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Butterfly Gradient Skittles

Welcome back, ladies! Boy is it HOT outside today. It's going to get even hotter as the week goes on for us here in VA. I decided on doing more nail art today. My last nail post I did ladybugs, today I have butterflies! This one is also a re-creation from a Pintrest find originally done by Beads. Nails. Food. Pairing the gradient with the butterfly look was so gorgeous I immediately bookmarked it in my head to do later. I have been getting a nice little collection of shimmer polishes so I decided to pair a shimmer with a corresponding color for my gradient. Lots of polishes and pictures for this one so hunker down there, girls. Colors used:
● thumb: ZOYA Midori w/ ZOYA Ivanka
● pointer: ZOYA Arizona w/ ZOYA Myrta
● middle: ZOYA Lolly w/ ZOYA Kimber
● ring: ZOYA Robyn w/ ZOYA Charla
● pinky: JULEP Anne w/ ZOYA Zara
● KONAD Special Polish in Black
● White Acrylic

I told you I used a lot! It took a while to achieve this look. I started with 2 coats of each base color (the ones listed first under colors used) and let it completely dry. I then used a small makeup sponge and applied the shimmery colors (second colors listen under colors used) on the tips down partially to the middle of each nail. I let this dry and then applied Seche Vite. It helps to use a top coat before adding nail art so if you mess up it's easier to remove your mistake without mussing up your base color too much. After that was dried I used my small art brush and freehanded the black butterfly lines and then added the dots with white acrylic using my dotting tool. After the detailing was COMPLETELY dry, I topped once again with Seche Vite to smooth out the look and help make it last. When adding top coat over any sort of nail art be sure it's 100% dry. If it isn't, the drag from the brush can smear your work.

Phew! Hope you could follow all of that. I love my summer toes and nails! I kind of have a mixture of things going on here; skittles, gradient, nail art... :-)

Thanks for popping in!
Posted by Amoki at 4:02 PM Labels: Anne, Arizona, Butterfly, charla, gradient, Ivanka, Julep, Kimber, KONAD Special Polish in Black, Lolly, Midori, Myrta, Nail Art, Robyn, White Acrylic, Zara, zoya



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