Friday, March 22, 2013

My very first Gradient

So I promised more activity blog posts and I will definitely be doing more.  So I apologize if I blow up your blog feed with posts.

I have spent countless hours looking at pics of gradients and videos on how to do them.  I bought makeup sponges a few months ago, and was to afraid to try one, because I assumed I would fail miserably.

I mentioned wanting to do a gradient for a friend and she told me I should and a few on Twitter told me I should try as well.  So I gave it a go.

I used the following colors:

butter London Dodgy Barnett
OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Sally Hansen Navy Baby


The used the method where you pant a thin coat of the lightest color on your nails, and then I painted my colors on a makeup sponge and then dabbed the colors onto my nails.







Since I don't have any self control I added NYC Matte Me Crazy, and OMG I love it!



Then I needed to add Black Cat Lacquer Love Will Tear Us Apart.


Overall, I am very proud of how well my gradient turned out and all of my additions to it seemed to work pretty well!

What do you think?

27 comments:

  1. I still haven't mastered gradients! This is gorgeous though, love it, especially with the matte top coat! :)

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  2. Fantastic! Loving the changes around here too!

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  3. Love it! I have to try this some day. I bought the sponges months ago. lol Thanks for sharing! :-)

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    1. I was the same. I was afraid it would be bad. I watched a bunch of videos before I did it.

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  4. It's funny how we think these techniques will be beyond us until we try. I am the same with every new nail technique. Your results are fab - well done!

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  5. Omg! Your nail's size and shape look like mine! :)
    Now i wanna make too beautiful nails! ;)

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  6. Well done! Your first gradient was a big success :D

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  7. Great job Wes, they look great! Now that you've broken the ice with your first gradient, hopefully I won't be much farther behind you with mine. ;<) Can't wait to see what you try next.

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  8. Didnt know you had a blog! Love these, have they been on your instagram and I just missed them?? Rach x

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  9. I love it too! Love that you glitter-coated your first gradient. I'm the sane way... always adding just a little more to look at! Where all those blog posts go? I want to see more!

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