Summer Challenge Day 26 - Euro 2012

Hi Goddesses

So, we're back to the Summer Challenge, and now is the turn of the Euro 2012 Football Championships which have just ended.  

It's one of the many mysteries of my life as to why I decided this particular challenge should happen AFTER the final - surely it would have made more sense before ?  Yes, even I agree with the now-me, so I have no idea what the earlier-me was playing at.

Aaaaanyway, the final was contested between Italy and Spain, 2 fabulous sides who play with flair.  The Spaniards battered the Italians 4-0.   Whoops.

I decided to do my nails half and half for each flag, and decided to go with a sponged gradient.   I used Sally Hansen Right Said Red, CG Starboard and SH White On for the Italian flag.   What was really interesting was that I had planned to do a deep and intense sponging, but when I saw the faded, shabby look of the first layer, I fell in love with it and couldn't bear to make it deeper.

The Spanish flag is missing a teensy bit of detail in the middle, as I wanted a simple, clean look.  This was OPI The It Color for the yellow, and I sponged with Wet n Wild Buy Me A Drink, a deep intense burgundy.

A simple v for "versus" in the middle and voila.  Ready to play ?  Oh, it already finished ?  Oh that's weird.  Well, why is the mani today then ?  I dunno .....

Enjoy xx :)

Pink Sponged Gradient

Nails I Love

PINK NAILS FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

Hi Goddesses

I have been very preoccupied with October being Depression Awareness Month.  Having suffered with it off and on for half my adult life, I am passionate about raising awareness of it, and kind of overlooked the other cause that is equally deserving in October – Breast Cancer Awareness.

So, here are my pink nails.  I had wanted to crack out the Starry Pink by REVLON and decided to go a gradient with this as the base.  I hoped the glitter might then just peek through the other colour – and it did! Hurrah!

Starry Pink is incredibly sheer, but beautiful, so a minimum of 2 patient coats are required.  For the pink I chose WET N WILD’s FuchsiaRama a jellyish magenta of superb pigmentation and brightness.

For the first time I used a sponge with big holes in – and loved it!  But it was VERY absorbent, so as much polish ended up in the sponge as on the nail!

The jellyish nature of FuchsiaRama gave this a perfection I hadn’t anticipated – once the super glossy Poshe was also in place, this glistened like it was WET.

PS the ring finger is accented with NOPI / Justine Bieber Step 2 The Beat of My Heart. 

Gorgeous – love it J

J

Top Tip – if you’re ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give you plenty of contrasts and compares.