Hey everyone! It's day 6 of the Endless Summer September Challenge, and the theme for today is Tropical!
Okay, so if you guys hadn't figured this out yet... I really love gradients. So whenever there's an opportunity to do one, you can bet I'm going to take it! For my tropical design, I decided to do a sunset with a palm tree in the foreground.
(Oh, if anyone's curious, I sort of attempted to do a better, updated version of this very old nail art post).
Y'all ready for this?
I started out with two coats of China Glaze - Snow to make my gradient pop.
Wee, it's gradient time! From top to bottom I have Sally Hansen - Perfect Plum, OPI - Cajun Shrimp, and Sally Hansen - Sun Kissed.
Then with my cheap dollar store nail striper, I added the palm tree in black. First I drew the trunk, then the branches coming out of it. I finished up with the leaves and a little island detail on the bottom. I also tried to make the tree extend onto the pinkie nail because I thought it looked kinda funky on its own, but I rather stupidly forgot that the two fingers don't like up right, so... woops.
Time for a top coat!
There ya have it! After this there's only one day left of the challenge.. aww! I'm going to have to do a bit of brainstorming to figure out what I want to do for the last day. Lemme know in the comments if you have any suggestions for that, as well as what you thought of today's design! :)
I like it! The gradient is perfectly done, I love those colors. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :) I loveee doing gradients, so I had a great time trying to figure out what colors I should combine for this design.
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