NOTD - Gradient Nails - Blue to Gold :)

I have seen this nail trend on many lovely ladies and I always assumed that you have to go to the salon to achieve.  Tomorrow, I am attending an 18th birthday party and the outfit du jour, is a teal/bright blue Indian outfit with gold embroidery, therefore I wanted to have my nails look a little special vs. teal nails or gold nails.

Now I didn't want to spend any money and wanted to do my nails on my own.  I didn't want to opt for the typical one shade choice and wanted to combo the two, and I saw gradient nails on long nails and thought....could i do that....the answer is YES!

Here is the look and effect I came up with:

Makeup Sponges

China Glaze - Base Coat

China Glaze - Top Coat

Sally Hansen - Xtreme Nails in Strobe Light

OPI - Teal the Cows Come Home

OPI - Glitzerland

I am going to continue to work on more nail gradient tools and once I feel more comfortable I will share the step by step.

The look I was going for was sparkly disco ball in teal blue, I think I achieved that?  LOL...i had found this look for long nails but this goes to show you can also do this on short nails.

Always Smile :)  - Sand

FOTD - Smokey Champagne

Hey Everyone,

I haven't done many FOTD (Face of the Day) Posts, so here is one that I rocked for a Birthday Party I attended.  The look was fun to create, the eye and face details are below, along with the FOTD of course:

FACE:

Vasanti - Liquid Cover in V4

Vasanti - FaceBase in V4

MAC - Mineralize Skin Finish - Candlelight

Vasanti - Rockies Blush

Vasanti - Swiss Alps

EYES:

  Click here for the eye look

LIPS:

Vasanti - Sweden Lipstick

CoverGirl - Enchantress

NYX - French Kiss

Always Smile :)  - Sand