An Nfu-Oh So Sexy Mani by Guest Blogger Jasmine from Colour Coated
So, let me start off by saying that I’m severely limited when it comes to doing anything fancy with nail polish. Me and nail art do not get along, and I’m envious of those who are crafty enough to do it well. That being said, I’ve recently been in love with the look of gradient manicures and decided to take a chance and try my hand at them.
I had a hard time of it at first because they work best if you use a jelly polish that is thin and build-able. As I am not a fan of thin nail polishes that need a zillion coats to become opaque, they are few and far in my polish collection. Thus I decided to postpone any further experimenting with gradation until I could buy a suitable polish to do the trick.
Then recently when I was at work showing off my nails-freshly painted with Nfu-Oh 52-to a coworker whose nails were painted with China Glaze Sexy In The City, it hit me: I could probably do an awesome gradient mani with these two colors!
First of all, Sexy In The City is a vibrant blue/teal packed with shimmer. Love it. Nfu-Oh 52 , which if you’ve haven’t had the joy of experiencing it, is 1) a super amazingly gorgeous polish, and 2) a jelly (with lovely flakies) that you have to build up to get the best color pay off.
Helloooo Mcfly! Why hadn’t I realized it before?
Anyhow, as soon as I got home I tested out my theory, and Voila! Beauty was born! Peep the pics:
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I used one coat of Sexy In The City and gradually added coats of Nfu-Oh 52, going a little further up my nail each time. I ended up doing a total of 4 coats to get the effect you see above.
I’m so excited about the way it came out…and in case you haven’t figured it out, the combination of polishes I used is what compelled me to title this “An Nfu-Oh So Sexy Mani”.
I hope you love it as much as I do!
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I love the gradation of colour in this mani – great job!
This is gorgeous! Now to have the time and patience to try it out…Thanks for sharing!
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That is so cool!! Thanks for sharing
That gradient manicure looks so pretty! Well done! Never tried doing anything like this before, but after seeing yours, I’m inspired to try it.
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This is a really pretty mani, and an awesome technique. Thanks for sharing!
This is so pretty, and I have both of these polishes, can’t wait to try!
Pretty! Man, that’s a good gradient polish. I should get it!
Trying to send this again. This is gorgeous. I think I’m going to try to do this sometime.
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I love it! How clever and super cute!
Those two go perfectly together! Very nice mani
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Love it! there no awkward transition blocks which i can never seem to be able to do
This is very pretty! I love gradients, so I will definitely be trying this one. I might use $OPI Havana Dreams as the base.
Gorgeous! I love the look of this, must try it too!
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Amazing!
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This looks awesome!! I wish I had the patience to this !
That’s a beautiful gradient. I’m not at all good with nail art.