Subtle gradient with hand painted roses

Today's manicure consists of a bed of roses all hand painted with acrylic paints over a very neutral, pink gradient.

Polishes used on this manicure are by Essie 'Sugar Daddy' for the base of each nail, while 4 thin coats are applied over it with Pure Ice 'Mer-Magical' & topped with my favorite fast drying top coat Seche Vite.

I've seen roses and just pretty floral prints on manicures lately that I just had to do it on my own nails. I really enjoy flowers, I don't think this particular nail art can ever be overdone with as to chevron and polka dots have been.

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▶Swatch/Review/Nail Art: ORLYFX 'Starburst'

Here is my swatch, review and nail art is 2 coats of @orlynails #ORLYFX in 'Starburst' with Seche Vite. Color Club Halo Hue 'Beyond' & OPI 'Love.Angel.Music.Baby.' from the 2014 Gwen Stefani Collection. I have macros and a few shots of the full manicure down below.

(Though this polish is from a recent but discontinued collection by Orly from the Galaxy FX for Spring 2014 Collection, I still would like to post more about my swatch on the blog on this baby by tomorrow bc I ♡ it so much that I wanna get some extra photos of this manicure in the sunlight to capture the beautiful multi-glitters!!) ←← I lied... well, technically, I didn't lie but I just had so many ideas running through my mind on what I could possibly put over this cute nail polish! So.

I couldn't wait any longer for the sun to rise.. I painted over the base polish!! ^0^.......*-* Here is my review on 'Starburst' anyway

I honestly have been lemming over this nail lacquer since it came out! I finally gotten it on clearance at Sally's Beauty Supply Store on Monday for $3.99! I couldn't pass up on this one

'Starburst' is a white crelly base polish with three different sized glitters in red, gold & silver. With just two coats, it applied nicely but it was hard to fish out the silver circle glitters. I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't grab any bc they looked so cute! I thought it'd look better if all my nails had all the multiple glitters on them. Its just too bad bc this lacquer is adorable!

Enjoy & Have A Goodnight! ,
Mai♡