Showing posts with label Essie Bikini So Teeny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essie Bikini So Teeny. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

A-England Merlin over Essie Gradient

Lately I've been addicted to gradient nails.  It's simple, fast to do, and looks great.  I needed something to to layer my new A-England Merlin over.  I went with Essie Playdate and Bikini So Teeny.   This pic is without a topcoat so it looks textured.
 
 
This is one thin coat of Merlin.  It looked "incomplete" so I added gems for detail.  Seche Vite for the top coat and that was it.



Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Essie Bikini So Teeny

This is how bad my nail polish addiction is, I see something and then my mind relates it to a nail polish color.  Last week, I was sitting by the pool at my daughters swimming lesson, I was showing my youngest daughter the clouds in the sky.  I looked up and thought the sky was a beautiful blue, just like Essie Bikini So Teeny.  Yep, that's what first came to mind.  Of couse that afternoon I went and picked up a bottle.  I have a lot of blue polish and nothing came even close to being remotely similar.


The formula was thick but yet slightly runny.  It self levels, so that was a plus. I used two coats with Seche Vite for the base and top coat. Dry time before the Seche Vite was fairly quick. This is a beautiful, calming blue that I never get tired of.  I love it on its own and as a base for stamping.  Of course the first mani had to be clouds.  I used a Konad plate for the clouds and a nail express plate for the flowers.  I'm trying to incorporate fimos in all my manicures.  It's my personal challenge to use all the designs that I have.  I also am going to try to use all the designs on every nail plate that I own.  I even want to somehow get through all my untried polishes too.  That is a mega challenge that might take me a year to do considering I only do my nails 2x/week.