There are a multitude of reasons why I love this manicure and what inspired me to do it. Besides the fact that I think trees are beautiful and have a symbolic meaning directly correlated with life, I have a few wonderful people in my life that LOVE trees! SO....to complete this manicure took a lot of time and patience and POLISH! I used 9 different polishes for this one, including the top coat. To create the sunrise gradient effect I used a makeup sponge with Sally Hansen's Insta-Dry "Lightening," "Snappy Sorbet," OPI's "Miami Beet," and Orly's "Velvet Rope," over a base of OPI "Alpine Snow." Once the gradient was sufficient, and after removing a reapplying on at least two nails, I cleaned up the horrific mess called my cuticles and proceeded to stamp the tree. With the trees in place, I then used a nail art brush to paint on the leaves with Orly "Lucky Duck" and Sally Hansen "Lickety-Split Lime." Top it all off with clear coat, and a few hours later I got this! I am fairly happy with it. I wished I had more time to use the glue method for the gradient clean up because I hate how much polish got everywhere, but I am a bit neurotic about that.
In doing this manicure, it really gets me thinking about about how blessed I am to have all the wonderful people I have in my life, so without getting too mushy, I just want to say, "Thank you, and I love you!"
