Girls Night Gradient

Happy Melissa's Birthday Girls Night In!  Yes, it's for sure tonight.  I double checked after last week's confusion.  I am getting ready to girly it up with Girls Night Mani #2!

So this is my first gradient.  I haven't tried one before because first, it seemed like a lot of work, and second, I'm kind of lazy.  Turns out gradients aren't hard at all!  I do, however, have freakishly small tyrannosaurus rex hands and covered up most of the base color, so next time I'll adjust accordingly :)

I used ULTA's Encore Pink for the base (which I HATED... after four coats it was STILL streaky and patchy!), China Glaze Pink Plumeria, China Glaze Love's a Beach, and OPI's Teenage Dream from the Katy Perry collection.

I used the sponge method with Pink Plumeria and Love's a Beach for the gradient and dabbed Teenage Dream over the top half of my nails.

 sunlight

 sunlight

 shade

 shade

 with flash

 with flash

with flash

Now that I know how easy this technique is, I'll be playing around with lots of different combinations!

Happy Birthday, Melissa!  We bouts to get our girly on!

Happy Friday!!!!!!  xoxo Kris