Gold At The End Of The Rainbow

Hello everyone! This is my final St. Patrick’s Day design and it is the most complex out of all of them. I wouldn’t say it is hard (because it’s not), but there’s a lot more to do. I tried to replicate this look from a picture I saw on Pinterest; hopefully I did it justice. Here’s what I used.

The colors I used where Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Jet Set Jade” (#180), “Black to Black” (#360), “Rapid Red” (#280), “Man-go Team!” (#30), “Lightening” (#250), “Lickety-Split Lime” (#450), “Brisk Blue” (#430), “Vigorous Violet” (#365), and Essie’s “Good as Gold” (#941). I also used gold balls from SHANY's Nail Art Decoration Kit, a skinny nail art brush, and a nail dotter.

I started with my dark green as the base color for all my nails. Then, on my ring finger nail I painted a pot (that a leprechaun would put gold in) in black. Using a small nail art brush I then painted a rainbow going across three of my nails (index, middle, and ring fingers). I dotted on gold coming out of the pot that way if there were in spaces showing after I finished my design (which there were) it would be less noticeable. After everything was dry I added the gold in the pot, securing it with a clear coat underneath. Add a top coat over the whole design and it’s complete!

I hope you all enjoyed my St. Patrick’s Day designs. If you want to see a video tutorial of this design you may click here to watch it. I have some cool stuff planned all the way through the month of April. I’m excited so I hope you are too. See you Wednesday! BYYEEE

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