Tropical Sunset

Today I woke up and again it was raining and it has been raining for the past 2 days and I'm tired of it Boston  weather is crazy! We had snow like 3 days ago and its Spring. I need a vacation to a warm state or country. So I decided to cheer myself up by doing a tropical mani. I've wanted to do a gradient for a while but never had the time and I don't like how they usually come out because I can never bled the color very well. This time I did a little practice on a nail and liked how it came out.

Here is everything I used:

Wet N Wild White creme

China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy

China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot

China Glaze Sunworshiper

Sally Hansen Diamonds

Cosmetic sponge and a CD

Started off by painting my nails white so that The colors would really pop then started with the yellow and started working my way up. I got a tip by another blogger that you should work from the tip then start blending the colors as you go up and lighter dabs is better because you can always go back and make it darker and here's what I got.

I felt like it needed something else and I was going to add so crackle to but I remembered I had a image plate that had a palm tree with the word California across it and that just happens to be where I want to go for vacation. So I busted out my konad supplies and got to stamping.

M42 got it on EBay with a set of 30 image plates for $17

Click here to check it out on eBay

Stamped with Konad Black

Closer look



I liked how it looked by then I thought the other nails look a little plain so I took out my favorite and a lot of peoples favorite Konad plate M57 and stamped some tropical like flowers on all the other nails.

Konad M57

Damn Scraper got my pinkie!

I am really happy with my first gradient mani even tho it took me awhile to be happy with it and still kinda see where I started with each color. Have any of you tried a gradient manicure before? Any tips on how to get it to transition from color to the other smoother?