I really wanted to use this color, Revlon in Snow Bunny because I have been loving it since I bought it. It keeps catching my eye every time I pass my polish racks... but then again there are so many of the polishes *screaming* out my name as I pass by! I really did not want to do just a pure white nail in this color...it was just not appealing to me for this color, but I love, love this polish color. I snatched it off the shelf at Target as soon as my eyes laid upon it!
Every time I think of this polish, Revlon Snow Bunny, my mind keeps going to my dog... her name is Bunny. So I used her as my inspiration and decided to do a black to white sparkly gradient, as she is black and white and she likes sparkles and glitters. Ok... I like sparkles and glitters on her, but she looks soooo good in them! ; )
This is Bunny...love her! She is the best little dog!
OMG...how she loves to go to Lowe's and all the workers know her too! She kept laughing at this hat when it was on the rack and would not stop carrying on over it, so I put it on me and she about went through the roof. Then I put it on her and she though it was the best thing since sliced bread. Look at that huge grin! Needless to say, I had to buy the hat! : )
This is Bunny...love her! She is the best little dog!
OMG...how she loves to go to Lowe's and all the workers know her too! She kept laughing at this hat when it was on the rack and would not stop carrying on over it, so I put it on me and she about went through the roof. Then I put it on her and she though it was the best thing since sliced bread. Look at that huge grin! Needless to say, I had to buy the hat! : )
Ok...back to the nails.
And so here is my first crack at a gradient...
As I am writing this post I am in a quandary regarding the proper way to go about a color gradient. I have seen many tutorials on this and several different methods used. I think I may have used a "cheating" way to do this mani. A color gradient is really only supposed to me made of two colors, if I am reading this correctly... Wikipedia defines this as a "Linear Gradient" and reads...
"A linear color gradient is specified by two points, and a color at each point. The colors along the line through those points are calculated using linear interpolation, then extended perpendicular to that line. In digital imaging systems, colors are typically interpolated in an RGB color space, often using gamma compressed RGB color values, as opposed to linear."
Next
time I do a gradient I think I will implement a different technique
with this definition in mind.
Have you guys tried the gradient yet? How do you do your gradients? Do you use just 2 colors or 3 or 4 colors? :/
Have you guys tried the gradient yet? How do you do your gradients? Do you use just 2 colors or 3 or 4 colors? :/
For this manicure I applied the following:
- Milani Smoothe Base Coat
- Pure Ice in Electric!
- Spoiled in Black Mamba
- Sally Hansen Extreme in Celeb City
- Revlon in Snow *Bunny* :D
- Out the Door...1 coat
- Sache Vite...1 coat
You have a sweet dog and a well done gradient mani!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Andrea. Gland you like it and yes, she is such a little sweetie!
DeleteI need to hug that dog! Lookit that faaaaaaace!! <3 I am loving the nails, I think you did a great job. Since my stash is still kinda small I usually only use two colors for gradients unless I happen to have a few in the same color range and then I'll use a bunch.
ReplyDeleteThanks, glad you like them. I know...that face of her's is too cute! I just hugged her for you. :)
DeleteBunny is so sweet - I love her :)
ReplyDeleteThe mani too, it matches her perfectly :)
It's different how many I use for gradients - depends on what I want to achieve :)
Thanks, Maria! She is a sweetie. I think I am going to try just two colors next time and blending it all the way to get the color variations...boy that sounds hard and time consuming!
Deleteaww cute! and you mani perfectly matches your dog! :) oh and i use 2-4 colors, it always depends
ReplyDeleteThanks, Esme. That's what I was going for. If I realized I was going to use her picture in this post at the time I was doing the mani I would have added something pink to represent her collar.
DeleteI love it! that revlon snow bunny is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love your dog too :D With all the cat posts on other blogs it's great to finally find a dog one ;)
Thanks! I am gland you like it. Revlon Snow Bunny is a great one and I will looks for ways to use it in the future.
DeleteOooh boy... do I have tons of pics of my dogs too. I will post them more too. I know I *always* click on post that have pics of their pets. But I know there are those that find too many pet pics annoying because it is a *nail* blog, so I try to keep my pet pics to a minimum.
Oh I love Bunny (the dog!), what a cutie! That hat is just too adorable on her. And your mani matches her perfectly! I haven't tried a gradient (yet) but I think when I do, I will use 3 or 4. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laura. You see why I had to buy that hat...she looks so cute and she loves wearing it!
DeleteAw, Bunny looks really cute in that hat!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Doesn't she! She absolutely loved it on. She could stop grinning.
DeleteThis is a really pretty gradient!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Glad you like it. : )
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