You know what I'm not disappointed in? The Nailasaurus. Not only has she had amazing nail art since, oh forever, but she did this gradient nail tutorial (with tons of pictures) that had even me saying "I can do this."
Then I was reading Twitter when I came across this from The PolishAholic:
I knew that I had to try this NOW.
I decided to use Zoya Zuza and Carly from the Summer 2012 "Surf" Collection. I didn't have any makeup sponges but I had eyeshadow brushes which are the perfect width of my nail. I had a plastic paper sheet protector (like the one from the Nailasaurus tutorial).
I learned some quick lessons.
1: Don't skip steps. I tried to just sponge on Carly and I ended up with this weird LINE of polish. Then I put the colors side by side and swirled with a toothpick and all was right in the world.
2: When in doubt, add Spectraflair. More on this later, but let's just say it took my manicure from awesome to AWESOME.
3: Get photographs next time. (oops)
Here are some iPhone snaps that I did get of my experience!
Now with Spectraflair!
And in horrible light!
I ended up wearing this manicure for 4 days before it started to show tip wear on my right hand so I removed it. I used Poshe base coat, 2 coats of Zuza, sponged Carly, and 2 coats of SpectraFlair mixed with Seche Vite. I did have a little bit of blue staining from Zuza, but a quick scrub under soapy water and a nail brush fixed me up. I can't wait to try this again!
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