So I was looking through my nail polish collection recently, and I realized that there are a bunch of polishes I haven't used in ages! I decided it was time to break out some old favorites and perhaps put them to new use. This was the result!
So as you can see I alternated shades of blue. The lighter blue is Essie Bikini So Teeny, and the darker blue is Essie Butler Please. I haven't used either of these in quite a while, which was obvious when I pulled the brushes out of the bottles. However, on the second coat of each polish they evened out. I did a sponge gradient on the ring finger using both colors. Not the cleanest gradient I've ever done, but it looks ok. On the rest of my fingers I did a glitter gradient using OPI Last Friday Night. I don't know why it's been so long since I used this one; it's freaking gorgeous! I think I probably could have used another layer of the glitter, but the light tip coverage looks nice too :) The other change I would make if I do this again would be to add a layer of the glitter on top of the gradient. As I played around with this glitter later on, I found that this glitter is rather thin on its own, so it would have worked nicely. However, if you do want full coverage with this glitter, you can sponge it on and it packs a punch!
I hope y'all enjoyed seeing my experimentation with old polishes! Let me know if you try something like this or what polishes you have in your collection that could use some love :) Hope y'all have a fantastic week!
~Mary Elizabeth
