I've been seeing gradient manicures on various nail blogs a lot, most recently
gildedangel's
Missing Lincoln Park. I had painted my nails black last night, so I thought I'd try this gradient thing. And I love the result, so you get a bunch of photos today (remember to click them for lots of shiny).
For the black base I used these products:
- OPI Nail Envy - 2 coats
- Revlon 999 Blackest Black - 2 coats
- Seche Vite
I started with a basic black nail last night.
Blackest Black is a bit thin, but applies well and is faily opaque, ironically it contains some very subtle blue microglitter.
Today I added partial layers of these polishes to achieve the gradient look:
- claire's polish in black with silver microglitter
- Eyeko Cosmic Polish
- China Glaze Snow Globe
- Barry M Nail Paint 244 Hologram Hexagrams
- claire's clear polish with glitter in various shapes and sizes
- Seche Vite
After quite a few layers, mostly
Snow Globe, this is the result:
Unfocused glitter, doesn't it look amazing?
Have you tried gradient nails?
