Hello loves & happy Monday! I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. After some gross winter weather on Saturday evening, we actually had a beautiful (almost Spring-like) Sunday.
Today I’m sharing some dark & gloomy floral which I feel like are perfect for the darkest & gloomiest month. It’s been so long, too long, since I hand painted any roses on my nails & these turned out better than I could have hoped. With the dark base, I feel like they have a bit of a gothic feel to them as well.
The polishes I used for this manicure are:
- Base Coat: China Glaze Calcium Gel Fortifer
- Top Coat: Essie Speed Setter
- Essie Snake It Up + Starrily Magnet
- Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Can’t Beet Royalty
- Sally Hansen MG Good Cheer-y
- Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Society Ruler
- Sally Hansen CSM Berry Fancy
- Sally Hansen Good. Kind. Pure. Eco-Rose
- Essie Willow in the Wind
- Essie Off Tropic
- NailStuff.ca Dotting Tool Trio
- Nailstuff.ca Mermaid Tail 7mm liner brush
I used a lot of red polishes to achieve these roses, but I think they turned out so beautiful. These are probably my favourites florals to paint; I love how beautiful they look on the nail.
Also I’ve never actually used this Essie magnetic shade before, but I tried it with my Starrily magnet & it worked really well. My bottle was purchased at Dollarama & did not have the snake skin magnet with it—probably the reason I’ve never used it— so I was happy to have something to use with it! & I love it, even if it didn’t show up well in these photos.
What do you think about these fun floral nails? Are you getting dark & gloomy from them? Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments below!
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