Split Watercolor Mani with Glitter

Hi Monkeys! I'm busy moving today so you'll see a few guest posts fill in again while I'm transitioning :) I tried a split watercolor mani a while back I started with a coat of Sally Hansen Fog and chose Bettina Amethyst and Sapphire. Amethyst and Sapphire are both shimmers and very very pretty, I only did one layer of each over Fog so it would look delicate and I would stand a chance at blending lines better. I glitter tipped the mani with Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe which is a multi colored glitter and its very dense and very shiny :)

For the "watercolor" part of it I basically just painted my nails with the Bettinas then took a fan nail art brush with acetone and ran it over the top so soften the color up. I also added a matte top coat so the shimmer would pop even more. 

Guest Post: Watercolor! from Jen's Painted Tips!

This is a watercolor mani from Jen at Jen's Painted Tips. She has a great tutorial on this method, check it out, I have yet to get the courage to do this :)

From Jen:
Base of my absolute favorite "white" Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud then watercolored with Color Club Incognito, Sally Hansen Commander in Chic, China Glaze Fois Gras, and $OPI 212. Accented with a wonderful monkey decal! I love monkey decals.


Thank you Jen for the guest post! Check out her blog HERE for more of her creative manis!

Vetical Watercolor Mani!

I have a trendy mani for you today: the watercolor! I've been wanting to try this since I saw Jen do it HERE. I started with Dr.'s Remedy Healing (a gray creme), then with an art brush, I used (if I remember correctly) Milani Yellow Whiz, Fast Fuchsia and the blue I think was Bettina Over Dyed. Sorry for the non-exact colors, I didn't expect this to turn out so well. After I painted stripes with the art brush, I dipped a fan brush in acetone and just dragged it over to blend the lines and thin it out. Then I added some new glitter... Girly Bits Hippity Hop (which I'll show you in a separate post later). I like how the gray shows through on this mani, it looks very old faded colored jeans to me. What do you think, a win or fail? I kinda like it. I have more with watercoloring coming up for you as well.