St. Patty's gradient

I love green polish (have I mentioned that before? lol!) so of course I needed to do a mini St. Patrick's day nail art series.

Today I have a simple gradient. I didn't quite turn out how I hoped, but it still looks nice.

I started with 3 coats Finger Paints Paper Mache. Then I sponged on OPI Don't Mess With OPI. Here's where I messed up. Don't Mess with OPI isn't opaque enough and I just couldn't get the gradient to work out right.

Finally, I added Jessica 18K Gold Leaf on top. It's pretty sparse so I globbed a bit onto my palette (I use a cereal box or magazine since the glossiness slows drying), and then picked up the gold pieces with my brush to add on.

Art You Blue? & Gold

Just a quick post for you today. Sorry about the pictures being in my husband's car! We had a few cloudy days so I snapped this in car when it was sunny in case I wasn't able to get other pictures, and I was right!

The base for this mani is Finger Paints Art You Blue? I used 2 coats here. It's a beautiful dark denim blue with some shimmer to it. On top, I added Jessica Gold Leaf 18K. My friend managed to pick this up for me at a supply shop she visits, and it was only $15! That's a steal compared to it's usual price or even compared to the price of other gold leaf top coats. It did take some placing and maneuvering to get it to look this good, but I still love it!