Butterfly gradient

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Hi lovelies,

Boy am I glad it’s Friday.  That also means that tomorrow it is one week until the Durban Polish Party.  Seats are filling up so if you want a spot get in touch soon soon!  Anyway, onto the nails.

When I did the rainbow and galaxies of the M.T.V Challenge I did the blue/green gradient but it was covered so much by the rainbow that you couldn’t really see it.  I absolutely loved it though so I knew I wanted to do it again.  Then when I showed some of the new Essence polishes I loved Crazy Fancy Love so I knew I wanted to combine it as well.  This is what I came up with.

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 The colours I used:

  • Essence – If I were a boy (blue)
  • Essence – Upper green side (green)
  • Essence – Crazy Fancy Love (gold)
  • Essence – Stampy polish in black.

What I did:

  • I started with 2 coats of Crazy Fancy Love on my pinky and ring finger.
  • I started with 1 coat of If I were a boy on my middle, index and thumb.
  • Once that was completely dry, I took my sponge and painted on a line of Upper green side and If I were a boy.
  • I then sponged the gradient onto my index, middle and thumbs.
  • I top coated with my quick dry topcoat
  • When that was completely dry I stamped the butterfly wing using BM424 and Essence stampy polish in black.
  • I used my small dotting tool to fill in the dots at the top of the wings with the contrasting colour polish.
  • When that was all done I top coated again.

I actually really loved this but the gradient was my absolute favourite part.  What do you think of this gradient butterfly wing look?   What are your plans for the weekend?  I really hope we have a quieter one so that I can catch up on the 100 things I am behind on 😉   I will show swatches of the colours I used at the bottom of the post.  Let me know what you think and I hope you have a great weekend, whatever you do.

Thanks for reading

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Essence – If I were a boy

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Essence – Upper green side

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Essence – Crazy Fancy Love

Ess - Crazy Fancy Love

 

 

22 Comments

  6. Wow absolutely gorgeous! You are seriously talented.Weekend plans? Hmmmm I think im going to do my nails 🙂 #nailart .Have a lovely weekend sweety!

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  9. This really came out beautifully. I love butterflies. The state where my family comes from in Mexico is known for a monarch butterfly sanctuary so I always think of that when I see these pretty butterfly designs.

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