Friday, January 24, 2014

Blue with a wheat gradient stamp

So I didn't do dots after all, I did a stamped gradient.  It was super easy and very effective.

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This is two coats of China Glaze First Mate, topped with an image off the Mash-44 plate, stamped with SH Insta Dri Silver Sweep and Revlon Copper Penny, applied to the plate together and scraped to create a gradient.  Seche Vite top coat.

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The First Mate was really thick, bordering on goopy, and could be a one coat polish with careful application.  I'll bet it stamps really well. 

The copper isn't super coppery, and kind of blends into the silver at certain angles, plus I think the Seche Vite may have diminished the copperiness some.  Next time I may try applying the Seche Vite after the base color only, and skipping the second top coat after the stamp.

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In any case, I'm calling this mani a success.  I like it.

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