I've always loved painting my nails, but recently, since I've gotten totally obsessed with Julep, I've been doing my nails A LOT more! And since I've been doing my nails more, I've been wanting to share them with you all. :)
I even became a Julep Maven a while ago! When you sign up as a Maven, you can actually get your first Maven box FREE! Here's a referral link if you're interested in joining: Become a Julep Maven! To get the free box after signing up, just make sure to put FREEBOX (all one word) in the promo code box. Note: that is a referral link of my own, so I do get rewarded "Jules" per referral, but if you're really interested in signing up as a maven, I'd really appreciate you using my link. Even if you don't though, make sure you remember the code or your first box won't be free. :)
Anyway, back to my nails! :P
I bought myself a pack of nail dotters a while back, and I've been wanting to try out gradients so with these nails, I tried out both! :D
Here are some closer shots of my nails once I finished:
I think the pink showed up really well, but the blue is harder
to see. I do still love the effect of both though because at certain angles, the blue added a bit of dimension, and I just absolutely loved the whole pop of colour gradient on top of the silver background. It ended up being a
little messy near the edges of my nails, but all in all, I was very
happy with my first attempt at gradients, and with dotting my whole
nail. :D
What do you think?
Do you like the gradients and dots?
That is very cool! You have way more patience than I do when it comes to doing nails. I think just applying regular ol' nail polish is enough work! Might have to get you to do my nails sometime. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kristilyn! :D haha sometimes I'm patient...other times, not so much! haha It definitely can be! I'd love to. I can do way more on other people's nails....there's no issue with doing your own dominant hand then. ;D
DeleteExactly. I always find that if I paint my dominant hand first, it's a lot easier. That way I can take my time and not muss up the weaker hand.
DeleteHmmm, I don't think I've ever actually tried that! Next time I paint my nails, I definitely will though so that I can see if it makes a difference! :D
Deletethese are amazing! wow ambur you are so good at this. i have that same SH blue and i hate it, i think it is in my "swap/giveaway/throw out if nobody will take it" bag. just too frustrating to work with, though in a gradient where it is supposed to be more subtle it does work better, on its own i hate it though. gorgeous nail art though!
ReplyDeleteAwww, thank you, Zo!!! :D Ya, it's definitely one of those colours that doesn't work on its own. I find it works well with a white base, too. That's the only other time I've really used it before, but it actually looked really neat like that because it kind of looked like it was glowing. :) Thanks again! I was definitely happy with how it turned out. :D
DeleteI'm always so jealous of your nails! I need to practice, since I've barely painted my nails since Jr. high. But you make me want to. I actually just signed up for Julep this weekend. Now I feel so bad for not using your referral link. :( Sorry!
ReplyDeleteI actually just tried out my new Red Carpet Manicures LED gel nails. They looked really good at first, but I followed all the instructions and they are still kind of tacky an hour later and now they keep attracting cat hair. Oops!
I'm excited to see your nails when you do them more, Megan! I love looking at other people's nails! That's okay, you don't need to apologize. :) I hope you like Julep though...I'm pretty much obsessed right now. :P
DeleteThat sounds a bit disappointing. I wonder if there's some trick to stop that...nobody wants cat hair sticking to their fingers like that all the time!