Whoa. I cannot believe I haven't posted in almost a month. School's been busy. Tonight I, maybe, could be studying a bit more, but I was suddenly overwhelmed with the overwhelming desire to blog. So, you see what won. I haven't done much nail art recently. This art is from weeks ago. I am looking forward to trying out one thing for Halloween, though. I'll need to get on that soon! Anyway, here's what I came up with a while ago:
I started out with a coat of Essie Protein Base Coat. I then painted on two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White. After that, I painted on a coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly to avoid pulling up my base color with my sponge.
When that was all dry, I took a makeup sponge and painted on a stripe of three different colors. I made sure they all overlapped a bit to help the color transition to be smooth. The purple is Rimmel Wild Orchid; the blue is Essie Blue Rhapsody; and the pink is Sally Hansen Pink Blink. I stippled the color over my nails with the makeup sponge until the color was as opaque as I wanted it. I flipped the sponge over so that the order of the colors alternated on my nails. On my pointer and ring fingers I wanted the purple to be at my cuticles, and I wanted the pink to be at my cuticles on my other three nails.
I then applied two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly. It's super fun to do gradients because the thin layer of polish dries really fast and a top coat will only help the colors to blend in more. You don't really need to wait to apply the top coat!
This rounded nail shape has been working out for me so well! I can grow my nails longer and I don't have any more sharp corners that catch clothing and/or break off! My manicures last for so long because no part of my nails bend! They're way stronger like this! The corners of my nails used to always bend and then the polish would chip off. Also, my actual nails have not been flaking! Certain nail shapes work better on different people. Experiment until you find out what's best for you!
I will try to post more often. I really do enjoy blogging. The wisest thing I have read on a blog is that you should not blog when you don't feel like it. A blog is supposed to be fun, and if I don't feel like writing a post, the post will not be of high quality. It can't be forced. So, anyway, I haven't forgotten about the blog and I hope to do some more manicures! I am super excited to do a Halloween manicure! I hope you have all been doing well!
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