Does anyone remember the gorgeous gradient zebra design from the Bundle Monster Contest awhile back? I LOVED it. It was definitely one of my favorites in the competition. And recently, I found out who made it (the lovely Rebecca), and that she posted a tutorial on how she did it! I couldn't wait to try this out! I decided to do mine using some STUNNING pastels from Zoya:
From left to right we have Flora, Malia and Yummy.
Now, I didn't have a chance to take a picture of just the gradient, which was probably a good thing, because trust me, it didn't look that good on its own. I have to practice this technique more. I think I'm just a little too heavy handed to get a subtle gradient. I used Flora as a base coat and then sponged on Malia on the top two-thirds of the nail, and then Yummy on the top one-third. Then I stamped the full zebra image from BM 223 on top with Konad black polish. Here is the final result:
I really love this look! I definitely encourage you to try it out! Sad thing about this manicure: the very next day I did some gardening without gloves, and ruined it! So, please forgive the little chip on my middle finger. The other hand looked even worse! Lesson learned: ALWAYS wear gloves when gardening!
Thanks to Rebecca Likes Nails for posting the tutorial! I think there are so many different designs you can do with a gradient base and then a full stamp over top.
wow I should try something like this, i really like the colors!
ReplyDeleteawesome job!
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i love all the people trying this out!
Gorgeous I love it :)
ReplyDeleteI really like this. How do you do the fade away using three different colors? I'll have to check out Rebecca's blog. Thanks!
ReplyDeletein love!!!
ReplyDeleteIt turned out great! I love when tutorials are actually easy to follow~
ReplyDeleteSuuuuuper cute!
ReplyDelete-I love the colors you used (:
i love this mani! sooo cute!!!
ReplyDeleteomg gorgeous!
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ReplyDeletei used that base coat here too http://naktsmeita.blogspot.com/2011/05/sodienas-nadzini.html
if youre really interested, i can send you photo of it and more info :) maybe even swap, if ill find that again :)