Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Autism Awareness Mani: Rainbows

Different Shades of Blue Day 2: Rainbows

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Today is going to be a nice day here.  A few awesome things that have happened recently due to the past few days of the warm weather...all of the grass has turned green after being brown for so many months, I got to wear sandals for the first time this year, and the asparagus in our garden is starting to come up.  It's the little things right?  :)  Today is day two of the Autism awareness challenge.  I couldn't figure out if rainbows meant traditional rainbows or a blue rainbow so I went with a blue rainbow.  I have to say this is one of my favorite manicures that I've done and I was sad to take it off.



  

I started with two easy coats of Zoya Blu, a creamy pastel blue that I adore.  I had a stamping plate from Winstonia that resembled a rainbow so I decided to go for that.  I took three shades of blue polish, OPI Eurso Euro, Essie Butler Please, and Essie Avenue Maintain, and created a blue rainbow gradient on the stamping plate.  This was my first use of my newly purchased Winstonia plates and I loved the quality and how crisp the images came out.  What do you guys think?

Check out these other ladies designs!

Cordia from Seriously Swatched
Jessica from Nail Polish Anonymous
Kelly from Peace Love Lacquer
Laura from Little Laura Loves
Nicole from Dipped in Lacquer
Paulina from Paulina’s Passions
Rachael from Rachos Nail Love
Roxana from Beautylicious
 

21 comments:

  1. I keep seeing this awesome design around but I really love it in these blue shades!

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    1. Normally it wouldn't be a design I would go for but I'm glad I had the challenge to do because I really ended up liking it.

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  2. This is so gorgeous and delicate - love it!

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  3. This looks wonderful!! I absolutely love it!

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  4. Awesome, you make me want to try stamping!

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  5. Cute mani! I love the gradient you did with the stamping! It's very pretty! :-)

    ~ Yun

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  6. This is a gorgeous mani!! I love it!

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  7. These are stunning! Wish i had your stamping talent!

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  8. Hi Erin! I nominated you for the 'best blog' award. Check it out here: http://theperfectlypolishedlife.blogspot.com/2013/04/best-blog-award-nominee.html

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  9. This is fabulous! And thank you...I wasn't sure what blue rainbows meant either so I went all blue too. So glad I'm not the only one!

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    1. I was worried I was going to be the only one that didn't do a true rainbow. Glad you went the same route!

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  10. lol, I couldn't figure out which to do either - I went traditional! Love how yours turned out!

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