Valentine's Day hearts: Tonic Rose + One Million Flowers

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Well, one good Tonic deserves another, and I'm yet again inspired by The Polished Koi's amazing nail art looks.

Tonic Rose + One Million Flowers
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.

Tonic Rose + One Million Flowers
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.

Tonic Rose + One Million Flowers
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.

Tonic Rose + One Million Flowers
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.

Tonic Rose + One Million Flowers
indirect daylight
Happy Valentine's Day!

~Michelle

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