nail art - Lucy's Stash

Hello lovelies :)

Finally it's Tuesday and I can post my Gardening manicure for Summer Challenge Day 14! I absolutely loved creating this mani as I got to play with my new acrylic colours :) I loved it so much I didn't take it off for four days! Do you like my Gardening manicure?

I've used KIKO 295, sky blue colour and acrylic colours and Seche Vite topcoat.

Gardening nail art manicure with carrots and parsnip feat KIKO 295

These are other lovely ladies who participate in the Summer challenge:

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 :)