I really enjoyed putting together a Thnks Fr Th Mmrs post earlier this month so I think I’m going to make it a regular feature around here if that’s okay with you!
Today is the one year anniversary of my Gradient Nails Tutorial and just I knew I had to mark the occasion with a little homage. That tutorial is the most visited page on my blog… by miles and miles and lightyears even to this day.
I think it really took off because everyone was having the same problem as me. They were seeing pictures of pretty gradient nails on the internet and wanted to do it themselves, but there wasn’t an easy DIY tutorial out there yet until the one that I wrote came along to fill that gap.
As you can see, my gradient skills have improved immensely since then which is a good testament to my motto, ‘Practice makes perfect’ or as Macklemore more eloquently put it, ‘The greats weren’t great because at birth they could paint, the greats were great because they’d paint a lot’.
No one gets it perfect first time and you pick up tricks as you go; the little things which can’t be taught that you just have to learn from your own experience. For example, the sponge that I was using at first wasn’t ideal and now I’ve learned to use much ‘finer’ sponges… make up wedges are the best! Gradient nails… thanks for the memories!
I used the same base colour, BYS Pretty as a Peach, as I did last year but unfortunately the darker of the two colours has long since dried up so I replaced it with NYC Bubblegum Pink which I think is a pretty good match.
I couldn’t resist adding some roses for an accent finger. For those I used the NYC Bubblegum Pink again, Rimmel Heart on Fire, Models Own Utopia and NYC High Line Green with a nail art brush.
It’s all topped off with a coat of of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.
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