31 Day Challenge, Day 6: Violet

Good morning! As you can tell by the title, today's theme is violet! I'm a huge fan of purple so I was excited for this challenge day. I was inspired by a purple gradient on another blog, so I thought I would recreate it in a sense for my post!

I used 2 Nubar glitters: Petunia Sparkle & Violet Sparkle (how fitting for "violet" day!)

Below I did 2 coats of Petunia Sparkle and 1 sponged on 1 coat of Violet Sparkle

Nubar Petunia Sparkle & Violet Sparkle

Nubar Petunia Sparkle & Violet Sparkle

Nubar Petunia Sparkle & Violet Sparkle

Nubar Petunia Sparkle & Violet Sparkle

Petunia Sparkle is a gorgeous pinky-purple glitter & Violet Sparkle is a violet glitter! Both have the same formula. They're both extremely gritty and would need several coats of topcoat to smooth it out! Nonetheless, I think both are spectacular. The photos do not do them justice; I tried to capture a bit of the sparkle in photo #3 (though it's out of focus). 

What do you think of my violet challenge day mani?

-Shelby

Check out the other participants:

Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner

Kat at Hooked On Polish

Diana at Nails By Diana

Aly at Wonderland Beauty

Meredith at Perfectly Polished

Kate at The Painted Pony Nails

Cee at Absolutely Cee

Sam at Polished Art

Nail Narcotics

Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed

Shelby at Shelby's Swatches

Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful 

Mixed Mama

Joanna at Sweet Polish of Mine

Patty Greenberg

Liz and Lisa at Lozlosa 

Mari at Nailista 

Greta at How Was Your Day?

Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 

Nicole at The Color Republic

Gini at Sassy Paints
Mandy at Chameleon Stampede

Night Sky Gradient

Good morning lovely ladies! Today I have for you gradient nails! This is a scheduled post since I am headed off to my boyfriend's family picnic/reunion today (that means my post coming up for this afternoon is also scheduled)! I wanted to do something fun for the occasion, so I went with a gradient!

It looks like a night sky to me with the different shades of blues, purples and glitter like the stars. I hope you guys like it!

Polishes used:
China Glaze Bahamian Escape
Nubar Lavender
OPI Funky Dunkey
Nicole by OPI Listen to Your Momager!
Sinful Colors See You Soon
Shimmer Polish Jenny

Night Sky Gradient

Night Sky Gradient

Night Sky Gradient

Night Sky Gradient

I actually am very pleased with how this gradient turned out! I like how each nail is slightly different and more unique than the last :) I used the sponging method to create this gradient. I didn't have too much of an issue with cleanup this time; I decided to tape my nails. I think next time I'll try a gradient without glitter because that'll help with the cleanup even more! I topped this mani off with 1 coat of Out the Door and 1 coat of Diamond Dry, just so the glitter didn't remain gritty. The last photo is a closeup of the gradient; you can clearly see each color there!

What do you think of this gradient? Have any gradient recommendations/ideas?

Until next time,

-Shelby