#52weeknailchallenge - week 40: White + Pink

Hi everyone!


Long time no see, right? You probably guessed it... life interfered again :(
But that means I have a lot of catching up to do, so brace yourselves for several manicures in the coming days (if life doesn't act up of course... so I better start typing fast!)

First in the line of past manicures is this White + Pink design for the 52 Week Nail Art Challenge. October is breast cancer awareness month and this year it hit a little too close to home for comfort (in case you are wondering if those regular checkups are worth it, I now know they definitely are!!!). The ribbon color for breast cancer is pink but I didn't feel like doing ribbons, so I chose to do a very feminine manicure with one of the prettiest pink polishes I own. This is the result:

The gorgeous pink you see on my thumb, index and pinky is piCture pOlish New York, a lovely scattered pink that is just right, not too sweet, not too pale, just perfect :) I needed three thin coats for full opacity (two on my pinky).

The gradient was created using more scattered holos: piCture pOlish LakoDom (off white), piCture pOlish Grace (pale pink) and of course New York again, over a single coat of LakoDom.

I finished the design by stamping a lace pattern from MoYou Bridal 07 on top of the gradient, using Hit the Bottle Snowed In. All that was needed after that was a coat of Seche Vite on all nails and voila, done!

piCture pOlish New York, piCture pOlish Grace, piCture pOlish Lakodom, Hit the Bottle Snowed In

I absolutely loved creating and wearing this manicure, not in the least because of that beautiful pink. New York definitely is my kind of pink, not too sickly sweet so the enamel on my teeth starts to come off, not eye-blinding bright, and of course my favorite kind of finish: scattered holo, so it's just pure perfection as far as I'm concerned. I hope you like my nails as much as I still do :)