Golden Dust on Stainglass

Special day? Do you need to look rich and stylish? Soften classic black with beige or pink, add gold to shine.

Desaturated Berry Ombre Nails

Desaturated Berry Ombre Nails

Ombre nails are cool and subtle and they are easy to do on your own. This version of ombre nails is when the color fades from one nail to the next.

For a "real" nail-to-nail-ombre mani you need to use at least 2 colors of nail polish intermixing them together to create a gradient transition from one nail to another.  These colors can be monochromatic or complementary.

For this mani I used 5 different nail polishes that create a nice complementary pallete.  

Pink Cherry Gradient Nails

Pink Cherry Gradient Nails

1. Choose 3 nail polish colors that reflect the palette of a cherry. In my case I had pale yellow, light golden orange and golden wine.
2. Trim the sponge, you are going to be using to make a gradient, to the size of the length of your nails. This is going to help you to have better control of the placement for a smoother gradient.
3. Apply base coat to protect your natural nails.
4. Apply base color, which is a pale yellow here, and allow to dry a bit.
5. Brush you choice of polish onto a sponge in the order you want them to appear on your nails.
6. Gently press a sponge onto your nails with your base color covering a bed of your nail (lunula). You may find that you need to do this a couple of times to achieve a good coverage. Alternate the positioning of the sponge every pressing, by bringing it a little closer to a bed of a nail and next time closer to a tip, to create a smooth transition of the colors.
7. Allow polish to dry and finish with a top coat.

Watermelon Casual

Watermelon is great on a hot summer day. 

Abercrombie fitch / Maison Scotch cotton shorts, $62
Loafer shoes / Vila Clothes zip bag, $110
Cuff jewelry / A Cuckoo Moment Stingray, $199
Flat sunglasses / Henry Holland, $89
Belt / Saddler Saddler Ann Belt, $39

Blood and Steel

Red Nails with Metallic Highlight

1. Apply base coat to protect your nails.
2. Put 2 coats of a red color polish on the most of your nails and a metallic color polish  on the ones you want to emphasize.
3. Cover you nails with a top coat polish.