Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Twinsie Tuesday: Ombre Manicure

Welcome to another fabulous installment of Twinsie Tuesday! This week's theme is ombre manicure. Ombre is the French word for shadow, so for an ombre manicure you do polishes in the same color that advance in tone from light to dark, creating a gradient or shadow-like effect. For my ombre manicure, I opted to use one of my favorite polish colors: pastel green! I figured I'd have a large enough variety of this color to create a decent ombre effect and I'm really happy with how it turned out!




I've done an invididual post on all of the polishes I used for this mani except one, so you can click on most of the names below to be taken to that polish's post if there are any colors in particular that you'd like to learn more about. The polishes I used are:


Well, that about wraps it up for me today! Head on over to the other Twinsie Tuesday blogs for more ombre action!


Amanda: http://amandalandish.blogspot.com/
Anna: http://goingtotheshowing.blogspot.com/
Anne: http://grapefizz.blogspot.com/
Ashley: http://artevolve.blogspot.com/
Brandi: http://thecollegiatenail.blogspot.com/
ChiChi: http://beautystarr1009.blogspot.com/
Cordia: http://srslyswatched.blogspot.com
Jenn: http://allthatisgorgeous.blogspot.com/
Jenna: http://www.jennafroggy.com/
Katherine: http://hauloffame.blogspot.com/
Marisa: http://marijonails.blogspot.com/
Meredith: http://polishandcharms.blogspot.com/
Nory: http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com/
Rachel: http://topcoatit.com/
Sarah: http://seesarahswatch.blogspot.com/
Tara: http://polishyoftruth.com/

31 comments:

  1. Gorgeous...I love your color choices!

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  2. Sooooo pretty!!!! Love this color combo!

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  3. I like the colour choice. Very pretty.

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  4. turned out great! I really love all of these colors :)

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  5. Such soft, pretty shades. Turned out beautifully.

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  6. Beautiful ombre mani! I love the colors you used, it came out great.

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  7. Love love these colors! :) Pastel greens are one of my faves too!!! But I think knew that with my love of Essie's Mint Candy Apple...

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    1. Thank you! I still need to get Mint Candy Apple to add to my pastel green hoarde haha.

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  8. I love the subtle colour shift--beautiful selections, Chelsea!

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  9. I love these kind of greens. They are so soft.

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    1. I like the softness these types of colors have too. Anything green with a bit of grime or a hint of pastel tends to grab my attention!

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  10. Ooooh Chelsea, I love these soft greens you chose! I still need to find Mint Gelato!

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    1. Thanks Anne! Mint Gelato is gorgeous--I think you'd love it! :)

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  11. I heart this! Plus it has many a lemming so I'm practically drooling looking at your ombre.

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    1. Thank you! :) I love all of these polishes (even the NOPI with its super crappy formula, it's too pretty to resist) and think they are lemming-worthy for sure!

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  12. This is so incredibly beautiful!! I want ALL of those polishes now!!! :'D

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  13. All of these polishes are beautiful! Lovely ombre!!!

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  14. Oooo... I love all these different sage greens! Looks awesome!

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