Ombre Rose

A rose by any other name would look this damn fine

Spring is almost here in Australia and that means flowers and who doesn't love flowers? Strap in an get ready for some simple and beautiful rose nails featuring some gorgeous piCture pOlish colours :)

You will need:

Base - Essence studio nails 24/7 

White - Face of Australia Cool Cotton

Light blue - piCture pOlish Sky

Periwinkle blue - piCture pOlish Swagger

Light pink - piCture pOlish Candy

Dark pink - piCture pOlish Watermelon

Light green - piCture pOlish Honeydew
Bright green - piCture pOlish Chillax

Top - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

Makeup sponge

Toothpick/dotting tool/stripping brush

Start with a base and then paint your nails white in prep for a blue ombre

I decided to tape the base of my cuticles just to save on a bit of clean up. 

Get your ombre on! 

Leave the white to dry and then grab your sponge. Using an area about the size of your nail apply a line of light blue and a line of periwinkle blue next to each other. Gently dab the sponge over your nails. You may need to reapply and repeat process for each nail. Continue until desired opacity achieved. 

Apply polish to sponge

1 Coat

2 Coats

If you did tape remove the tape and give your nails some time to dry don't rush them. Use a small brush or q-tip dipped in nail polish remover to clean up around your nails

Here is a quick sneak peek of my work area and current palate cause why not! I love having a sneaky beak behind-the-scenes ;)

Now to the roses! 

Do not fret. Creating these roses is really simple and the messier the more realistic they look

Place 2-3 white splodges on the nails. While the white is still wet take some light pink on a tooth pick or dotting tool and swirl it through the white. Take a little dark pink and add it randomly to create the dimensions of the petals

It's leaf time! Using a toothpick or stripping brush add 2 leaves coming off each rose using the light green and then go in with the bright green to highlight

Apply a top coat to smooth out the ombre and add a beautiful shine