So I put on two coats of China Glaze Techno Teal from the Tronica Collection. I figured out how to apply it without having any drag. I put enough polish on the brush to cover the nail and did one swipe. For the second coat I went back and covered any spots I missed. I did this real quick so I didn't cover the whole nail. Dry time is really fast! Then because I wanted my nails to be more complex, I dabbed on Zoya Faye with my brush, trying to do a gradient. This is the result.
It looked a lot better in my head. It wasn't much of a gradient but more like I dipped my tips in Zoya Faye. I thought about erasing it, then decided to do one more thing to see if I could save it. PS- Do you see the tiny bit of holo in Techno Teal on my ring and pinkie? (Please say yes.)
Using Sinful Colors Black on Black and tape, I did a diagonal peek-a-boo look and added white streaks on my accent nail. I still wasn't satisfied, but it got rid of the 'I have to erase this now' urge. While I was taking pics it did grow on me. I probably should've sponged Zoya Faye on, but I'm still not sure about this color combo. With the black it did look better. Oh and on the places where I did a better gradient the color changed from Teal to Indigo to Violet.
Okay, now I'm off to study!
Liz
I really love it, with or without the black! I am a sucker for glitter and purple hehe
ReplyDeleteI love this mani!!
ReplyDeletethe colors look stunning together [: You did such a great job. .. I was never into the China Glaze Tronica Collection but you are making me second think my decision not buy from the collection ^_^
Oh, I love this! I like it at the beginning stages...with the gradient, but it also looks good with the black added and design. Very cool! :)
ReplyDeletethis is stunning! The teal shows through and I think that it and Faye are great friends! The black makes it all stand out more as well- I like the wide stripe you left open!
ReplyDeleteI really love what you did there!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!!!
it looks great!!
ReplyDeletewish I was artistic like you! :)
This is one of the prettiest things I've seen today :)
ReplyDeleteYour tags are very confusing, this is the n-th post I've looked at that has "Sinful Colors' tag but nothing about Sinful Colors in it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rox for pointing that out. Those posts were probably ones I used Sinful Colors polishes for nail art. I'll go back through them to make sure. But in this one I used Sinful Colors Black on Black. It seems I forgot to mention that, so I'll edit that in. ^^
ReplyDeletebeautiful mani!!!
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