Princess Roses Nail Art

For today's nail art post, I tried a new-to-me technique! I have really been working on improving my stamping skills and for this look I decided to try stamping with more than just 1 colour! I selected polishes that were similar in colour but ranged in terms of lightness to darkness to create the gradient stamping.

I knew right away that I wanted to use polishes from the essie Winter 2014 Collection as they are perfect for creating a beautiful gradient! And the white crelly from the same collection is the perfect base for my gradient stamping.

To create this look:

• I started with a base of tuck it in my tux, a beautiful white crelly from the essie Winter 2014 collection
• I then stamped the roses full nail image from the Princess Collection - 09 stamping plate by MoYou London using three colours from the essie Winter 2014 collection. I applied each of the three colours to a third of the image on the stamping plate from lightest to darkest, which created the gradient. The colours I used are (from lightest to darkest) bump up the pumps, double breasted jacket, and jump in my jumpsuit.
• I then added a coat of good to go top coat by essie to add some shine!
• The look felt unfinished at this point... so I added 2mm gold round studs on each nail.

I still have another nail art look featuring essie's Winter 2014 collection, which I will post later this week. I hope you enjoyed today's post and I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments below.

- Hetal