Awhile back I came across Oooh, Shinies! and just fell in love with this woman's stamping. Seriously, if you haven't seen her manis, you are missing out! Anyway, I came across an awesome stamped gradient that she did, and I just had to try it out. I used different polishes, but the end result is what I was looking for. Now if only I wasn't attempting this mani while struggling to breathe and so loaded up on medications that I shake like a Parkinson's patient. No, really. The high doses of Albuterol have my hands so shaky that was literally the best images I could manage while stamping. It's sad, but at least IRL the smears and inability to line up my stamps very well isn't noticeable. In fact, this mani received a ton of comments while in gradient form during my 6 hours in the ER yesterday, and even with it's funky stamping job it's been noticed today. I can't wait to be back to normal and be able to stamp normally. Seeing all those awesome stamping manis really makes me want to whip out my plates and play!
So here is the gradient: I used 2 coats of Wet N Wild Megalast I Need A Refresh-Mint, then sponged on Heaven Nail Lacquer in Honolulu Orchid, and added some Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blue Me Away! on the very tips. I apologize for how unforgiving my macro setting is. Makes the gradient appear all lumpy! I promise I top coated it to smooth it out!
And here it is with the ultra shaky stamping: After 2 days of wearing just the gradient I finally grabbed my Konad Special Polish in Black and stamped with the Zebra image from Bundle Monster plate BM 223. I'm so bummed that these meds make me so shaky since I just love how this looks! Sometimes I get caught up in sharing my latest and greatest polishes and forget how much I love to play with my polish and create awesome, bright, fun manis. I really need to get back in touch with that. The entire reason that I started really getting into polish again was due to manis like this! How soon we forget, right? You guys don't mind if I do fun manis, do ya? Anyway, feel free to point and laugh at my wonky lines and inability to keep from smearing my darn stamps! Yikes! Oh! Also enjoy how unforgiving my macro setting is. Dig the drops of cuticle oil that you can actually see hanging out on my nails! *head desk* See how sloppy I am when I'm sick? I'm playing. Trust me, I know just how sick I am and these are great shots of one hell of an amazing mani considering how close to hospitalization my happy ass is. :)
Hope you are all having a better week than I am, and thanks for dropping by!
Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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