Gradation Liquid Attempt #1

A while back when happyberrynaiad was selling some of her nail polishes, I bought Gradation Nail Liquid.

She also included a cute note and some nail decals and a cute note.

Well, here is my first attempt using the gradation liquid. I used NYX Morocco for the tips and OPI Breathe Life on the rest of the nail.

I did about 2 coats on the tips since NYX Morocco is pretty sheer. I waited a couple minutes in between each coat before applying the next. Once I finished the last coat I applied a thin amount of the gradation liquid at the base of the tips of the polish (if that makes sense). Then I attempted to drag the polish away from the tip of my nails. I finished it off with a coat of BL over the whole nail.

It didn't seem to really 'pull' the polish all the way to the edge of the nail. You can't really tell in these pictures, but I know and that's why this is just an attempt and not a success.

Has anyone used this before? Do you have any suggestions for me?

Thanks for looking!

Some Recent NOTDs

I have been a bit behind on my posting my NOTDs. So here's two of them, there have been more including a gradient, but it was a major fail. I have taken some advice from Lisa from Nail Art World on gradients and I am getting a butt-load of Zoyas coming, which she said are the best at doing gradients. So you should see some good ones coming soon.

I got a Cherry Culture haul the other day and when I got everything I wasn't too happy with all of it. I really don't like how sometimes they have swatches on some of the polishes and sometimes they don't. It was a bit frustrating. So I ordered based on how I liked their names.

Anyways. Here's NYX Paradise. A beautful tealish/gold duochrome I am going to call it. This one I was happy with ordering.

This is three coats and you can still see the VNL.

indoor

outdoor at dusk

I really despise sheers, but this one came out pretty good. The polish was thin and went on well.

Next up is a polish from Claire's. It's one of those 4-in-one polishes. This is Hawaii.

This is three coats and it did look different with each coat I did. If you look at my ring finger you will see that it is more orange than the rest of my nails. I had to go over that once more because I got a fuzzy stuck in it :)

indoor

outdoor

This is also a couple days after wearing it. The polish is a bit thick and leaves streaks, but that might be because of the colors combining.

That's it for now, ladies. I did order a bunch of Zoyas so that will be up soon. As well as my Illamasqua order from Sephora and maybe the rest of my Cherry Culture order.

Have a great weekend!