Tutorial of double gradient mesh nail art

Hi!
I have a lot's of things going on with school (now it's CAD) and such so most blog/nail related stuff are suffering some. I'm still wearing my adorable mesh double gradient-manicure but will remove it later today, not because it's broken, but because I received some more new polishes and I can't hold my self any more.

Hope that you wont become bored now, with the third day of the gradients and mesh thing but I figured that I should show a tutorial of how I did it more in detail. Here's the >LINK< to my original post.

1. First I painted my nails yellow and then made a pink gradient.

2. Apply striping tape. Apply them from one direction first and then the other direction so it's easier to know which tape end you should start with.

3. Sponge two new (opaque) color's on top on the tape and nails. Sponge them at the same time to make them really fade into each other. I use a powder "sponge" as you can see at the "third" photo.

4. Remove the tape, remember to take them in the correct order. I used a tweezer.

5. Apply top coat and you're good to go. :)

Tutorial of poisonous dart frog meets giraffe inspired nail art

Hello there! There was a request that it should be a tutorial of the Poisonous dart frog meets giraffe inspired nail art. And I just thought why not and made my very first tutorial. So I'll hope you'll like it. And for those of you who haven't seen the original post, here it is with more pictures and information about what polishes I've used even though you of cause can use the brand and color of your choice.

Start by panting your nails yellow.

Now we will start with the gradient. To save some time I have started by making two stripes with the brush. And it is only an advantage if the coats aren't completely dry, just surface dry.

Paint some nail polish on a random makeup sponge and start dabbing on the area you want.

In this case I start with the edges and gradiently work my way into the middle avoiding the very middle since we want to keep that yellow. The picture shows one gradient coat.

A tip is to put a lot of polish on your sponge but allow it to "dry" some before you start dabbing on your nail. By waiting you will get a better gradient.

This is the second gradient coat, just blending in the orange color and making it have full opacity on the edges.

If you want you could be finished by then, but if you want your gradient to look even better I would recommend an additional layer of yellow over the middle of the nail.

The additional coat of yellow which I dabb on with the sponge makes the yellow and orange blend in even better with each other, creating a almost seamless gradient.

To make the pattern use a black fine liner nail polish.

Make random shapes reminding you about a giraffe print. It helps a lot looking at giraffe pictures while doing this.

Use a dotting tool or the tip of the brush of your black nail polish to fill the pattern you have made.

And then you're done! Just ad some top coat to seal in the design and making it shiny.

Hope you liked it!

If anything was unclear, please ask. :)