It's late so probably no one will see these, but that is kind of ok. 🤣🤣🤣 I like them because I like puke colors and nature, but I know that is not everyone's cup of tea. 😜 Anyway, I've decided that these are leaf cells. If you look closely you can see some mitosis happening. Yay for biology! And spring! 😄😄😄 (This totally counts as a spring mani, right? 😆)
Gradients look SO NICE, but I've never been that great at them. The sponge method doesn't work well for me because my C-curve is so strong that the edges of my nails usually don't get coated in polish. 🙁 There is a new stamping plate out - Make Your Mark 03 by Lina Nail Art Supplies - that has a blank rectangle in it. The first time I saw the plate was on Instagram and a girl was putting stripes of polish in it and then swiping a couple of times to mix them to create a gradient. It turned out GREAT. Needless to say I had to have it.
So my left hand (my practice hand) doesn't look quite as nice as this one, but I gotta say that this method is pretty effective for gradients. The polish that gets picked up on the stamper is super thin so doing a few layers builds it nicely.
Weirdly, the only thing I ended up painting on these was topcoat. I did three thin layers of white, and then 2 - 3 of my yellow / green mix, and then the pattern, ALL WITH THE STAMPER. 😳 If you don't like the feel of thick polish then maybe you would like this, but you'd need liquid latex or tape or something to keep from having to drench your skin / nails in acetone trying to clean up the mess (which is what I did - woohoo for not planning!)
I tend to like thicker layers on my nails because they are thin and I clean a lot because of all of my ani-pals, so thicker coats protect my nails and stay on longer. My nails feel almost naked right now and I'm not down with it. I keep also feeling like this whole mani is gonna flake right off so I decided to get a pic and post it before I destroyed them.
Anyway, what do you guys think? Too fugly for spring? 😜😆🤣
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