Pastel rainbow gradient

In case you didn't know, it's Spring here in the southern hemisphere... and today, I'm feeling the season!

This isn't much of a gradient really since the colours don't "blend" into each other. I chose to sponge on the rainbow because I didn't want to mess around with tape and getting straight lines (read: I'm lazy).

What I used:

L to R: OPI What's With the Cattitude, American Apparel L'Esprit, China Glaze Something Sweet, TBN Anna Loves It!, China Glaze Lemon Fizz and China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint. (They look so pretty lined up together!)

All sponged over a coat of Revlon Powder Puff with stars from plate M17.

I'm loving the way it turned out but I kind of wish I'd done the rainbow on the diagonal - I think it would've looked better that way. Still happy though! It's so cheerful :)

Halloween gradient

I did this mani a couple weeks back. I saw this post last year and told myself I *needed* to do it for the coming season. Obviously hers are a whole lot better than my attempt!

It was such an enjoyable manicure! I had several people ask me which salon I went to to get them done. Adorable!

I used China Glaze Light as Air and Ruby Kisses Bold and the Beautiful for the gradient and freehanded the stars with yellow acrylic paint. I konaded some accents including the cat as well as a pumpkin and a bat (not shown) using plate HB28.


Thanks for looking and I hope you are all well.

Silver glitter gradient

My current manicure. It's very sparkly but somehow seems kind of subdued and feminine. Lots of fun!

For this mani, I used the Essence Gel-look topcoat (recommended and gifted to me by my bud Kristy) under Poshe to smooth things out and it seems to be a better alternative to Gelous. Everything is glassy smooth.

Here's the rest of what I used.

Left to right: Essence Wear Your Little Tutu, Etude House Glam Pearl, Sally Hansen Celeb City, Etude House Sparkling Silver, The Face Shop SL211

For those interested in a breakdown, it's one coat each of Essence Wear Your Little Tutu and Etude House Glam Pearl as a base. Then SH Celeb City on the tips for opacity and finally the gradient, created with Etude Sparkling Silver and The Face Shop SL211. Easy!

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NOTD Yellow to pink gradient

Before I get started, I just want to mention that I'm trying harder at Social Media. You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram (both @steffalaa)!

I found this adorable knit cardigan while shopping the other day...

Isn't it cute? I loved the gradient so much that I wanted to do it on my nails as well.

The gradient is done on a base of Revlon Powderpuff which seems to be my go-to undies for so many things. The yellow is American Apparel Butter, the salmon Orly Pixy Stix and the pink Cult Nails Devious Nature.

I felt quite giddy having my nails match my clothes today. Usually, I don't give a second thought to being matchy-matchy unless it's for a formal occasion or special event.

Pink, purple and blue gradient

I wore this last week while I was feeling a little blah. Picked me right up!

I used Ulta3 Hot Spring, Bloom Lavender Bay and Essie Mesmerize on top of a coat of Revlon Powder Puff. I think I should have picked a darker pink. It doesn't fit into the gradient as well as I wanted. But that's ok, because I still loved it! A great pictorial of how to do gradients can be found here.

Lynnderella Snow Angel Gradient

This was a pre-Easter mani that I did last week. I only snapped this one picture of it so this is going to be quite a short post.

Alternating bases of China Glaze Light as Air and Something Sweet. Then I added a gradient with Snow Angel.

Can you see the shrinkage I got especially on my ring finger? It's because the tips of my nails were SO thick. Think: base, two coats of colour, three layers of Snow Angel, clear, Glitter Tamer and Poshe.

I think it also chipped in less than a day. No bueno. But it was cute while it lasted. Haha!

Happy Easter!

I hope the Easter Bunny is generous to you all!

My Easter NOTD is Missha BL002 sponged with Missha GR001 and then a free hand bunny for an accent. It's pretty messy and you can see all the mistakes in the close up but I think it turned out pretty good.

And now for Mario's annual Easter appearance :)

*nose boop*

NOTD Spam

Just some of what's been on my nails lately.

A-England Saint George konaded with ChG 2030 and plate BM20. Saint George is such a gorgeous and saturated teal. Opaque in one single coat as well!

Gradient done with Etude's Wannabe Perfumed Syrup Nails set. Look how pretty the packaging is...

Pa A20. Bight jelly-esque blue. I really need more Pa's. I adore each and every one I have.

Lynnderella Change over Essence Nude It! I've done this exact combination before but I adored it so much I wanted to wear it again.

Big Universo Espectral over black. A beauty from Brazil. The flakies are really dense in this one. Only one coat is pictured above.