Nail Art - Blue Dot Gradient

It's been a little while since I posted anything. I've worn a few lovely manicures but I have been having NO luck photographing them.

Tonight I've done a blue dot gradient.

Base coat:
China Glaze - Snow

Dots (darkest to lightest):
NYC - Rhythm n Blues
China Glaze - Sky High-top
Chi Chi - Boys Boys Boys

Such a fun combination.

MASH goodies

Recently I bought some bits n pieces from the MASH website.

I got:
Stamping plates 25-50.
I've been enjoying testing these out, and I did a cloud manicure here. I'm still hopeless at stamping though.

Stamping polish in black and white.
What is the difference between regular polish and stamping polish anyway?

Dotting tools in a variety of sizes.
Can't wait to use these. I'm inspired by Pretty Purple Polish and Lab Muffin and their recent dotty manicures.

Glass nail file.
I tried this today and it does seem gentler on my nails. A bit slower to file them to shape, but if it means less breakage it's all good.

Initially I had a slight issue with only part of my order getting delivered. This was cleared up with one email and the rest of my order shipped just as quickly as the first bit. MASH has great customer service. I would definitely buy from them again.

Check their site out here.

MASH stamping plates, dotting tools, glass nail file, stamping polishes

Nail Art - Dotty Gradient

I was inspired to do this manicure by the blog Pretty Purple Polish. The dotty manicure there was so pretty, I had to try something similar.

I used a base coat of China Glaze - Snow and topped it with dots in a sort of gradient. I used (in order of light to dark) OPI - Red Light District, Essence - Fateful Desire and China Glaze - Smoke and Ashes. I used 3 sizes of dotting tool from my new MASH set.

When I put the topcoat on I unfortunately got a little bit of streaking.

I love it!

Nail Art - Polka Dot Pink

I'm not very good at nail art. I see so many beautiful pics of amazing nails and think, I could never do that. I can however, put spots on my nails. Sometimes it looks great, other times meh. I'm not sure about this effort

OPI - Kiss Me On My Tulips topped with Essie - Over The Top

Polka Dot Nails, OPI - Kiss Me On My Tulips, Essie - Over The Top