Hi! Welcome to the start of a new week- hope it's a good one! I decided that this year I would try new things nail art-wise. I've been trying out designs that are new to me and I've been especially interested in working with decorations- loose glitter, micro beads, etc. This time I went for a drip manicure. It's something I've seen countless times but never tried out until now. I pulled out my pots of loose iridescent glitter in white, pink, and purple and layered it on top of the drips. For the thumb and index I blended the glitter together to create a gradient.
Honestly, I really thought that this wasn't gonna work out. I thought that I wouldn't get the glitter placement right but I didn't even have to be too careful with the application. The great thing about these glitters are that they are semi-transparent so they layer very nicely and blend into each other well.
I started with American Apparel Coney Island on the index finger, American Apparel L'Esprit on the little finger, and American Apparel T-Shirt on the rest of my nails. Working one nail at a time, I used a large dotting tool to make the ends of the drips, then used the polish brush to extend them to the tips. While the polish was still tacky I dipped the tips into the same coloured glitter. I used a dotting tool to move the glitter around and place additional glitter on the drips. For the gradient nails I first used a sponge and polish to make a gradient base first. Then I applied some topcoat and placed the glitter.
BRITTNEY XO
Oh wow I love this drip manicure. The pastels are perfect. So girly!
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Wow this looks amazing! I would not have thought of filling the drops with hex glitter but it does look fantastic! :D
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAh! This looks so cool! I love it. I'm such a sucker for a pink/lilac gradient as well.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the pastel colors you've used here! And the addition with the gitter - perfect! Two of my favs for nails ^.^ This looks like a lot of work, especially the gradient but it was worth it cause it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteLove it !
ReplyDeletei love these! they're so cool looking.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh this is so beautiful! Respect for all the patience you have to place the glitter! I don't think I could do it that perfect, well done!
ReplyDeleteThe drips look awesome! I love that you used the glitter!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful mani! The iridescent glitters are so pretty as part of the drips. :-)
ReplyDelete~ Yun
These are beautiful, love the colours and the use of glitter! X
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous! I love that iridescent glitter!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :D
ReplyDeleteAww, thank you very much! The glitter placement actually wasn't too bad! They layer on top of each other nicely :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Whitney!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
ReplyDeleteHehe thank you! I'm so glad you like it :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Haha yes, it's such a pretty colour combo :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stephanie!
ReplyDeleteThanks, girly! <3
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