Tuesday, February 14, 2012

A Pink Gradient for Valentine's Day

Roses in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Hello lovelies! I hope you are feeling loved today <3 Even though it is the middle of winter here in NYC, there was no shortage of beautiful flowers blooming outside delis, newsstands, and bodegas. The streets were overflowing with buckets of roses!

While brainstorming a Valentine's Day manicure, I pulled out all my pink and red polishes. My collection has significantly grown since last year and I realized I had enough shades of pink to create a perfect gradient/ombre manicure (have you seen my grey version?) Listed from thumb to pinky, the polishes are OPI Step Right Up, Essie Fiji, Essie Raise Awareness, China Glaze Dance Baby, and OPI Shorts Story.



I hope your Valentine's Day was filled with lovely people and lovely polishes <3

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  1. This is a really cute gradient! I like it. :)

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  3. These are such joyful colors, brava lady -- and HAPPY V-DAY!!! Hope you're smothered in happy stuff :)

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    1. Aw thanks girl! I hope you had a great Valentine's Day too :)

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    1. Thanks Mel :) I'm happy with how it came out!

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  6. Wow....I loved your grey gradient mani too, but this one is just perfect for the holiday! Happy Valentine's Day, Amy!

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    1. Happy Valentine's Day to you too, Eugenia!

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  8. so pretty! The colors really work well together :)

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    1. It was a little tricky to find the right pinks but in the end it worked!

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  11. That's a good idea, I had a coral pink on my nails.

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    1. Thanks girl! Ooo I adore coral pinks :) Good choice!

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  14. Ohhh this is so well done! The "ombre" look can go either way for me ... sometimes it's too stark when the colors aren't as close together. But yours is perfect! Happy Valentine's Day!

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    1. Yah it's difficult to find exactly the right shades! So glad you like it :)

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  15. This is positively perfection! I have to try my ombre look again - mine always come out skittles!

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    1. Haha I know what you mean - it takes just the right shades to make it work :)

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  16. This is great! Just added a link to this as a good example of an ombre mani for my list of things to try! Thanks for the inspiration!

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    1. Awesome, I'd love to see your creation when you try it!

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  17. Very pretty! I haven't tried a gradient like this but I love the way they look and it is definitely on my to-do list! The colors you chose are perfect!

    Rebecca

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    1. Thanks Rebecca! It's fun (but also tricky) to match up the colors just right, it really helps you look at your colors in a new way :)

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