Jacava Nail Art - Blue Gradient Flowers

Hi Goddesses

Today I have a mani which I LOVE and which I also think is quite complex for me - although as you'd expect, it's actually really simple to do!

This was done using the Jacava nail polishes I was sent for review - Drury Lane, Mont Blanc and Mount Row.

First of all I did a gradient, which you've already seen HERE.  As I was looking at my nails, I could see a flower pattern in my head, and I hit on the idea of doing the flowers in reverse order to the gradient.

The flowers are super simple, done using a medium-small dotting tool.

The ony trickiness was the white.  When it was over Mount Row (the darker blue) it looked perilously close the the middle shade (Drury Lane), so some double dotting was required.

These polishes were sent for my honest review and can be purchased HERE.

Jacava Nail Polish - 3 Polishes, 3 Nail Art Looks

Hi Goddesses

Earlier in the week, I posted swatches of Drury Lane and Mount Row, which I had been sent for review by Jacava Nail Polish.  They also sent me Mont Blanc, a white, and there was just something irresistible about the 3 colours together, and I began seeing nail art patterns everywhere!  So here are 3 very simple looks that you can achieve.


1.  Jumbo Dot

I've got Drury Lane here on base, and I wanted to do something very simple to preserve the serenity of the colour.

I did a single jumbo dot with Mount Row.  To get a dot this size I usually use the end of a pen or pencil - I think I used my wax pencil for this!

I then did a smaller dot inside using Mont Blanc and my largest dotting tool.   Because the polish was new, I think it was still a little thin, and it didn't handle the intensity of Mount Row well, which is why the dot looks pale blue rather than white!

Super simple look.


2.  Floral Dotticure

This is also a really simple look to achieve.  Here, Mount Row is on base.

I then used Drury Lane and a medium dotting tool to create a circle of dots for my flower shape, before adding a centre dot with Mont Blanc.

The key to making this pattern work is to not just do complete flowers - you'll also want some half flowers around the edges.

Final touch - some small, random dots in Mont Blanc to take the edge off the blank spaces.



3.  Gradient

Oh how I loved this gradient!   The camera hasn't totally picked up the colours perfectly, but this was utterly gorgeous to wear.

I've used the colours in order, from palest to darkest, as I felt this gave the smoothest and most dramatic look.

This also looked great before I glossed it up.   

I loved this last look so much, I couldn't resist doing something else to it .... but I'll save that for another post.


Have a great Saturday!

Happy Dots with Jacava Polishes

Hi Goddesses

OMG it is 33 degrees today in the UK - yesterday it was 20.  There is no wind, and going outside is like stepping into an oven.  Crumpet really not happy, so it's a good job we have an icy cool mani today to stop us from melllllllting.

This is the final nail art look I did with the 3 Jacava polishes I was sent for review - Mont Blanc (white), Knightsbridge Opulence (pink) and the gorgeous Blueberry Muffin.

This mani is super simple, and its effectiveness lies in varying the size of your dots, so we have big pinks with small purples, and big purples with small pinks.

It doesn't get much simpler, and I always love how it's the simple ones that often look the best.

You can buy Jacava's amazing 8 Free polishes HERE - they really are fabulous, and the formula, application and colour intensity are all stunning.

Enjoy xx :)