Skip to main content

Pink to Blue Ombre Mermaid Nails

Ok so yeah, I know I just did this kind of manicure but it's totally different, I swear!  I found more pink glitter so the colours blend together nicely and I spaced the glitter out more!  Pretty much though it was the Reddit Monthly Meetup on Saturday night and I wanted sparkly nails.  What more can I say!

To start, I did the usual two coats of Rimmel Black Satin.  Someone remind me to get a new bottle, cos it's getting a bit gluggy.  Anyway, next you'll need a think swipe of your non quick-dry top coat, I'm currently using Sally Hansen Invisible.  You almost can't apply this thick enough because you need to reallllly smush the glitter in there, so no bits stick up.  If I even have one piece of glitter sticking up, I can maybe go six to ten hours before I'mma need to get rid of it.  It's the main reason I trim all my glitter to fit, so it's nice and smooth.  I've found that with the big pieces of glitter, start in the middle with a column in your colour run, then just build out either side.  I also find the top coat will apply better if you leave a tiny gap between each piece.  Once you're done, you really can't apply too many coats of Seche Vite.  I think this is three? Yeah, sounds about right.  Make sure you run the top coat along the edges of your nails too, it'll stop the edge pieces coming off.  

I should go to bed now, so sleepy, hence the tone of this entry!  But look, sparkly: 







The Verdict: I would normally call this just a colour gradient but it feels very ombre-y to me so I'm going with that.  And sparkly.  So sparkly.  Yay!

Comments

  1. You are the undisputed Queen of Glequins, Laura! I bow down to your majesty!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. es tan maravilloso! me encanto ! felicidades por el post!
    http://warmiestetica.blogspot.com.ar/

    ReplyDelete
  3. My good god, these are spectacular! Seamless gradient & the sparkles are gorgeousss!:')))

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love this! Each one is better than the last and I never noticed that you trim the glitter to fit - that is genius! :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. How many different colors did you use to make this? It looks like four to me, but it is so sparkly I can't tell.

    ReplyDelete
  6. This are awesome nails , tthe coolest ive seen on the long time , I love the color and i print of it !! Im a new follower and I love your page I hope u can follow back please Britters89.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  7. Oh, you have a great blog, a lot of nice polishes and I love your nail designs. I will follow you for sure.
    Please visit my blog and discover a lot of nail designs. Kisses.
    http://roxyru.blogspot.ro/

    ReplyDelete
  8. I'm flashed by every mani with this kind of nail art you show us - this is soo gorgeous! <3

    ReplyDelete
  9. I actually tried playing with glitter because of you-my post goes up tomorrow mentioning you and your blog!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Wow this looks so surreal! It's beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Always glitter mosaic! :D

    ReplyDelete
  12. wau, sun kynnet on poikkeuksellisen omalaatuisia ja luovia. Muualla en ole tälläisiä ideoita nähnyt kuin sun blogissa :) Voisinkin jäädä seurailemaan, jos saisin täältä inspiraatiota omiini. Katsohan toki munkin blogi. "kynnet" tunnisteen alta löydät mun taidonnäytteeni! :) www.sussu-bow.blogspot.fi

    ReplyDelete
  13. I just about died when I saw these. These are undoubtly one of my FAVORITE glitter placement nails. <3

    ReplyDelete
  14. This is so beautiful!
    How long does it last on your nails?

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Review: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles is Accurately Named

It's amazing what you can find when you wander around at night.  My favourite time to go shopping is ridiculously late and I'm extra happy when it pays off.  I've been looking for Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles for a while now at that couldn't be more up my alley if it tried.  I finally managed to find it in a Shoppers last night and it really does live up to its name. A Million Sparkles is a predominately blue glitter that has an amazing ability to look like a foil after a couple of coats.  Combine that with gold, silver and pink bar glitter and you have a winner.  It's seriously so sparkly I got distracted from what I was saying at lunch today.  Application is decent but you really need four coats to get completely opaque coverage.  That's ok, glitter dries fast.  It's a little rough too but nothing Seche Vite can't fix.  The Verdict:  Yay glitter! If, like me, you like sparklies to the point where it's the biggest tag on y

Review: JENsations Stars in Space and S'mores

Guess what everyone?  I'm going to review some indie polishes that you can actually buy without having to wait for email messages!  Yay!  And sparkly too!  Imagine all the holo glory as while my lightbox produces lovely even white light, it saps any and all rainbows from manis, leaving me to try to take pictures in my kitchen like a barbarian.  It may not sound that hard but when you use a manual focus 60mm macro lens that has a wafer-thin depth of field, it's not the easiest.  Anyway, let's take a look at two, that's right, two, beautiful polishes from JENsations , Stars in Space and S'mores. First up, Stars in Space.  I started with two coats of Zoya Caprice, a very bright purple creme that you'll be seeing a lot of as it makes for a great base.  Next, two coats of Stars in Space, the most fabulous mix of silver holo glitter.  There's stars, squares (man, I love square glitter), hexes and micro glitter.  I liked this one as there was enough glitter on

Giveaway for Reaching 100 Posts!

So I've been blogging here for coming up on two months now but I've already managed to get to 100 posts!  To celebrate, I'm giving away the FULL COLLECTION OF CHINA GLAZE PRISMATICS! These are incredibly hard to find but I love you guys and want one of you to experience the awesomeness too. Enter below, someone is gunna win allllll these: