Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Twinsie Tuesday: Tip Nail Art

It's Tuesday so you know what that means... Time for another Twinsie Tuesday post! This week, we're doing manis featuring nail art at the tips. There are a ton of different ways this theme could be interpreted but I (unsurprisingly) decided to go the sparkly route and do a glitter gradient! Despite my obsession with all things glittery, I've actually never tried a glitter gradient before so this was a bit of an experiment for me. But I think it turned out pretty decent!

For my base, I used Barielle Fire My Up, a bright orange creme. Then I topped it off with Lynnderella Pentimento, an insanely diverse glitterbomb made up of countless shapes and colors. I won't even attempt to list them all, but there are dozens of different glitters in here! But the overall effect reminds me a lot of party confetti.



In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have picked a glitter as abstract as Pentimento is, because it was hard to get a consistent-looking gradient going when there are so many types of glitter in just one polish. But hey, live and learn. Considering this is my very first attempt at a glitter gradient, I'm happy with how it turned out! It's not perfect, but it'll do. :)

And if you're nursing a St. Paddy's hangover, I bet looking at some more nail art will help! So stop on by my Twinsies' blogs to see what they came up with for this theme!

Alaina at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Traci at DrinkCitra

12 comments:

  1. oooh that Barielle is insane! love it!

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  2. I didn't even think about doing a glitter gradient! Gorgeous Barielle.

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  3. WOW! That polish is all kinds of bright! Me likey! Hehe!

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  4. This is a fun look! The glitter you used is gorgeous.

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  5. These look great; I can't believe you hadn't tried a glitter gradient before! I am sure we will be seeing more now :)

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  6. Pretty gradient! Such a fun combo. I love how bright Fire Me Up is.

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  7. I've tried a glitter gradient once and it was awful. Yours looks so good! love it!

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  8. Yea! Glitter tips! This is beautiful!

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