Today's nails were born out of another group mani challenge...gradients! Make sure to check out the end of the post to see the Inlinkz collection featuring everyone who participated.
As you obviously know, gradients are majorly popular right now -- mainly thanks to The Nailasaurus' fabulous tutorial! If you haven't read it yet, you MUST. It makes gradients a breeze, and they look so smooth and airbrushed when you're done.
The blue color is Essie Bikini So Teeny, which is a new Essie Summer color. It's a lovely cornflower periwinkle blue and it has a super faint glimmer to it (just barely though). The purple is Essie Play Date, which is relatively new as well. It's a vibrant lilac purple.
The white maze designs were freehanded on using a small striper brush and Essie Blanc, a white creme. It was surprisingly pigmented!
The accent nail was created just by painting on a thick blue stripe down the middle of the nail with the polish brush. Then, I added a thinner purple stripe in the middle of the blue stripe. Easy!
I'm not sure where the inspiration for this design came from. I more or less just started painting a design on top of my finished gradient and this is what I ended up with. I'm so into it though, to me it seems vaguely Aztec but with a modern twist.
If these colors look familiar to you, it may be because they are my blog design colors! It wasn't until after I finished this manicure that I realized that. Happy coincidence!
Truthfully, I haven't used many Essie polishes in the past, though not for any particular reason. I really enjoyed working with them on this manicure. The formula was nice and the shades are beautiful.
I hope you enjoyed this super fun Friday manicure... you can bet that I currently am!
I love it - and the colors work great together!
ReplyDeleteThese colors are so pretty together. I especially love the accent finger
ReplyDeleteGradient Fridays?! =O I must participate!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you come up with all these cool designs but this one looks good! And your brushwork is always so perfect. Jealous!! hehe
ReplyDeletenice. i'd love to see a pic of just the gradient before the maze tho =)
ReplyDeleteI love this, the designs are awesome and the gradient is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteLove it! This came out awesome! And it perfectly matches your blog, amazing!
ReplyDeleteI love all these colours together!
ReplyDeletethis is pretty amazing,,, im gonna go it as well
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous and simple! I might try this design out :)
ReplyDeleteThis is simply aMAZEing!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! Love the designs and the gradient is beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful
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Super cute!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely, the colours work so well together!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful maze design! You killed it
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Love it, you are so creative, as usual! When/where do you guys decide the mani challenge for the week?
ReplyDeleteAaaaahhhh these are so beaut! Colours and design are so perfect! I've just started trying my hand at nail art and am always so impressed by the stuff people come up with - but does make it very tricky to keep my jealousy in check haha!
ReplyDeleteI love this! The colors are gorgeous and I love the maze design! :)
ReplyDeletefreaking love this
ReplyDeleteLOVE this!
ReplyDeleteI really love this, great job!
ReplyDeletelove love love love love this, Sarah!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the maze! :D
ReplyDeleteAmazing!
ReplyDeleteYou have the most creative ideas I have seen. I LOVE seeing your posts in my Bloglovin feed.
ReplyDeleteStunning!
ReplyDeleteThese are so freakin' awesome!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful, great colors together!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, I wish I could do free hand nail art like this x :-)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty!
ReplyDeletegreat nail pattern!
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous manicure as always, love the accent nail too!
ReplyDeleteSuper! :)
ReplyDeletei wish i woulda known about gradient friday. poop! i have some awesome gradients
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