Monday, August 27, 2012

Soft Mint

Hi girls! Back to your regular scheduled posts. Today I want to share with you one of my favorite manis that I've done lately. It mixes color gradient and stamping. Let's take a look!

My base for this mani was China Glaze Refresh Mint. It's a very pretty mint green and opaque in 2 coats, the formula was a bit on the thick side but nothing a couple drops of thinner wouldn't help. Pastel colors tend to have trickier formulas, but this one was not bad.


Then I added a color gradient with Essence Viva La Green which is a beautiful bright blue-toned green. I haven't worn it as a full mani -yet- so I can't comment on its formula.


Anyway, I stamped over the whole thing with Konad White Special polish and BM-221plate. The flower pattern is one of my favorites of this set, it's so delicate and seemed to go well with the colors I had.


All in all, I really loved this mani. The combination of colors and stamping turned out in a really beautiful subtle effect. I also found that the combination of Viva la Green tuned down a bit of the redness that's typical of wearing pastels (commonly known as "lobster hands")

For the days I wore this I couldn't stop thinking and craving mint ice-cream, hmm.

Do you like the combination of stamping and gradients?

Thanks for reading!

6 comments:

  1. Oh... my god. This is great!
    I've had ideas before to stamp something similar but you've done it better than I could!
    Only thing - your greens seems a tiny bit desaturated, maybe it's just my screen? Re-fresh mint bottle seems a bit grey, but that is just a tiny nitpick at that is a FANTASTIC mani. Seriously, wow!

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    1. Hi, thanks for the comment :D I had some problems taking pics of this mani because the day was overcast so the colors didn't came out that well >.<

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    2. not a big deal! They're still fantastic! *drools*

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  2. oh wow! im going to look for a bottle of fresh mint stat! thats just so perfect. i love how you did a gradient w it also :D

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  3. Such a beautiful mani! I love the gradient, and the white flowers look so delicate over it. Really great job! :)

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