Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Orly Pastel Gradient

I've been so delighted to see all of these gorgeous gradients coming out of the woodwork. I would have never thought to start with a base of one of the gradient colors and use the same color on  a makeup sponge so thanks to all you awesome ladies who have shared the knowledge. This wasn't quite as smooth of a gradient as I was hoping for, but the chunky glitter may have dinged it up a bit.

I alternated base coats for each nail between Orly Faint of Heart and Prelude to a Kiss. I then used a makeup sponge to create a gradient of the opposite color. Faint of Heart was a nice one coater while I used two coats for the base of Prelude to a Kiss. I then glitterized with Essence Space Queen.
On a side note my little Champ Monster (yes he deserves every bit of his middle name) turned 1! I bought him a yumm special dog birthday bone covered in sprinkles, of course big bro got half. It smelled like a vanilla cookie to me!

4 comments:

  1. Lovely gradient!

    And your dogs are so adorable :)

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  2. Nice!
    PS: Does you already participated in the giveaway on my blog: http://www.beautybloglaura.com/2012/05/winactie-2-goodiebags-van-elf.html

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  3. love this! and your doggies are sooo adorable! :)

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  4. I like the subtle and dainty effect!:D

    ***** Marie *****
    allthingsmarie.com

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