beige - Lucy's Stash

Hi everybody!

I've seen this Gilded Gradient Nail Art manicure by Illamasqua and I've decided to recreate it. You can see the original post and watch tutorial video HERE.

Because I don't own all the polishes from the video I had to improvise. As a base I've used two coats of Illamasqua Monogamous. Then I took a piece of sponge I wash dishes with (new one ;) to achieve the 'grainy' look. I started dabbing Illamasqua Victory (gold) to the tips and create gradient effect. The I had to find similar brown-ish colour to Faithful so I chose Barielle Cashmere Or Loose Me. Then I added a little bit of a bling instead of Swinger polish. I've used OPI Spark De Triomphe.

It is not exactly the same manicure but it's close enough I think :)

And this is the original manicure by Illamasqua:

Hello lovelies!

I must make up for the lack of posts yesterday so here is the second post of the day!

Monogamous - creamy flesh pink with peach undertones. If you're aiming for clean-looking manequin nails, this is a really nice shade. It is not a classic pink but more peachy-flesh colour. It dries satin more than matte but I've applied topcoat because I like it shiny ;) Polish is well pigmented, it looked to me like almost one-coater but it showed small imperfections on my nails. I needed two coats in the end and I've applied topcoat as well.