I'm a bit late posting this, actually it was my NOTD from Thursday, but I've fallen behind with editing pics. Too busy shoveling snow among other things LOL.
When I picked up these 2 colors I thought they'd go well together & I think I was right =) I started out with China Glaze Spontaneous for my base color. I LOVE this purple, it is a medium purple cream & it looked like this with 2 coats:
These pics turned out more accurate than I expected for a purple. it is really a little redder than it shows under the natural lamp, a little darker than it shows with camera flash. If I hadn't already had plans, I would have been more than happy to leave it this way.
My plans involved some pinking shears & some painter's tape, and although I don't hate the way it turned out, I think my results would have been a little better if I'd applied said tape once my nails were 100% dry. As it was, I ended up doing polish surgery once I took off my guides. My original idea was to do like a french tip, with the purple on the tips & the glitter on the nail bed, but then I decided that wasn't out of the ordinary enough. After all, the glitter I chose is OPI Mad As A Hatter, and I think that deserves something a little more crazy, so I went with alternating zigzags of color:
What do you think? For me, even though I liked it, it was only OK. I wasn't sad to take it off LOL. Pics of my red NOTD from Friday coming soon =)
Thanks for reading.
~Colette
When I picked up these 2 colors I thought they'd go well together & I think I was right =) I started out with China Glaze Spontaneous for my base color. I LOVE this purple, it is a medium purple cream & it looked like this with 2 coats:
These pics turned out more accurate than I expected for a purple. it is really a little redder than it shows under the natural lamp, a little darker than it shows with camera flash. If I hadn't already had plans, I would have been more than happy to leave it this way.
My plans involved some pinking shears & some painter's tape, and although I don't hate the way it turned out, I think my results would have been a little better if I'd applied said tape once my nails were 100% dry. As it was, I ended up doing polish surgery once I took off my guides. My original idea was to do like a french tip, with the purple on the tips & the glitter on the nail bed, but then I decided that wasn't out of the ordinary enough. After all, the glitter I chose is OPI Mad As A Hatter, and I think that deserves something a little more crazy, so I went with alternating zigzags of color:
What do you think? For me, even though I liked it, it was only OK. I wasn't sad to take it off LOL. Pics of my red NOTD from Friday coming soon =)
Thanks for reading.
~Colette
Those colors look great together!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you paired these two together! I was thinking about doing it too! I love the zig zag effect you did! Brilliance! :)
ReplyDeletePainters tape! My favorite! I love the design, it looks like waves of glitter.
ReplyDeleteGreat colors together.
ReplyDeleteJagged edge. =)
Good colour combo. Very nice. I would have liked the glitter to be all on the left or all on the right. Or maybe the zigzag diagonally across half the nail from R to L? Good but not quite great.
ReplyDeleteNice!!!
ReplyDeleteSpontaneous is my FAV polish!
Spontaneous is one of my favs too! It's an awesome purple creme. Looks good on you.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks really neat! Love the idea... *ponders if there is painter's tape in garage*
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the concept of zig zags. That is so unique and cool. Nice job. :D
ReplyDeleteSpontaneous is gorgeous ! I'm not a big fan of MAAH but it looks good with Spontaneous. Your design idea is really great, I love how it turned ^^
ReplyDeleteGILDEDANGEL - DISTANT DREAMER - CYAN - THESS - Thank you =)
ReplyDeleteJALJEN - I do kind of wish I'd gone with my original idea of more of a traditional french look, but this was fun for a day =)
GINA - DENNY - Thanks =)
NAIL NARC - Hope you found some LOL =)
CRYSTAL POLISH - AYUU - Thank you =)