Well, one good Tonic deserves another, and I'm yet again inspired by
The Polished Koi's amazing nail art looks.
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| indirect, overcast daylight |
First, I started with a gradient base of Tonic Rose and One Million Flowers, with the design in reverse on my ring finger. These two blended gorgeously, I think because the amount of holo and the metallic shifty shimmer overlay in both is so similar - each of these pretties have a rosy pink flash that shifts over to a warm coppery bronze.
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| bright afternoon sunlight |
I'd initially planned on stamping with Rose to get a fading into the background look that only appeared on the paler One Million Flowers. While Rose did stamp just fine (and would be gorgeous over a white, black, or deep purple crème base), the similarity in that shifty shimmer that made them blend so well also made the stamp blend too much into invisibility.
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| outdoor, overcast daylight |
El Corazon Mysterious Mars to the rescue! My fave multichrome stamping polish happens to have that same red-to-bronze shift as the base, only in fully opaque form. It's similar enough to blend into Rose in most light, yet still pop over One Million Flowers in all light.
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| indirect daylight |
I've stamped here using the middle heart design from KN24. This section of the plate is intended to be used as a layered design, with open hearts in 2 sizes that nest into each other, then a central closed heart. Because I wanted the overall look to be more subtle, I opted to stick with only the one thin layer of hearts.
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| indirect daylight |
Happy Valentine's Day!
~Michelle
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