Purple Blitz

Hey there,..  its been a bit longer than I intended but its actually difficult to do nail looks on top of a gel polish that is growing out.  I tried a couple and they didn't work out so well.

This is my first attempt at using tape on my own nails to do a look.  I'm so impatient and it hasn't come out well.. but as I managed to touch it up enough that it turned out okay i've gone with it. 

So here it is,... 

I was excited about doing this and forgot to take a photo of my first colour.

I put tape on my nails and made each finger slightly different and then applied the second colour.

I was too eager and didn't let my base coat dry enough so when pulling the tape off the lighter colour was damaged and bumpy.

As the lines weren't clean I used a glittery striper to devide the colours.

I cleaned off my fingers and then put the top coats on.

Most of my fingers have a normal top coat but for my forefinger I used Essie Matte About You

So thats all for now...  and I promise to try and figure out how to take better photos...   :)

Catch ya next time  :)

Glittering Garland Gradient

How is it going everyone?  Actually, being my first blog I feel like I'm talking to myself.  I'm starting a blog to put all my nail designs in one place and to keep notes on my attempts to help me get better at doing my nails and hopefully I entertain people on the way   : )

I'm saying it from the beginning that I make no claims that the designs in my blog are unique or original.  I'm not good at creating the ideas, I just like trying out designs I find.

My first blog is attempting the tricky gradient look.  So here we go,..

This what I have put my look on top of.  This is a gel manicure from Monaco.  So I haven't started from a clean nail base, which will affect the final look.

I applied a light green polish

... and then I sponged on my second colour in two layers, starting closer to the edge with the second coat.   Ending with a top coat to get my final look.

What I used for this look.  On the left that is China Glaze Glittering Garland

Not too bad for my first attempt and doing a gradient look.  :D

Catch you guys next time   

(I'm totally feeling like a crazy woman talking to herself)