This is by far my most successful gradient attempt. I love this so much *heart eyes emoji*
In today's design I used: OPI Natural Nail Base Coat, SinfulColors Snow Me White, and I believe I used China Glaze Escaping Reality for my pink, Stoked to be Soaked, and the newer formula of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow. Seche Vite as well as Essie's Matte About You.
GRADIENT Palm Tree Sunset nail art
Instagram Post :)
"I love the way this gradient turned out! so thankful for peel off base coat, you all know how much I hate clean up lols"
Share your recreations with me on instagram using the hashtag #inspiredbykass
Hellooo! I'm back with another post. Two in one month, this has got to be a record for me.
I definitely did not start out this mani to do a black and pale pink half moon. My original plan was to dry out little tiny flowers I found on some local trails where I live but the didn't turn out the way I needed them to so this is what I came up with instead. I have actually never attempted a half moon mani before but I really do like the look of them some of the time.
In today's design I used: OPI Natural Nail Base Coat, Seche Vite, Wet n' Wild "Black Creme" and E.L.F. Nail polish "Wedding Bells".
My camera has a really hard time picking up the pink tones in Wedding Bells, it makes it look like it's leaning more on the brown side of an opaque nude polish. If you want this polish but don't have E.L.F. near you a nearly perfect match is SinfulColors "Easy Going", this does lean more to the brown side but is still very pretty pale pink nude.
EASY Half Moon design | NO TOOLS NEEDED // nailsbykassie
Instagram Post :)
"Simple little half moon from last week. This is the first time I have ever done a half moon before, I really like it"
please please please share your recreations with me on instagram @nailsbykassie and using the hashtag #inspiredbykass
I wanted to do something simple but really pretty and saw something like this floating around online for quite some time so I gave it a shot. It's super easy to achieve.
In today's design I used: OPI Natural Nail Base Coat, NYC Base Coat "Strip Me Off"
Sally Hansen Extreme Wear "Giant Peach"
L'Oreal "The Statement Piece"
Pink and Gold Summer Time Mani
Tips:
1. You MUST topcoat before placing the tape on the nail. It will make the polish dry quicker and make it easier to pull of the tape.
2. As seen in the tutorial I used scotch tape on my index and middle fingers to create the triangle, make sure you put the tape on the back of your hand and peel it back off the get rid of some of the stickiness. This helps in helping prevent your nail polish pulling off from your nail and ruining your design.
3. Make sure your polish is completely dry before lay the scotch tape down. As you could see my polish pulled up from the tape. I waited about 20 minutes but since it was so hot where I live this day the polish stayed tacky longer than expected.
More often than not, ideas for nail designs come to me when I'm laying in bed before I fall asleep. Other times I see something on instagram that I absolutely love so I will recreate it and credit the original.
In todays design I used:
OPI's Base Coat and China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat
"Really simple yet very pretty pink nude design :) I couldn't quite capture the colour of the base exactly. I absolutely love the rose gold polish. I also used @stickmenails chevron vinyls"
Blog Bonus Pictures
It's not evident in either picture but because of the formula of Easy Going bubbles had formed. I thought maybe it was just the way I had applied the coats but I re-did my index and middle finger and had the same result. The polish also seemed to be a little on the thicker side but still required 3 coats and still had a bit of an uneven finish to it. Other than that I love this colour since it's great as both a base and a colour on it's own.
This is a really simple and easy design to recreate. I really like how this turned out although it's a little different from anything I have done before. You can share with me any recreation using #inspiredbykassie on instagram :)
