Gradient Nails

This weekend has been beyond weird. Everyone seems extra cranky, including myself...because it's rubbing off on me unfortunately. I hope T and I can get back to normal soon. We have been bickering.

Sheesh. :(

Anyway, I decided to cheer myself up by trying to do a gradient on my nails. I've never done it before but was in a mood to try something different.

I think it turned out pretty well for my first time. The base color I used was Sally Hansen's Diamonds, from the Diamond Strength line. I love that particular line because the colors are soft, shimmery, and sheer, and they go on smoothly and tend to last a long time. They make a nice, subtle base color or a good accent coat to give solid colors some sparkle. For awhile I was using the Diamonds as an accent coat over everything; it's half gone. XD
The polish I used for the gradient is Essie's A Cut Above, from the LuxeEffects collection. Essie tends to give me trouble, because it seems extra thick and applying more than one coat seems to make it clump. It was actually starting to clump around the lip of the bottle, so I was panicking and trying to finish before it got sticky. Hahaha.

The pink fading into the white sheer is so pretty. It's a little hard to photograph and is more noticeable in person.

These make me feel like a princess. :) Now that I know gradients aren't too difficult to do, I think I'll try it in solid colors.

You can really see the nice transition of colors here. It's sparkly, but not so sparkly it's blinding, like my last polish was. And the gradient gives it an extra kick and makes it a little more special.