I finally saw “Skyfall” last week and had to wear a matching manicure to the showing! I was a Pierce Brosnan fan and wasn’t sure how I’d feel about Daniel Craig playing James Bond, but once I saw “Casino Royale”, I was a convert!
For this manicure, I started off with two coats of OPI – Tomorrow Never Dies which is what I would consider a very cool, shimmery purple.
I then added China Glaze – Blonde Bombshell in small amounts starting from the base of my nail and quickly pulling in downward strokes. I feel like I may have gone a little overboard with the glitter, but it added to the festivities of Christmas!
Oddly enough, I found reverse gradients harder to do than regular gradients…anyone else a fan of the James Bond series or reverse gradients?
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Gorgeous mani love the gradient
ReplyDeleteI'm still trying to perfect the reverse gradient. Also, these remind me of royalty!
ReplyDeletePurple is kind of regal isn't it? It's a power colour for me and I felt like being in charge that day ;-)
DeleteSo stealing this idea!!!! :D
ReplyDeleteHehe, reverse gradients are a fun way to mix it up!
DeleteWow! Gorgeous! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThis is so gorgeous, I love the purple! I haven't tried a reverse gradient but I imagined it to be harder than starting from the tips.
ReplyDeleteI still haven't seen that movie!
I love James Bond! Daniel Craig is also nice to look at ;-)
DeleteThe reverse gradient is a little trickier, but once you get one nail right you will know how to do others.
This is so pretty. I have a hard time doing gradients period so I think you did a fabulous job! Love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you!! The worst is when you get too much polish on the nail and it's not like you can remove it. I've tried!
Deletepurple + gold - my favourite combination
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's one of mine too!
DeleteSooo pretty! That blurple polish is gorgeous :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Hahaha, blurple. I'm going to call it that now!
DeleteSO gorgeous! I love purple/gold combos!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Skyfall yet but I want to!
It was a great movie and Daniel Craig is easy on the eyes as well ;-)
DeleteThank you! Purple and gold is one of my favouite combos too!
Ahh this is gorgeous! How did you like the movie? It was packed when we saw it so we sat in the first row lol. Weird angle, but still good :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved the movie!! I HATE sitting in the first row, I get so sick! We had to sit on the side because the center aisle was full but the view of Daniel Craig was still quite nice ;-)
DeleteAnd thank you! I'll try and do more reverse gradients since I think I now have the hang of it.
It looks festive too!
ReplyDeleteGlad you got to see Skyfall. I still think Casino Royale was a better movie. :)
I sort of like Casino Royale a little more as well...
Deletethis looks SO good!! i've never tried a reverse gradient... maybe i'll give it a go over the holidays.
ReplyDeleteThis was my first time trying it and I really liked how it turned out. I hope you get a chance to try it, I'd love to see what colour combo you use!
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