Friday, April 6, 2012

Lantana Inspired Orange Gradient

had to take the day off with my beautiful little bear, since daycare was closed. and the options for the day were: 1), sit inside and watch movies and nap or 2) hit the garden store, rip up a winters worth of weeds, wreck my nails and plant flowers. obviously i made the right decision, because not only did it lead to my now pristine (well, much improved) front beds and butterfly garden, but the wrecked manicure and flower selections inspired today's manicure!

so, as a kid i was obsessed with lantanas. they are gorgeous little flowers that grow in natural gradients. i used to pick them and use them as bouquets for my Jem doll. anywho, as bear laid down for her nap, i searched my polish box for just the right reddish orange and i popped up with Paz. i was super excited to order this a few weeks back and eagerly anticipated it, as orange is one of my favorite spring/summer colors. i was disappointed at how streaky this went on (even compared to Pippa, Zoya's finnicky yellow). two coats in i was still unhappy with at least three nails but decided it was smooth enough at the tips to reverse the gradient from tip to base. that said, the color was much richer than i'd expected. more red tone and much less neon than it looks in the bottle. 

i feathered China Glaze Sun Worshipper from the base of each nail then did a coat of Zoya's Armor top coat and a quick swipe with SV because i was a *little* eager to post the pictures of this mani, well that and i still have one more trip to the garden store to pick up a few more types of basil and another blueberry bush. hmmm...if i plant them tonight i might be able to sneak in another manicure today :D

Inspiration from the garden

Lamp

Shade

Direct (and super hot) Sun

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