Happy Spring Dots!

Happy late Easter everybody!

Here is a fun little spring mani, it is a nice one for somebody who doesn't want something overpowering.  I combined a nice classic french manicure with a touch of color.  I have a gel overlay on my natural nails and I decided to try the white gel on the tips.  I really like it, and it never wears off and I don't have to redo it when I remove the art.

I used the pretty spring colors I bough last year from AVON;
Aqua Fantasy 
Sweet Mint (kind of a lime green)
Cotton Candy (Pink)
Loving Lavender
Orange Creamsicle (On my thumb)

I just used a dotting tool and made dots on the white tip.  A different color on each finger.  Then I topped it all off with top coat!

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Purple with a French Crackle

This started out to be a really pretty mani, but I'm not sure about the end result...

     

I started out with 2 coats of Avon's Loving Lavender (this is fast becoming my favorite go-to purple polish) It is such a nice smooth creamy purple!  I then added 2 coats of Pure Ice - Busted.  It looks kind of like a holo in the bottle, but it goes on more of a fine shimmer.  I still like it. :)  I then added NYC Starry Silver Glitter to the ring finger.  This turned out so pretty!  I should have stopped there.

But I didn't... I taped them off and added some white crackle to the tips.

Let me know what you think!

Purple French with Flowers

I needed me some purple! I started off with 2 coats of Avon's new Loving Lavender.  I fell in love! It is a light purple cream polish. This went on so smooth and so nice.  It is a light purple cream polish.  So... I stopped there :) I couldn't put anything else on this beautiful color!  This photo is most accurate for the color.

2 days later... :)


I added OPI - You Ottaware Purple to the tips.  This lovely lady is a nice shimmery dark purple that goes on nice.  This is 2 coats because it is pretty transparent.  I had planned on adding more colors to this but it was so pretty I couldn't mess it up.

After I did the french tip I remembered I had some 3D art flowers and they match perfect!

I just love this mani! But it might just be because it is purple :)  Let me know what you think!

Park Ave & Spanish Moss

It has been a long day so lets get straight to the polish! :)  For the base I used In A New York Color Minute - Park Ave.  This is a really pretty creamy dark mauve/purple (The picture doesn't do it justice)  I had to apply 3 coat to cover but it is a quick dry polish and really did dry fast.  And it did go on really smooth!

I didn't use any top coat after Park Ave since it dried so fast.  I just taped it off (thank you so much Chloe's nails for this little gem, I had never thought of scotch tape before.  I had always just done all of my work freehand)

This is a beautiful green that I added on the ends!  It is Revlon - Spanish Moss.  It looks like a cream polish at first but it has this gorgeous subtle shimmer in it!  I was tempted to remove the Park Ave and do just the Spanish moss! Now if I am talking about removing any kind of purple that is really saying something!

These were both really hard colors to capture with the camera, but I highly recommend them both.

I do believe I will use this green again before the month is out!