I would've loved to have possibly ventured into hand painting a watercolor flower as an accent nail instead of the accent I did, but I have never done nail art before. I'm not into stamping or nail art but attempting a simple flower on one accent nail is something I can see myself trying in the future once I get better.
Because I was timid, I chose the flower-named polish, Delphinium. She is a limited edition Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure color that was part of the 2011 Tracey Reese collection. As you probably guessed, it is discontinued but I have found bottles on eBay (and where mine was purchased at Christmas) so I'm sure there are still some floating around. They may re-promote this color in the future, since I heard they recently did it with Green Tea...which I am obsessively trying to find!
The formula on Delphinium was easy to work with and I used two coats. It's no secret that my love for a good dusty lavender/ lilac is alive and well...
For the accent nail I used CND Effects in Gold Sparkle. This polish is similar to Essie As Gold As It Gets but the flakies are much smaller and a lighter shade of gold. This was also 2 coats and was still very subtle on the nail.
Again, be sure to check out the other participants of the Spring Fling Challenge listed at ECKlipsed by color and Tuxarina
Thanks for stopping by and see you tomorrow for day 3!
~Hayley
Beautiful combo with Delphinium and Gold Sparkle... very crisp and elegant. Your photos came out wonderfully. We'll get you into nail art slowly... no worries, sista Hayley! Also, thanks for making me want another color... lol. How does this compare to the Cool Romance Orlys? or Essie Chinchilly?
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's definitely more lavender and not that greige leaning at all. I wouldn't put it in a category with Chinchilly. It's much less of a red under-toned lavender than You're Blushing...But I could see it coordinating with that whole collection.
DeleteHaha! I think you can still get it reasonably on eBay.
O my goodness it's such a gorgeous colour and REALLY suits you ! And such an unique way to showcase the theme too, in the polish name.. Very original idea. ♥
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you Lynette! Your posts always make me so envious of all the colors I can't get here! :)
DeleteThis color looks great on you! And I too have been obsessing over finding green tea!
ReplyDeleteThere's a few of us! Thank you...I just love lavenders :)
DeleteThis colour is amazing, and the sparkly top coat on your ring finger looks PERFECT on it! I'd like to see a complete mani top coated this way!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I agree, I will definitely be using Gold Sparkle on all my nails since it's so subtle.
DeleteThose colors look phenomenal on you! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI have this one and I don't think I have even worn it yet! Now I need to. Great post:)
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