Ombre with "additions" - Artsy Wednesday!

I could have stopped here….

The theme this week of Artsy Wednesday is an ombre mani.

The truth is that I always found them to be a bit boring – but NOT any longer!

I chose to do a very shade/tone-coherent ombre within lighter blue colors going from light to darker, and I really think I achieved that…

Thumb-pinkie: Nubar Baby Blue, Nubar Blue Hydrangea, Nubar Faded jeans, China Glaze Bahamian Escape and Essie Lapis of Luxury

So, I could have stopped here – but didn’t (not much of a surprise for my regular readers ;) – should I have??

I went for a washed out look within the same color frame as the ombre, did it become too washed out...?

 

 

Check out what the other girls in Artsy Wednesday did in this weeks challenge: 
Michelle - Lab Muffin,  Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish, Holly - Hooked, Tif - Polished Genious, (not this week: Lyndsey - Nails by Ms. Lizard), Catrine - Unnakednails, Melanie - Nail & Polish, Jessica - Beauty Gnome, and the newest member of our group: Kamen - Kaka Beauty Blog, 

Easter - Artsy Wednesday

 

Easter is very appropriately this week’s challenge in our Artsy Wednesday group!

The base color is China Glaze Bahamian Escape and the vegetation, flowers and eggs are painted with a striper, a tiny brush and acrylic colors. Finally I top coated, unfortunately with Poshe, that previously have given me problems with bubbles (notice the thumb), but IRL I couldn't see them..

I’m pretty certain that the Easter Bunny has been hopping around on my nails…

Påske er meget passende denne uges udfordring i vores Artsy Wednesday gruppe!

Grundfarven er China Glaze Bahamian Escape og vegetationen, blomsterne og æggene er malet med en striper, en lille fin pensel og akrylfarver. Til slut lagde jeg en toplak, desværre med Poshe, som tidligere har givet mig problemer med bobler. De ses tydeligt på tommelen, men i virkeligheden lagde jeg nu ikke mærke til dem.

Jeg er ret sikker på, at påskeharen har været på spil på mine negle!

Check out what the other girls in Artsy Wednesday did in this weeks challenge, we now post simultaneously, so go right ahead: Michelle at Lab Muffin,  Alanna at Pretty Purple Polish, Holly at Hooked, Tif at Polished Genious, Lyndsey at Nails by Ms. Lizard, Sofie from Swååfie, Catrine from Unnakednails, Melanie at Nail & Polish, Jessica at Beauty Gnome, 

The Christmas Story: Icicles in sun, day 16 - Jule historien: Istapper i solskin, dag 16

After some wonderful, cozy days of Christmas with snow, it was a beautiful, sunny day with a blue sky. The snow was melting from the roof creating icicles on front of the windows. The little mice thought it was SO pretty, she sat on her favorite spot in a window and looked out…

To be continued...

Efter nogle dejlige juledage med sne, kom en smuk, solrig dag med blå himmel. Sneen smeltede fra taget og dannede istapper foran vinduerne. Den lille mus syntes det var SÅ smukt, hun sad længe på sin favoritplads i vinduet og kiggede ud…

Fortsættes...

I used 2 coats of China Glaze Bahamian Escape and for the icicles I used China Glaze Lorelei’s Tiara. In retrospect I would have started made the icicles with China Glaze Icicle and added Lorelei’s Tiara on top, I think the result would have been better. The sun is painted with acrylic colors. On Top is Seche Vite.

Jeg brugte 2 lag China Glaze Bahamian Escape som grundfarve, og istapperne malede jeg med et dotting redskab og China Glaze Lorelei’s Tiara. Set i bagklogskabens klare lys, tror jeg resultatet var blevet bedre, hvis jeg først havde malet istapperne med China Glaze Icicle og derefter toppet med Lorelei’s Tiara. Solen malede jeg med akryl farve. Jeg brugte Seche Vite som Top coat.