MMS: GRADIENT + stamping plate review

Hi guys, hope you're doing great =) 

I'm a day late for this weeks matching manicure Sunday, sorry  :/ . 

This week's theme is gradient and since it's already a December I decided to post a winter design.

 

This is the design that I applied for the "winter is coming" giveaway run by Ditta's nail art & design, I hope it'll bring me luck :D

 

 I've used :

POLISHES: 

1. O.P.I - Alpine Snow (white )

2. Gothic Gala Lacquers - Crush (light blue )

3. O.P.I - He Blue It This Time! (blue)

4. O.P.I - My Signature Is "DC" (silver )

5. Essence - Cool Breeze ( effect topper) 

6. Essence - stamping white polish 

 I've used 1.,2., and 3. for the gradient / ombre! 

I did and whole post/tutorial on how to do a gradient/ombre nails so if you don't know how , you can learn HERE!!

For the stamping (snowflakes) I've used 3., 4., and 6. 

TOOLS:

make-up sponge (for the gradient)

tape (to protect my nails and reduce cleaning up)

 stamping plate QA58 from Born Pretty Store

stamper and scraper

 

This is the plate I've used =) I must say it's perfect for this time of the year and a must have for any nail art / stamping lover! 

I pretty much used every snowflake there is on the plate, because I wanted to have all of them on my nails and because they are all different in the nature too so... 

It really made my life easier because I could never paint such small and perfect snowflakes freehanded! 

The quality of the plate itself is really good, even the smallest snowflakes transfer completely onto the nail. 

It retails for $2.99 and I highly recommend it to everyone who likes stamping!!

If you want you can use a 10% discount code HE10K31 

You can find this plate HERE!! 

 

So what do you think? I'm really happy how it turned out :D

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How to - ombre nail art!

Hi guys hope you're doing well. It's been raining here in Croatia so since I can't go to the beach I might as well wrote a blog post and show you guys how to do an ombre nail art.

Ombre is been quite popular for a while and not only in the nail art world. Unfortunately I don't know who started it, if you do please let me know in the comments. 

It's one of the easiest and quickest way to have a gorgeous nails :)
The only things you'll need are nail polishes and a make-up sponge.

First I painted my nails white. This step is optional but I think it's better to do it just because if you have a shearer polishes they'll stand out more when layered over white and you will need just one sponged coat. I've used 2 coats of O.P.I Alpine Snow.

Then take the polishes you want to use and put them on the make-up sponge like so...

Then take a make up sponge and dab the colors onto the nails. It's simple like that.

The polishes I've used are (from top to bottom) O.P.I - Vant to bite my neck? , O.P.I - A grape fit!, Essie - hide & go chic and Gothic Gala Lacquers - Crush.

 The only thing that will require some more time is the cleaning up. 

this is how it looks after I dabbed with the sponge

If you want to avoid the mess you can just take a scotch tape and place it on the cuticles like so....

Finish the design with your favorite top coat (at the moment I use Seche Vite) and that's it :)

I hope this tutorial helped you and if you decide to try it please show me the pictures :*

  

Till the next time xoxo

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