the sun isn't shining but my gradient is!

Here in Newfoundland, we don't get a whole bunch of sunny days. Maybe in July and August... A week or two... But it's not too hot usually.
I've gotta keep my nails sunny, even if the sky isn't!

Woohoo! Summery gradient!
Me and some friends all decided to do gradients on this lovely Friday, and here's what I came up with.

My color combo was inspired by one of my "nail crushes" - Ivana Thinks Pink. There's nothing she does that I don't like! Seriously. Ivana, quit being so awesome!
She did this mani using China Glaze Peachy Keen and Orly Fancy Fuchsia. Hot damn, I need Fancy Fuchsia. Why don't I have it?! Jeez. I NEED IT! Her nails were glowing. Amazing.

I used the same peach - China Glaze Peachy Keen.
I tried to substitute Zoya Lo for the pink but it just doesn't look quite so hot.
It's still pretty though!
But one day I will redo the mani... Whenever I find myself Fancy Freakin' Fuchsia.

To do this gradient, I tried the new gradient tutorial that is sweeping the blog world, from The Nailasaurus.
But, I couldn't get that to work... At all. It just was not showing up with these colors.
So I went in and did it the way I'm used to, which you can see in my older tutorial here.
But I still wanted the flawless blended look you can get from the newer way, so I ended up doing that on TOP of the gradient that I did my way. And that turned out magical! It blended the colors seamlessly.

After that, I stamped the floral pattern from Konad plate m65. It's almost like a Hawaiian shirt! Haha, I love it.

I'm was going to submit this in Kayla Shevonne's Nail Art Contest but then I realized you can't stamp for her contest. Damn!
If you haven't checked out her contest already, hurry! There's just less than 12 hours left to enter.

I hope you guys enjoy this mani! I'm going to be doing lots of gradients again because I just love them and it's been too long since I've done them! I think I might even do another one later today. Woohoo!

Check out the other people that participated in Great Gradient Friday!

1. Nailing This  2. Leona Carolina  3. feedkmayeorchids  4. NailVenturous  5. Captivating Claws  6. Rebecca Likes Nails  7. Amber did it!  8. Tough As Nails and Twice As Pretty  9. Chalkboard Nails  10. Neverland Nail Blog  11. Nail A College Drop Out  12. Lacquered Lover  13. Laurie (Dressed Up Digits  14. Kara  15. Marissa  16. Metallic Gradient  17. Kayla Shevonne  18. Irena Bee  19. Cheryl Tan  20. Delainie  21. The Polished Momma  22. Sam  23. Patti (Robot!!)  24. Amy O.  25. Sweet Tips Nails  26. a girl and her chicken named betty  27. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  28. Megs Manicures  29. Clarisse Litiatco  30. The Posh Polish

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