Subtle Ombre

It's the first day of Spring.  Spring and Summer are my two favorite seasons.  We started our little Spring garden.  Our sunflowers have already sprouted.  We have also planted carrots, tomatoes, cilantro, and marigolds.  It's always amazing to see how something starts from a tiny seed in dirt and grows into a beautiful plant or something we can eat at our dinner table. 
What I also enjoy about Spring is the pastel colors that are everywhere.  Today, I am wearing a subtle ombre using three of OPI's Softshades.  This was very hard to capture on camera. The gradient in person is more noticeable.  In pictures you barely can see it.  I tried different lighting to try and capture it and out of the 40+ photos, these were the best.  I initially started with being indecisive about which of my new Great and Powerful Oz softshade to paint on my nails.  The ombre trend is starting to show up around town and thought- hey, why not do an ombre with both colors.  I have Don't Burst my Bubble and I Theodora You.  I usually skip the tan shades like Glints of Glinda.  It's not flattering with my skin tone. 
I started off with 2 coats of Don't Burst My Bubble.  It's a pinkish white that self levels on the nail and is not streaky.  The next step I normally would do with a sponge, but since these are sheers, I painted directly onto the nails.  For this step, I pulled out I Pink I Love You from the 2009 Fairytale Bride collection.  It's a pink with a blue flash.  I kind of wanted my ombre to look like a bubble-hence the blue flash.  The last color is I Theodora You.  This is a more opaque pink and is the darkest pink in my entire stash of softshades. 

 

 

I'm really enjoying such a soft, delicate manicure.  My fingers even appear longer.  Have any of you tried any of the "Oz" colors yet and which is your favorite?

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I wanted to due a pink ribbon manicure for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This was going to be simple and quick to do. So I thought. Reality, I did my nails when I really didn't have time to do them. It's a surprise I didn't totally ruin it. I started with 2 coats of My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I was just finishing my pinkie when there was a knock on door. I dinged a nail shutting my lamp and somehow got my thumbs stuck together while unlocking my screen door. I'm a novice couponer and my aunt was dropping some coupons off for me. After some time I started painting two coats of I Pink I Love You. Of course that's when my daughter has a breakdown over not being able to dress her doll. Brushed over a coat of Out the Door and settled the issue. Started dinner, cleaned the kitchen, put both girls in the tub. My little one usually stays in the tub and plays for a while (I have a hard time getting her out sometimes). I thought I had enough time to stamp my nails. Just did the last stamp and I see her climbing out of the tub. I wish she would do that all the time. Dried her up and changed her before I did a top coat. Most of the design stayed in tack. Did a quick top coat of Revlon quick dry. Why didn't I wait until the girls went to sleep you ask? Well after they sleep, I need a shower, get everything together for the next day, and actually do some studying before I can't keep my eyes open.