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Saturday, 4 January 2014

Textured Gradient Tape Mani

 Hi guys today I have some nail art for you - this mani combines 3 of my favourite things at the moment, gradients, texture and tape.  And, I liberated a few things from my untried rack while I was at it. :)



 The gold base in this mani is W7 - Gold Mirror, and I will be posting swatches of that very soon.  The gradient was done with Seventeen Rock Hard Couture - Celestial Pearl and Cameo Crush.  FYI, I didn't tape around my fingers before sponging on the gradient, as I wasn't sure if it would get in the way of my striping tape.  This was a mistake!  Clean-up took forever, and as you can see, I still have little specks of shimmer all over my fingers.  Next time, I will find a way to use both types of tape :D
 Difficult clean-up aside, I was really pleased with how this turned out.  I love when a design turns out just how I imagined it in my head, and this was one of those mani's.  I love how wintery it feels too, the 2 textures just play so nicely together!
Before I took this off, I coloured in all the lines with my new Barry M Nail Art Pen, just for the fun of it.  Thought I may as well snap a quick picture for you guys too:
Definately looks better with the gold lines in my opinion.  First impressions of the pen are good, I have used it in the next part of my review for Winterberry Nail Art, so I'll tell you more about it then.

Anyway, as always, I would love to know what you guys think of this mani?

8 comments:

  1. Brethil Ebontree4 January 2014 at 20:17

    I really like it! I love my Cameo Crush... I have a mani scheduled for tomorrow with it in fact... also a gradient, and my clean-up was just as bad... glittery stuff all around my nails.

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    1. Unknown4 January 2014 at 21:01

      awesome...great minds think alike I guess! Looking forward to seeing your gradient :) the shimmer just seems to spread doesn't it? Felt like I was just rubbing it all over my fingers, not actually getting it off :/

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    2. Brethil Ebontree4 January 2014 at 21:23

      It spreads *nods*, but I forgive the polish because it is so pretty.

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    3. Unknown4 January 2014 at 21:27

      I second that. it's soo sparkly, I just can't hate it, not even a tiny bit :D x

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  2. Char5 January 2014 at 14:30

    This looks brilliant!! :)

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  3. Lucy (the Nail Snail)6 January 2014 at 02:48

    I love the look of the textured gradient, especially with those colors -- so wintery and gorgeous!

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    1. Unknown6 January 2014 at 13:52

      thanks hun, I loved how wintery it looked too :) x

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