Re: Gradient Nails

Re: Gradient Nails

Whatever, I get obsessive! I know! But I had to make them match my hair and jewelry, didn't I?

Again, can't find the tutorial video I learned from, but this is the closest.

    P.S. Now this time the right hand came out better, rather than the left. Probably I was trying to correct for last time, and was just hyper-careful. Either way, the both hands look more like each other this time, so I'm getting better.

Apparently I'm just super into flowers right now?

Editing the brown spots outta these orchids was probably way more fun for me than it shoulda been.

...Is it my imagination or does the shadow on the yellow-faced orchid look like a man in a fedora? I'm getting serious Dick Tracy vibes here.

How To : Make Your Own Lipstick/Lipgloss

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1) Petroleum jelly, however much you'd like 2) Scrape some old/used eyeshadows onto jelly until you get a color you'd like (I actually did this in a separate cell, and THEN mixed it with the jelly, so I could blend the colors thouroughly.)

If you want a gloss, use less eyeshadow. I noticed the matte colors also aren't as sharp, so use those. 

If you want a lipstick, use more eyeshadow, to the point where you start to think you've actually used a little to much. Glittery colors seem more highly pigmented. 

3) Add peppermint extract for flavor. (And tingle!) 4) Mix together 5) Melt in microwave 6) Spread into container. (I used a $1 e.l.f compact, and it was VERY MESSY, but totally worth it.) 7) Done! You've officially made your own lipstick.

Who can resist taking photos of rainy day flowers? Not I.

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Someone needs to stop me from watching tutorial videos on youtube!

Only shirt we could find was a medium, but it was stretched out – and the cutting opened it up even more – so it's fits my XXL shape well-enough. Still wouldn't wear it in public though, because I hate the color. Oh well!

I can't seem to make myself do anything productive or even vaguely interesting... I'm so bored.

This is how I roll now, I watch Awkward. and Girl Code while I paint my nails.

(Laziest gradient nail EVER. I didn't even stipple both colors, just painted a couple layers of the base color and stippled the accent on top. They're gorgeous in person, but I had trouble getting the camera to pick up the color variation.)