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Good morning, readers! I'm alive! It was a busy week last week and I didn't have time for painting my nails or posts, sorry for the lack of communication. However, I was able to get this week's Digit-al Dozen manis ready for you! The theme is Nature and I can't wait to see how everyone does! It's so broad that I think we will have tons of variation in nail art.
My first mani was inspired by a tutorial in my favorite nail art book (that I've shown you many times before!), Idiot's Guides: Nail Art by Emily from The Lacquerologist. Actually, the majority of my manis for this week were done using tutorials out of the book so this will be exciting!
The Palm Trees tutorial is found on pages 144-145, in the Intermediate Designs section of Idiot's Guides: Nail Art. I remember trying a similar mani on my younger sister years ago, before the start of Adventures In Acetone, and I can't believe I've never done one on myself.
- I followed Emily's tutorial, starting with OPI Put A Coat On! white base coat.
- Then, I swiped the following polishes in order on a makeup sponge: OPI Do You Have This Color In Stock-holm?, Orly Frolic, OPI Girls Love Ponies, OPI Aloha From OPI, and OPI Good Grief!
- I then pressed the sponge onto the nail and repeated the steps a few more times to blend the gradient and make it opaque enough over the white base.
- I used a striper brush and OPI Who Are You Calling Bossy?!? to create the palm trees.
- KBShimmer Clearly On Top was used to seal in the design and add shine.
What do you think? I really love how the gradient colors turned out together, and I still can't believe I haven't done the classic sunset palm tree mani after all of these years.
Idiot's Guides: Nail Art is available now on Amazon in paperback or Kindle edition! I highly recommend it!
*Idiot's Guides: Nail Art was a previously reviewed press sample, all opinions are my own.
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Thanks so much for reading! Take a look at what the rest of the Digit-al Dozen ladies did for Day 1 of Nature Week below.
Hi Jacki, it's a tropical, fun-loving, hoping-for-warmer-weather mani! Your free-handed palm trees are delightful, too. I wish I was in a sunny locale right now!
ReplyDeleteThis mani is so hot!! Love it so much!
ReplyDeleteso gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely ... Emily's book is on my amazon wishlist!
ReplyDeletePalm trees and sunsets are probably my all time favourite type of mani and you nailed it here! They're perfect!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job! The gradient looks like a perfect tropical sunset.
ReplyDeleteIt's the classic sunset mani, but flawless. I love the lil birds too.
ReplyDeleteLoving how bright and colourful this is!
ReplyDeleteThis is totally amazing!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! I really love your gradient! And the painting is just flawless!
ReplyDeleteThe gradient is so nice on this! It makes me wish for summer and beaches!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors you used; they really make this look pop!
ReplyDeletethis is totally fabulous! The gradient is GORGEOUS and I love how detailed you made the palm trees look, even though they're silhouettes. Really cool!
ReplyDeletePerfect tropical sunset!
ReplyDeleteThese are beyond gorgeous! I so love this mani!
ReplyDeleteI cna't believe you've never done it either! It's perfect!
ReplyDeleteYou slay me. These are perfection!
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely - and it's great that it's from Emily's book! They turned out great!
ReplyDeleteYou totally KNOCKED THIS ONE OUT OF THE PARK! I think I said this to you before, but you really made a relatively basic manicure into something artful and beautiful. Great job <3
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing! The gradient is fabulous but those trees are flippin' amazing! Wow!
ReplyDeleteSuch a classic design, great job! It almost looks like decals or wraps! :)
ReplyDeleteso absolutely gorgeous! Your gradient is to die for but I can't get over your FREEHAND trees! What the heck! It's amazing!
ReplyDeletesuper stunnign gradient xx
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