polish on my pinky lol so please excuse that :)

 After a day I decided to add an accent nail so I used a polish I was looking for everywhere, and had finally found that day. I added two coats of Revlon "Heavenly" I guess this is a dupe of a Deborah Lippmann "Stairway To Heaven" but I don't own it, but I did find a good comparison here: thekarend

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Jack The Lifeguard Green Gradient

I haven't done just a plain gradient in awhile and I like to think I'm pretty good at them. Green is my favorite color and I wanted something bright. I always think a nice pretty manicure can really cheer you up, at least it does for me :)

This isn't going to be a very wordy post. Sometimes I think most people just look at the pictures anyways :)

  I used one of my favorite greens China Glaze "I'm With The Life Lifeguard" I started with 2 nice coats.

 For the gradient I used Butter London "Jack The Lad" 

 I think these polishes go really well together and I think they blended very well.

 I felt that it still needed a little something, so....

 I added a coat of Northern Lights! You can never go wrong with Northern Lights :)

 i really wish my nails would stop breaking so they would all be the same length for once. I hate chopping my nails down just because one breaks :(

 My nails make me think of limes, limes covered in glitter lol.

Well that's it for today. After I get this post up I am going to be posting a surprise!!! So keep your eyes open. Thanks for reading!