Butterfly Stamping

Hello Sweeties!

Today I want to share a quick "recycled" manicure with you. A few days ago I showed you the gradient manicure using OPI sheer tints. I decided to make it a bit more girlie and added some stamped accents.

On my ringfinger I added a little fairy. Isn't she cute and elegant? And on my thumb a bunch of butterflies. I love how well they go with the sparkly gradient. And they look a bit like thay are floating, because I added them after I already had topcoat on. it is pretty much the same effect like in a Jelly Sandwich and the sheer tints intensify that and add even more depth.

This is the plate I used: Sorry for the bad lighting.

How do you like this manicure? Is this something you would wear too?

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OPI sheer tints Gradient

Hello Beauties!

How was your week? I had a good one. My brother came to visit and we had a good time. I really enjoyed having him and his girlfriend around. Unfortunately I hurt my ankle yesterday. I missed a little step and twisted my foot. Now I can barely step on it so I am sitting on the sofa with a big pillow underneath my leg... Perfect timing for the weekend! :-(

Nevertheless I have a super easy and gorgeous manicure to share with you. Let me show you how I did it.

After applying base coat (I recently switched to a Wet 'n Wild product) I painted my nails white using two coats of claire's - Cloud and layered one coat of flormar - Holographic Silver (392) over it. (They are both from my Berlin Haul and will also be shown separately.)

For the gradient I used three shades of the OPI sheer tints collection. Don't Violet Me Down, Be Magentale with Me, I'm Never Amberressed. I applied the purple to approximately one third of my nails and then went over it with the pink, overlapping about half of it. Tor the tips I used the yellow tint and also covered part of the pink to get an orange shade.

This is a super easy way to do a gradient and you don't need any special tools. Just make sure to let every layer dry for a bit before painting over or it might end up looking gooey. On my pinkie I tried to add some more sparkle and added another layer of glitter over the gradient but that was a bit too much. So I quickly went over it again with colour before covering my nails with top coat. That's why it looks a bit darker then the rest.

I am totally in love with this manicure. It is so wonderfully sparkly and colourful. I could not stop moving my fingers and looking at all the iridescent sparkles.

In sunlight it looked even better. Super shiny and twinkling. Here are some more pictures for you:

Have you ever done a gradient with jelly polishes? How do you like this manicure?

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Glitterbomb Gradient Ombre

Hello Lovelies!

Today it is a bit cooler than it was all last week and I start feeling like a human being again. This post was supposed to be up yesterday, but it was too hot and I couldn't get myself to sit in front of the computer. So let me show you what I did here.

Originally this manicure was supposed to be focussing on my first Color Club polish by the name Blush Crush (1065) that looks like a lovely nude creme inside the bottle. So I started painting my nails and immediately knew it was a jelly. It is so very sheer. I started to build up the coats to get opacity on one nail first because I wanted to know how many it would take. Once I've reached the 4th layer and still could see my nail line I took it off and painted a white base first.

I used one coat of NYX - White followed by two layers of Blush Crush. Although the formula is excellent and easy to spread and apply I am a bit disappointed in this polish. I was hoping for a bit more coverage. I really like the colour in the bottle, but it is hardly visible on the nail. I guess it would be perfect if you are aiming for an all natural look.

That said I took out my box of glitter toppers and decided to go for essence - glitterbomb (10) wich has a softly tinted vintage rose jelly base packed with tiny microglitter and some medium sized hexes in a lovely magenta shade. I only used one coat to get a very good result with a good amount of glitter on the nails.

In natural light and sunshine it is very sparkly and shiny, wich I totally love.

To give my manicure a bit more colour I used two of my OPI sheer tints to create an ombre gradient on top of the glitter. At the tip of my nails I used Don't Violet Me Down and then covered the whole nail with Be Magentale With Me. This worked fantastic and gave me a super easy gradient.

To give it the last touch I topcoated the manicure with Seche Vite and created a little flower with self adhesive rhinestones as an accent on my ringfinger.

I love how easy it is to create an accent with rhinestones. You really don't have to be a gifted nail artist to achieve fantastic results. Be sure to use a very liquid top coat to seal in rhinestones. I found that the thicker ones like Seche Vite tend to cause bubbles around the stones.

I am really happy with this manicure and even my fianceé noticed how fancy they look!

Do you like this manicure too? Isn't this a perfectly easy way to create a gradient?

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Wet 'n Wild - Gray's Anatomy

Hello Lovelies!

How are you all doing on this lovely Sunday? Today I want to show you a Wet 'n Wild polish I purchased online a while back. This is Gray's Anatomy (E237C).

Gray's Anatomy is a very sheer creme duochrome polish. The base is a middle grey with a soft shimmer. It shifts from purple to a golden green. The formula is good and easy to apply but you'll need a couple of layers to reach opacity. For my swatches I applied four coats. Even though the drying time is rather short, it took me quite a while to get this kind of coverage.

To avoid tha,t it is probably best to layer this polish over a grey creme polish with good coverage.

In direct sunlight the golden green shimmer is clearly visible. I like it best this way. The purple is also quite nice, but this shade is my favourite!

Are you a fan of duochrome polish? How do you like thisone?

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