Well, the Tea Party is over! We are moving on to "Geometric" designs in the Nail Challenge Collaborative this month! Now, this is a pretty broad category - which I am thankful for! I went through my stamp images and there are a ton to choose from!
It is still summer and I wanted a bright look this week. I just picked blindly in my untried swatch-cicle stash for some colors. I picked a pretty yellow and found an orange color to compliment it.
I am so glad I bought all of the Mundo de Unas polishes! There is a color for every occasion!
- Pure Ice Poker Face
- Pure Ice Unzip Me
- MDU Orange
- BM- 203 (stamp image)
After my typical base coat, I put one coat of Milani
White on my nails before 2 coats of
Unzip Me. I added a layer of Seche Vite before beginning the gradient. Did you see the gradient? It is really subtle (and I like that) with orange at the tips. I used a make-up sponge to get the gradient look. It took about 3 layers to get to where I wanted it. Another layer of Seche Vite before stamping.
I will say that I was going to use another image on this plate at first but it was too angular and I wanted a little softer of an image so I chose this one. I love it! It is a cross between gears, flowers, and maybe a washer or something? I think it came out beautiful! MDU is just so wonderful to stamp with too! The image comes out so crisp! Once the stamping was done, I finished it all off with a final layer of Seche Vite for the shine.
This month is sure to be really interesting with the mani's the ladies will choose! Be sure to take a look at them!
