I felt like wearing a simple, clean springtime manicure today but I wanted to mix things up with a colour combination I haven't tried before - Green and Pink. The great thing about pastels is you can mix absolutely any colours, even ones that would normally hurt your eyes. Can you imagine a combination of bottle green and hot pink? I can and it's not an image I want to hold on to... but make them both pastels and it looks so freakin' pretty!
I used Sally Hansen Crinoline as my base colour with Green Tea just on my middle finger. I added three thin coats of Sally Hansen Gem Crush Razzle Dazzler* to my ring finger to add some sophisticated sparkle. For the criss cross on my ring finger, I made sure the pink base was completely dry before applying small strips of striping tape using nail art tweezers. Then I painted on one thick coat of Green Tea and peeled off the tape while that was still wet.
Finally, I topped everything with two coats of Seche Vite for a glassy finish.
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Yay, I love this! That criss cross design is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love this!
ReplyDeletewhat a pretty combo! I wish I could find striper tape. :( None of my beauty supply stores carry it! And I'm not coordinated enough to cut tape straight and thin. heheh
ReplyDeleteGet it online on ebay or born pretty
DeleteSo pretty! I love these colours together and how delicate this all looks :)
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful, lovely colours and looovely Sally Hansen (I managed to track down a bottle of Dorien Grey at the pound shop and it's stunning)
ReplyDeleteI find that if I peel off striping tape while the varnish is still wet, it ruins the crispness of the lines! :-( Must need more practice x
Gorgeous! I found some of these in Poundland today (finally!) including Green Tea and Crinoline. And 5 others. I basically just chucked as many as I could find in my basket!
ReplyDeleteWow this is very beautiful :D
ReplyDeleteMint green is one of my favorite polish colors- I never get tired of it.
ReplyDeleteSeriously love the nail designs!!
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Ah! I recently won a competition where I received a Gem Crush polish - I had my eye on this one! It is gorgeous! Sadly I got one that I was less than satisfied with (ungrateful or what! the red one). Anyway, this is a beautiful, feminine and delightful mani, the colour combination is to. die. for!
ReplyDeleteoooh love it!
ReplyDeleteI love pastel green and pink together. I totally agree with what you're saying about putting otherwise impossible colour combinations together. I love pastel blue and yellow together, so simple but really pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh! Soo lovely <3
ReplyDeleteanother great one! (I mean, great in the sense that I would definitely want to wear that right now!)
ReplyDeleteSoo pretty! Sometimes I really crave simple manis too, it's nice to mix it up. It only makes the more complex, busy ones more impactful too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful combinations ☼
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous. Pink and green is one if my favourite combinations. I feature it quite a lot on my blog :). I also love pink and grey :) xx
ReplyDeleteYou are right!! This mani is so adorable :)
ReplyDeleteThe combination of the colours is really exciting! i love it.
ReplyDeleteI really like Green Tea. Great design too :)
ReplyDeleteI also love simple manicures, especially when you can transform different designs and colors into one masterpiece. Well done!
ReplyDeleteLooks so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love this combo! Pink and green are awesome together!! Love it!!
ReplyDeleteSo so so stinking pretty! Great job as usual.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely and feminine!
ReplyDeleteSo super pretty! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the contrast of the pink and green. It's gorgeous and very wearable :)
ReplyDeleteAs always, perfect!
ReplyDeleteJust lovely!!
ReplyDeleteso pretty!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! Love the colors together:)
ReplyDeletelove the colour combination. I especially love the stripe effect on your ring finger
ReplyDeleteThis looks so pretty and fresh! The design with the lines is gorgeous as well as the color combination: fabulous job (again!).
ReplyDeleteLovely combo!
ReplyDeleteC'est tout simplement magnifique.
ReplyDeletesimple but nice indeed :D
ReplyDeleteI just love them and adore glitter hehehe:)
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Really loving this! <3
ReplyDeleteI love green and pink together ahhh!! This is great! Especially love what you did with the tape there too.
ReplyDeleteso simple and so pretty :)
ReplyDeletelove it :)
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Oh, so soft I almost want to snuggle it. Beautiful job :)
ReplyDeletelovely! what a nice color! mintgreen, i love
ReplyDeleteWow this is beautiful!
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