Hello, hello! Two posts in a row?! Holy cow, maybe I'm getting back into the swing of things lol Anyway, I have a pretty pastel manicure to show you all today. I originally saw a manicure like this over at The Swatchaholic that she did with some Illamasqua pastels and I knew eventually I was going to have to give it a try!
Since I don't own Illamasquas as yet, I did this look with 3 of the colors from NYC's City Bloom collection: Sunset Park Pink, Mimosa Bouquet, and Robin's Egg Blue. To round out my rainbow, I added China Glaze In a Lily Bit and Sinful Colors Skylark. I'm absolutely loving how this turned out!
To create this look, I started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors in Snow Me White as a base since the pastels are quite sheer. Then I just did the normal gradient procedure (for a great tutorial, check out The Nailasaurus) but flipped the sponge so that the gradient goes from side to side, rather than top to bottom of the nail. Super easy!
I had wanted to add some sparkle on top of this but, alas, my first sparkle attempt kind of ruined the manicure so I scrapped it. It was lovely all on its own though! The City Bloom collection is currently available for $1.99 each. I found mine at CVS and I believe you can get them at Rite Aid and Kmart as well. Be sure to double check the display, the one at my CVS had $1 off coupons for any of the polish and makeup in the City Bloom collection. Screamin' good deal!
Thanks so much for reading!
Howdy, everyone! I have a quick manicure for you all today. I had limited access to polish while I was back in Kansas this weekend, but my flight yesterday was cancelled and I had an extra night with nothing to do, so I decided to give it a go with what I had. (I did make it back to Chicago today, in case you were wondering) As usual when I take a trip home, I had to run out to Walmart to grab a
couple of things. We don't really have Walmarts in Chicago, so I never
get a chance to buy any Pure Ice or NYC polishes unless I'm home. I
admit, I did take an unnecessary turn around the cosmetic department
while I was there and I picked up a few things. Here's what I did with a couple of them!
I started here with 3 coats of NYC 153 Midtown Mimosa, a bright yellow jelly. Then, I used blue painter's tape (thanks to my stepmom, Sherrie!) to tape off some elongated triangle shapes. I used NYC 152 Tudor City Teal to fill in the triangles. TCT is a pretty turquoise color, I'm sure it's supposed to be a creme, but it does seem more like a jelly to me. In any case, you can tell it's sheer because the color looks more green here due to the yellow showing through. It doesn't bother me, I enjoy happy surprises like that.
I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out, even though my boyfriend hates it lol It's hard to get those triangles centered with tape and I think I did a pretty good job, darnit! What do you guys think?
Keep an eye out for my next ABC Challenge post which should be coming up shortly. As always, thanks for reading!
