As usual when I do ombre manis, I put the lightest color and my thumb and progressed to the darkest on my pinky. The first three shades took three coats, and the last two took two. Since this was a full mani, I used treatment and base coats under the color and top coat over it.
I know this type of mani is not what some folks consider "ombre" (including China Glaze, whose "ombre" kits we saw in my last display post), but I agree with The Swatchaholic's definitions of ombre, gradient, and Skittles, so this mani is ombre to me.
After three or four days, I was ready for a change, so I looked around in the polishes waiting to be swatched and/or put away and found China Glaze Razzle Me Dazzle Me from the Bitz 'n' Pieces collection that's in stores now. It's sort of hard to tell what to expect from this polish just by looking at the bottle—there's a lot of black glitter in there and some warm light pink glitter (which is why I chose it to top my warm pink ombre).
I bought my bottle at Ulta, so it has a silver handle instead of the black ones that showed up at Sally's (and in my recent display post—I wish I knew why China Glaze wasn't consistent with the handle color across a collection). I used one coat of Razzle Me Dazzle Me plus topcoat over my ombre. I wasn't crazy about the long black bar glitters in this; they were hard to get evenly and pleasingly distributed. Because they're such a different shape than the rest of the glitter they really seem to stand out, so my eye kept going to them and wanting to rearrange them even after my nails were dry.
I wasn't too happy with this combination so it didn't last long on my nails. I will probably try this glitter over a different base color at some point to see if that pleases me more.
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I like this range of pinks and ITA this is an ombre mani :D
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely what I consider an ombre manicure. I love the pinks but the glitter might have been a little heavy for the delicate feel of the pinks. Love your color choices.
ReplyDeleteShannon, yes, I think you're right about the black being too heavy for some of the pinks underneath.
DeleteI'm loving the black glittery nail polish. <3
ReplyDeleteOOOoooooh such a smooth transition. :) Love it. Razzle Me Dazzle Me is so awesome. I think I need to get that one. lol
ReplyDeleteYour ombre looks awesome with the glitter on top! I go by the same definition of ombres/gradients.
ReplyDeletePretty pinks, I like it with the glitter. I hope everything works out well for you :)
ReplyDelete*trying to figure out how many eleventy hundred polishes* is....
ReplyDeleteReally pretty! Especially with the glitter.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely ombre - with and without glitter!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty combination!
ReplyDeleteso pretty,i love pink color
ReplyDeleteLovely mani!! I hope that you are feeling better *hugs!*
ReplyDeleteI love ombré nails!!
ReplyDeleteThat glitter would look nice over a beige or taupe!!
This is lovely!
ReplyDeleteA very pretty pink ombre mani :) the glitter you layered on it looks like a party on your nails :D
ReplyDeletecute, ombre with glitters looks cool :D
ReplyDeleteNice ombre! Love the added glitter!
ReplyDeleteLove that glitter
ReplyDeleteWow glitter and pink all in one mani? Don't be offended when I don't say I like this! Hahahahaha! Hope you're feeling better.
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