Hi lovelies,
I am not going to lie, I am pretty proud to still be in this challenge. I realise I could fluff it all up at any point and be completely out of it but so far I’m going strong. Yay me!
I have so been looking forward to the rainbow prompt! I had so many ideas. Except….I couldn’t get one single idea to come out the way I wanted it to. I was this || close to sobbing when finally, something kinda worked. It wasn’t exactly what I wanted but after many days hours and temper tantrums, I’m taking what I can get 😉 Let me show you.
I started with a coat of Sinful Colors – Snow me white as a base for the gradient. When that was dry I did a sponged rainbow gradient using 6 colours: Essence – Fame fatal, Essence – Flashy pumpkin, Essence – Wanna be your sunshine, Essence – Beijos de Brazil, Essence – Let’s get lost and Essence – Break through. I top coated to smooth out the gradient and when that was dry I added the drip stamp using BM405 and Essence stampy polish in white.
I wanted to do the drips freehand but I can’t believe what a bad job I did of it. The last time I did it – granted it was a very long time ago – I found it to be easy and it looked good. Goodness. I will definitely have to practice that a bit. Luckily BundleMonster came to the rescue 😉
What do you think of my rainbow nails? For some strange reason I didn’t swatch the yellow – Essence – Wanna be your sunshine – but let me show you the other colours I used.
Essence – Break through
This is 2 coats with no topcoat. Beautiful purple creme with great opacity and formula.
Essence – Let’s get lost
This is 2 coats with no topcoat. Blue creme. It has great opacity but is prone to bubbling if you’re not careful with the coats. Also, beware of staining. Definitely a double base coater.
Essence – Beijos de Brazil
This is 2 coats with no topcoat. Bright green creme with a great formula and great opacity.
Essence – Flashy pumpkin
This is 2 coats with no topcoat. Another great formula and opacity. I love this bright orange creme
Essence – Fame fatal
This is 2 coats with no topcoat. I love this red creme so much. Great formula and opacity.
What do you think? I am so looking forward to seeing other looks created for this prompt. Here is the poster with the prompts in case you want to follow along or even just to see what’s coming up. You can also check out other posts from todays prompt by checking out the Inlinkz goodie below or following the #31DC2014 on all social media platforms.
Thanks for reading,
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faeema
Omg that is amazing. I adore that essence break through, need it! Top job M 🙂
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Michelle Roberts
Thank you SO much sweets! So appreciate it! xx
Painted Fingertips
Love it! I think this came out great. I’ve also been having trouble with this prompt so I actually still need to do today’s nails!
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Michelle Roberts
Hahahaha I am actually surprised by how hard it was. It’s a very open ended prompt. You can do SO much with rainbow. Thanks so much!
Cathy- More Nail Polish
This looks so beautiful, I love your design.
Michelle Roberts
Thank you so much Cathy! xx
Laura Jane (Whimsy Is Forever)
Amazing!
Michelle Roberts
Thank you so much! xx
Siobhan
OMG OMG OMG! MY FAVOURITE! BRILLIANT! AMAZING! EVERYTHING
Michelle Roberts
Awww thank you so much V!!! That means so much!! xx
Sarah T
I love this!! SO PRETTY!
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Michelle Roberts
Thank you so much
Lydia
Love these! They turned out beautifully!!
Michelle Roberts
Thank you so much Lydia!
Lesley
Well, trials and tribulations aside, I love it, and congrats on sticking with the challenge!
Michelle Roberts
Thank you so much Lesley!
Miranda
Love this!! I have Breakthrough and this makes me want to wear it! I need all of these colors actually
Michelle Roberts
You definitely need all of the colours. They were perfect for this! Thank you so much
Nail*ine It!
I don’t know what you were originally planning, but these turned out adorable! So cute!
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Michelle Roberts
Thank you SO much!