Hi Goddesses
Ugh today has been a long day. I am full of snot from a particularly heavy cold, have just been for a meal out and STILL have a blog post to do before I can call it an early night and listen to the Ryder Cup.
Inspired By A Flag was a tricky one for me, but only because I did soooooo many variations of the Union Jack this summer. Because of that, I couldn't bear to do it again, but then I really struggled for something else to represent. In the end I wondered what flags there were to represent causes rather than countries, and that's where today's mani came from.
Today we have the Peace Flag - rainbow gradient lushness and look, letters !!!! As soon as I found it on Google, it seemed soooo appropriate given our troubled times, and I also loved how it harked back to the 60s, and a much simpler era.
The base of this mani is a gradient of 5 nail polishes. I LOVE how these all mooshed together. I felt it would be too much to do 7 polishes, so I eliminated a couple! I ended up using Max Factor Red Passion, and Barry M in Yellow, Spring Green, Cyan Blue and Indigo.
For the gradient, I dribbled the polish in lines on my piece of plastic that I use, allowing them to overlap a little, and then used a smooth make-up sponge to apply. I think I used 3 applications to get enough polish on the nail. Now this next part is personal preference, but I deliberately didn't line my sponge up perfectly every time I reapplied the polish - I thought it added to the gradient to do it this way. Here is the gradient on its own - pretty damn gorgeous if I do say so myself.
And finally I used a thin brush and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls to add the lettering - I quite like that the lettering ended up being simple and childlike.
Enjoy! xx :)
