This definitely falls in the "sorry, not sorry" category. I've been taking an unintentional, but apparently much needed break from my blogging. I just hadn't been feeling it and keeping busy with so many other things. This week I've been feeling the urge to blog again, so I'm happily back at it. I hope the motivation keeps up because I've been painting a ton of great stuff and the internet needs more nails.
I was fully expecting to hate this manicure. For the last couple years I've done nails inspired by the Pantone Color of the Year (check out 2014 and 2015) and I didn't want to stop the tradition now, but barf... Pantone chose not one, but two of my least favorite colors. I tend to like dark or bold shades the most so I wasn't thrilled for these pastel baby colors. The explanation for why Pantone chose these is mildly interesting. Apparently they think we're all a bunch of stressed out crazy people in search of some relaxation (seriously paraphrasing here), so they chose these soothing colors to reflect increased mindfulness in 2016.
To my great surprise I love how this turned out. The colors make me think of a beach sunrise with the gold sand and pearls. The softness of the colors really works with the overall look and feel of the manicure.
I love having a different color on the bottom side for an added twist. I did lavender underneath with a hidden pearl.
I started with two coats of Love & Beauty in Light Blue, then sponged several layers of Sinful Colors, Easy Going onto the tips. I did a layer of top coat and sprinkled loose gold craft glitter from Michael's along the sides of each nail. I also placed larger glitters and pearls from Born Pretty in random places to complete the look.
On the bottom side I used two coats of Sinful Colors, Candy Coated.
What do you think about Pantone's choices this year? This manicure may have grown on me, but I don't think I'll be running out to buy pants in these colors anytime soon.
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