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Gradient, Nail Art, Stamping

While I Was Gone: 4 Gradients

29th June 2015

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Gradient Nail Art by The Nailasaurus

Please let me be the first to call myself out on the lack of blog posts coming from this direction over the last month or so. There is no big reason for my extended absence; for one reason or another I just haven’t been feeling it for a while.

I’m still thinking about blogging every single day, multiple times a day… okay basically just all the time. It’s in my bones now and I can’t escape it. The ideas keep on coming but I’m lagging a little on the execution side of things. I’m sure some of you know exactly where I’m coming from with this. Please tell me I’m not alone!

I’ve obviously been keeping myself busy with nail art and snapping pics the whole time though. We all know how much I love a gradient and what’s better than one gradient? Lots of them! I did neglect notekeeping duties on occasion but all the info under the images is correct to the best of my knowledge!

Watercolor Gradient Nail Art

Watercolour Gradient

Barry M Coconut
Sally Hansen Blinding Blue
Sally Hansen Jungle Gem
NYC Statue of Liberty
Gradient Watercolour Tutorial Here

Pink and Grey Gradient Nail Art

Pink and Greydient

China Glaze Pink-ie Promise
Sally Hansen Dorien Gray
Simple Gradient Tutorial Here

Summer Gradient Stamping

Barry M Coconut
Kriston #35
NYC Sunny Manhattan

Uber Chic Beauty Stamping Plate 2-01

Gradient Stamping Tutorial Here

Mint Gradient Nail Art with Studs by The Nailasaurus

Mint Candy

Revlon Minted
Barry M Coconut
1.2mm Silver Studs from Born Pretty Store

Simple Gradient Tutorial Here

Gradient, Nail Art, Uncategorised

31 Day Challenge x Nailvengers: Gradient Artwork

30th September 2014

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Image source: May Frenzy on Etsy

There’s so much going on in this post that I just can’t even! We’ve got some nail art, a video tutorial and a pretty sweet link-up right at the bottom! I’ve smushed together two different challenges in one for today’s nail art. Nailvengers this month called for gradients and I’ve gotten as far as ‘Inspired by Artwork’ in the 31 Day Challenge which looks like it’ll be stretching over more than 31 days by the time I get to the finish line.

My first stop for beautiful art these days is always Etsy and it never fails to deliver a healthy dose of nail art inspiration. I was looking for something featuring a gradient but with a fancy twist and when I came across this piece by May Frenzy Designs, I knew I’d struck gold. The watercolour finish is just perfect for me to revisit the watercolour gradient technique with a funky new colour combination.

For the nail art, I started with a base of Barry M White then created the watercolour gradient effect on top. There’s a video tutorial at the bottom of the post so be sure to scroll down for that and the colours used are: OPI William Tell Me About OPI, piCture pOlish Bonkers, Barry M Burgundy Crush and Barry M Caramel.

Watercolour Gradient Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

Watercolour Gradient Nails // The Nailasaurus

Purple Watercolour Gradient Nails // The Nailasaurus

Neutral Watercolour Gradient Nails // The Nailasaurus

An InLinkz Link-up

Gradient, Tutorial, Uncategorised, Video

Watercolour Gradient Video Tutorial

21st May 2014

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As promised, here is a video tutorial for the Life’s a Beach / Watercolour Gradient nail art I posted a while back. See that post here! If you’re wondering why I’ve suddenly gone crazy for video tutorials, it’s because I have enough time to create them these days and I’m really enjoying building on my video skills. I’ve always wanted to make great video tutorials but often doubted my abilities to create them the way I envisioned them. This year, I finally got a good video kit sorted out and the only thing holding me back was self-doubt about my filming and editing skills. You may remember that, in March, I finally decided that ‘Done Is Better Than Perfect’ (I even have it hanging on my wall to remember) and the first thing on my ‘get done’ list was videos. It also seems that video is becoming an almost essential component of blogging as audiences move towards YouTube for answers and I thought it would be best to jump on that train before it disappears over the horizon!

I really like this new way of doing gradients to make them to look a bit more streaky and raw! It looks perfect in blue as it has a really watery look about it but I’m looking forward to trying it in other colour schemes too.

Freehand, Gradient, Uncategorised

Life’s a Beach

11th May 2014