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, 

Pastel wallpaper from the waste bin - pastel tapet fra papirkurven

Please read: I love to have many prepared manicures/posts ready, but the less interesting manis tend to slowly get older and sink to “the bottom of the pile”. So this mani from the end of March, was one of three that barely was rescued from the delete button! I’ll sneak in the other two over the next two weeks…

Læs venligst: Jeg elsker at være foran med forberedte indlæg/designs, og de mindre interessant ting har det med at blive ældre og synke ned i bunden af ”stakken”. Så denne mani fra slutningen af marts var en af tre, der med nød og næppe undgik delete knappen, men her er den! Jeg vil liste de andre to ind i løbet af de to næste uger…

 

The base color is Essie Neo Whimsical, and with a striper I freehanded the light blue stripes with Nubar Blue Hydrangea. The flowers I dotted with China Glaze Sunshine Pop and the center is a dot of Essie Mesmerize. Finally I top coated. 

Personally I prefer stronger colors, as they are better for me, but I like to try out all my ideas, and this mani will look cute on someone else :)

Grundfarven er Essie Neo Whimsical, og jeg malede de tynde striber med en striper og Nubar Blue Hydrangea. Blomsterne prikkede jeg på med et dotting tool og China Glaze Sunshine Pop, og midten af blomsterne er en plet af Essie Mesmerize. Til slut lagde jeg Seche Vite toplak som sædvanligt.

Personligt foretrækker jeg mere knald på farverne, det klæder mig bedre, men jeg kan godt li' at afprøve alle mine ideer, og denne mani vil se sød ud på mange andre end mig :)

Spring abstract on Trout Pout

I simply felt like going crazy with a sponge and a dotting tool, and as I have been walking around Butter London Trout Pout considering some nail art on it – I decided to use it. With a makeup sponge I dabbed random areas with Essie Dive Bar (the very dark blue), Butter London Slapper (teal) and China Glaze Sunshine Pop (yellow) and I dotted random dots Nubar Blue Hydrangea (light blue) and some of the other colors too. Finally I top coated.

It’s an super easy and quick mani, and you can choose the colors you like.

Jeg havde lyst til at gå amok med en makeup svamp og et dotting tool, og da jeg havde gået og kigget på Butter London Trout Pout og overvejet hvilken nail art jeg skulle lave på den, blev det den. Med en makeup svamp duppede jeg tilfædige områder med Essie Dive Bar (den meget mørke blå), Butter London Slapper (teal) og China Glaze Sunshine Pop (gul) og jeg prikkede tilfædige prikker med Nubar Blue Hydrangea (lys blå) og lidt med andre farver også. Til slut lagde jeg toplak.

Det er en superlet og hurtig mani, og du kan vælge de farver du nu har lyst til.