Good morning my lovelies!!
Today's look really captured my heart. When I saw this in my head, it was not nearly this pretty. Don't you love when that happens? I wanted to do something very snowy and subtle, yet eye-catching. I also really wanted to use some of the adorable "Holiday-ish" stamps I'd never used before. So I settled on snowy gradients with pretty snowflake stamps. The matte top coat was and afterthought, and as it turns out, the perfect finishing touch for the effect I wanted to achieve.
Sponging with a creme and a jelly made the gradients blend beautifully, flawlessly and very easily! It also made the clean-up fairly quicker because Don't touch my Tutu is a sheer White jelly so it came off my cuticles and skin with no problem. I really like the look created where the White jelly met the Creme polishes. The Red to White gradients required more build-up as Rehka went a little Pink when layered over the White creme base.
To really smooth out the gradients and give them a snowy effect I did a layer of Cult Nails Doppelganger. I was so tempted to stop there and just leave the gradients, but I really wanted to stamp. For the snowflake stamps I used Bundle Monster plate BM323. The Silver snowflakes were done with Sally Hansen Silver Sweep and the Gold with China Glaze Passion. I then top coated with Seche Vite and placed some "glequin" accents on the flakes. I finished the whole look off with a coat of Twee & Honey's This is Matteness- matte top coat to give the finished mani a frosted glass kind of look.
What do you guys think?
Looks great. I've seen a lot of snowflake stampings in the last few days (most of them even with the same stamping plate) but your's is the most colorful.
ReplyDeletehow beautiful! i like it a little bit better without the stamping...but both looks are amazing ;)
ReplyDeleteAwww, love it! Looks so cute. ♥♥♥
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wow this is beautiful! I love the gradients!
ReplyDeleteI just used this stamp in a "winter" look! It's so pretty! I would've been tempted to leave the gradients alone as well - I love that you used a white jelly to do a gradient with, never would have occurred to me to do that and it turned out so good!
ReplyDeleteI love these gradients! You did them perfectly!
ReplyDeletereally beautiful gradient!
ReplyDeleteIt really did turn out fab and frosty with the matte coat. Truly inspired. You go, girl!
ReplyDeleteHappy holidays!
LOVE this! It's festive but very different and creative!
ReplyDeleteWOW! So cute!
ReplyDeleteThis is sooooo pretty!!
ReplyDeleteSimply lovely!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Your nails look amazing! Gradients are always cool but these are really something.
ReplyDeleteYour nails are lovely, but those gradients are awesome!
ReplyDeleteomg wonderful and way tooooo cute :) love it
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great manicure, I love the gradients and the snowflakes on top. Very Holiday-appropriate ;)
ReplyDeletewow I absolutely love this xx
ReplyDeleteSuch a soft gradient, very lovely!
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