China Glaze Tropical Gradient Nail Art with Stamping

Hello folks!

Just a quick one - today I wanted to share with you all this tropical inspired nail art.

Yes I was wearing my dressing gown in this photo...

This was actually super easy to do!

I started off by creating a gradient on all my nails except my ring finger, which I painted black. To create the gradient I used:

China Glaze Werk It Honey, Pretty Fit and Glamletics (for the gradient)
Primark PS Polish in Marshmallow (white base)

Start off with white on all the nails that will have the gradient, and then you can create the gradient. I just used a make up sponge (think cheap ones from Primark/Poundland), painted the polish onto the sponge in the order I wanted them to be, and dabbed the polish onto my nails in thin layers. Just do this till you're happy with the opacity (from memory this particular gradient was 3 layers).

Next I used Born Pretty BP-L047 stamping plate and stamped in black polish over the gradient. For the accent nail I first stamped the design in white. I attempted to stamp the gradient on over the white but it absolutely was not picking up on my stamper! Instead I diluted each colour down using acetone and painted over the white design. This was INSANELY challenging as I was having to use my left hand to do this. As you can see in the picture below it's not a perfect result but overall I'm really happy with how it turned out.

To finish I sealed the design in with a no smudge top coat and then topped it off with a matte top coat. I've been really into matte nails recently; I just feel they can take a mani to a whole 'nother level that a glossy top coat just can't achieve.

That's all I have - told ya this would be a quick one!

If you liked this design be sure to come back for more, and also comment below and let me know if there is anything you would like to see more of.

Hope to see ya next time!

Comments

Barry M Under The Sea Collection Review and Swatches

I'm a little later than I wanted to be in getting this out but I've been dealing with some life things over the past few weeks and I have been going through the process of adopting a cat! I've also felt a little unmotivated and just plain low over the past couple of weeks which hasn't helped. Nevertheless, on to the main point of this post: Barry M's Under The Sea nail paints! You can get these direct from Barry M or from your local Superdrug. They're £3.99 each (pretty standard for Barry M polishes), although I snagged mine in a 2 for £7 deal at Superdrug. As is suggested by the name, these shades are inspired by sea creatures, particularly mermaids. The bottle caps all have cute little fish decals which makes them stand out from the standard bottles. The collection has four duochrome shades: Angelfish, Butterflyfish, Jellyfish and Pinktail. Angelfish First up we have Angelfish. This is a gorgeous pale pink with a white shift, and the most sub...

Instagram Nail Art Challenge (Glam Nails): March Edition

Okay so I have been a little bit... not around on this blog for a while (again) thanks to finally adopting my cat! His name is Billy and he's an absolute sweetheart when he's not throwing the cat litter everywhere except the litter tray. As you would expect a lot of my time has been taken up dealing with him, and as such I've just been too tired to do my nails and write about it. Anyway, today I wanted to share with you a nail art challenge on Instagram I recently took part it. It's called the Glam Nails Challenge and is a series of prompts that you follow each month. Its feature account is @glamnailschallenge , which is run by the lovely Bianka at @nbnailart (definitely check her out; her work is awesome!). The challenge uses the hashtag #glamnailschallenge followed by whatever month it is e.g. March was #glamnailschallengemarch. March was the first month I took part (my first ever challenge actually) and I absolutely loved it! Below is the list of prompts for e...

Instagram Nail Art Challenge (Glam Nails): April Edition

Hello! Somehow it has been another month and I have completed another round of the Glam Nails Challenge on Instagram. I'll warn y'all now; these designs are quite China Glaze heavy as I treated myself to the Chic Physique collection as a birthday present and I. FELL. IN. LOVE. If you're in the UK I purchased the Chic Physique collection from here (saves me linking each individual product!). Anyway, for April the prompts were as follows: And here are my corresponding mani's! ( Note: I am gradually updating my collection to be cruelty free but to do that I am using up old non cruelty free polishes. Most of these I bought years ago. I hate waste and the companies already have my money so I personally feel the best thing to do is use them up but not repurchase & look for cruelty free alternatives. I will however always highlight when I have used a polish from a non cruelty free brand.) Prompt 1: Easter A quick look back at the calendar is a...

Smidget Nailed It

Search This Blog