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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Fail ~ Green Ombre Mani

I'm sure you all have had times like these. You have a vision for a mani, you polish your nails, and then you sit back to view the job you've done. If you're a blogger, you take some pictures and then upload them to the computer. In my mind, I knew I wanted to do a green ombre mani. I decided to take the easy route by choosing 5 different greens from my untrieds pile. Typically when doing ombre manis, I choose one base color and then progressively add white to lighten the color several shades as seen here and here. Well, I was feeling lazy and it was late, so 5 different greens it was. Here's what I chose:
FingerPaints Tough Art to Follow; Joe Fresh Mallard; Ulta Limelight; SH Xtreme Wear Green With Envy; OPI Gargantuan Green Grape
So far so good; I've got my greens. Fortunately after applying 2 coats of each, except Gargantuan Green Grape (3 coats), this ombre mani looked a tad bit better in person than it does below.
The colors just do not look good together at all. It looks like I decided to do a skittles mani. Mallard looks way more blue above than it did in real life and Green With Envy wasn't that bright. Everything about this was just off. Then I decided to try to tie it all together by adding a pink sparkly topcoat, Essence Feels So Good. 
It didn't help. While I love the way it looks over the last 3 colors individually, collectively, this is just a mess. Feels So Good reminds me of FingerPaints Sparkle Topcoat. I did this mani late Sunday night and it was promptly removed after taking the last picture in the sunlight on Monday. I wasn't inspired by this mani at all, hence no inspiration board. The highlight of this post, I have five less untrieds!

Don't you hate when a thought is just a total fail!
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16 comments:

  1. Traci ConradJanuary 24, 2012 at 11:09 PM

    I like it actually!!!! <3

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  2. l_dickerson_05January 24, 2012 at 11:25 PM

    I like the colors but not together... dont beat yourself up though =)

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  3. imfeelingnailventurousJanuary 24, 2012 at 11:43 PM

    Love the colors!

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  4. Frankie CaswellJanuary 25, 2012 at 12:10 AM

    Another for the "love it"

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  5. thenailpolishrehabcandidateJanuary 25, 2012 at 12:38 AM

    I love this! Greens are definitely my go-to color. I like how this ombre is less subtle than others I've seen. I love that the Joe Fresh polish is called Mallard too! It does remind me of a mallard duck lol.

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  6. beachgalJanuary 25, 2012 at 4:50 AM

    Yeap - agree...fail - but if you don't mind and odd # in your skittle - you could so either the ring/pink as one set - and the index/middle as another set - with the flakie topper over them. Better yet - maybe not!

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  7. BrianaCJanuary 25, 2012 at 12:44 PM

    i liked them better before top coat... but thats because i love cremes!

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  8. KayJay at Refined & PolishedJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:36 PM

    Cremes are one of my fav finishes as well!

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  9. KayJay at Refined & PolishedJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:37 PM

    :) Thanks for the suggestion! I'm going to try this the real way with white polish to see how it turns out.

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  10. KayJay at Refined & PolishedJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:37 PM

    Cremes are one of my fav finishes as well!

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  11. KayJay at Refined & PolishedJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:38 PM

    Thanks! Mallard is gorgeous! I can't wait to do a full mani with it.

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  12. KayJay at Refined & PolishedJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:39 PM

    Thanks love! I'm over it already!

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  13. KayJay at Refined & PolishedJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:39 PM

    Thanks! You all know how to make me feel better about a fail!

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  14. EmilyJanuary 25, 2012 at 9:21 PM

    Well, I love anything involving SH's Green with Envy. It's the polish that has no logical place in my life—it doesn't really suit my personality and I don't even think it suits my skin tone very well—but I love wearing it and consider it a favorite! I think Tough Art to Follow and Mallard look great together and Limelight and Green With Envy look great together, so you're almost halfway to two different green ombres!

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  15. KayJay at Refined & PolishedJanuary 25, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    Very good point Emily! Green with Envy is amazing. I need to wear that one alone.

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  16. MarisaJanuary 25, 2012 at 11:10 PM

    Sorry your mani didn't work out as planned. I hate when that happens too.

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