31 Day Challenge: Day 10 Gradient Nails

The ever cool gradient nail has made its way to the 31 day challenge. Yay! Personally I love gradient manicures and think they look so nice. There are tons of tutorials online which makes achieving this look so easy. Today I wanted to try something a little different so I used my Layla Holos. Tell me what you think? 

 

 

Typically, I paint 2-3 stripes of color onto the flat end of the make-up sponge and then lay the sponge over my nail, but nooo these Layla polishes would not cooperate. The formula is so light and runny I ended up using jsut the corners of the sponge and still felt like I using up 1/2 the bottle.  Boo and hiss Ms. Layla. haha!

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Day 10 Gradient Nails

Leopard Print Mani

I hope everyone is having a great Monday! Today I decided to try a DIY design from the pages of The Wah Nails Book of Nail Art. This cute little book features 25 cool nail art projects to do at home. It's pretty straightforward to read and if you can follow a recipe from a cookbook you can do this! =) 

Has anyone ever had a nail art pen explode on them? I mean come on Mrs. Sally Hansen
(yes you) the point of me doing my nails is to look nice...not like I've been working on my car all day! LOL

Supplies:

• Zoya- Minka
• OPI- Roll in the Hague
• Sally Hansen's Nail Art Pen in black
• Looks Wet Top Coat

Tip: Place the color spots first, and then follow with a black detail pen..

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Have a great day!!

Tie Dye Nails

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a good day. So, I'm not normally the girl that gravitates towards tie-dyed things. In fact I don't think I own anything tie-dye lol but when I saw Amber's cute nail design from www.Amberididit.com I had to try it! Essentially you start with white polish as your base coat and from there you layer 4 different polish colors starting in the corner of your nail bed.  You then drag a sewing needle through the wet polish to create the design. How cool is that?

I think it's super cute and fun for summer! Next time I might just do one nail in tie-dye as my accent nail. 

Supplies:

• OPI- My boyfriend scales walls (white)
• Island Girl- Aloha Coast (pink)
• Color Club- After Hours (black)
• Color Club- Poptastic (green)
• Icing- Grande Margarita (yellow)
• Seche Vite Top Coat
• 1 Sewing Needle

Tip: Don't skip the white polish

Shout out to Amber for always being fabulous. If I was from Boston I would call her Ambaaah! lol
 Click here to watch her tutorial.

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