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Oct 31, 2012

Purr-fect Sunset - Halloween Challenge #11: Recreate your favourite!


Haha, both Jme and I picked one of Cathy's Halloween manicures to try out for the last theme: Recreating your favourite from another blogger! At least we picked different ones! =p

[Meow meow...]
The one I picked was for the gradient theme! For two reasons: 1) I've terrible at gradients so I wanted to try out this sponge gradient. I've only done dabbing-style sponge gradients so I wanted to try this one out! You can check out Cathy's How-To here!... and 2) Cats! Who can say no to cats....

[Gradient (Top-bottom): LA Girl Alkaline Blue, Kleancolor Metallic Purple,
China Glaze Orange Marmalade, Kleancolor Metallic Yellow]
I was super impressed by the colour combo used so I followed it pretty closely. The shades I used were LA Girl Metal in Alkaline Blue, Kleancolor Metallic Purple, China Glaze Orange Marmalade and Kleancolor Metallic Yellow! Apologies for the shoddy cleanup... I was rushing this again because I didn't realise how close together the last few challenges were...

[Gradient (Top-bottom): LA Girl Alkaline Blue, Kleancolor Metallic Purple,
China Glaze Orange Marmalade, Kleancolor Metallic Yellow]
This method of sponge gradient is really quick and easy, I was really happy except for the mess I made around my nails. I never EVER do cleanup with my usual manis because I just colour "in the lines", so I didn't have anything handy to do proper cleanup with. =(

[Halloween Challenge #10: Inspired by... Gradient with cats!]

Then I added some cats with Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in Black, and did a fine crescent tip with LA Girl Blackout. =) It's definitely a bit more cartoon-y then Cathy's version, but it was fun to try out this technique!

PHEW! With this, we've made it through all the Halloween themes! =D YAY!

7 comments:

  1. Amazing gradient! And those cats are super cute you did a terrific job with those.

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  2. wow this is gorgeous! Love the gradients, love cat silhouettes! Such a pretty manicure!!

    oh, I just use the edges of make up sponges to do clean up around the cuticles. Using the edge, dipping into nail polish remover and then moving along the cuticles in little to and fro motion. I did part by part so I could still get the nice curve. Hope you get the picture, i'm pretty bad at explaining =/

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  3. This is beautiful! The gradient reminds me of a sunset but it's so perfect for Halloween <3

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  4. Yay Fantasitc Awesome. Love it. So happy you were inspired by one of my designs. Your kitties look much better than my decals of them!

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  5. I love the cats! And the gradient! - Let me just say that I love the mani! :D

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  6. Haha, that kitty is so cute! I did a cat design a week ago, and its nothing as awesome as this!

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