Essie Dive Bar- Gradient and Stamping :)

As promised this is where the mani went after I applied Essie Dive Bar. I admired her for a day, then decided I would do a gradient. I was going to make her firey red at the tips but then thought I would go more subtle by piling on the blue. So, for the gradient I used Essie Dive Bar as the base, Dive Bar at the top of the gradient, China Glaze Rodeo Fanatic in the middle and OPI Swimsuit, Nailed it! at the tips. 

L-R Essie Dive Bar, China Glaze Rodeo Fanatic and OPI Swimsuit, Nailed It!

 Gorgeous Blue Gradient!

 Just love how the graduation looks here :)

Without Flash

With Flash! 

Now for the stamping portion of this program! For the stamping I used China Glaze Millennium and a mixture of Cheeky, Bundlemonster and Mash plates. I applied China Glaze Wireless Holographic top coat to 2 of my fingers for a bit of changeup.

Left Hand- Love!

Left Thumb

Right Hand

Right Thumb

Dark Blue in this light

Lighter Blue in this light

Gradient with Flash!

I am super in love with how this turned out! The blue gradient was really pretty and whilst the stamping was a bit OTT, I LOVED it. Haven't stamped up a storm in ages. My girlfriend said her fav finger was the stars one in the pic above but I loved the overall look of my left hand in the very first pic. I love how you can create a mani that is just so different depending on how you look at it. Makes it hard to just go back to a single polish!

Hope you liked the gradient/stamping! Now I am off to work to save lives....or something, LOL.