40 Great Nail Art Ideas - 3 Shades of Red / Orange and Tie Dye

I really wasn't sure how I was going to tackle this one but then wonderful @dreamymm did a stunning rainbow tie dye mani about a month ago, so basically I just did what she did! Thanks Mary!!
I used Moyou London Kaleidoscope 06 and Barry M Cotton with Above the Curve You Call me …Sexy, Donna and Akiko - 1 red and 2 oranges.
Mary has a great tutorial video for this on her You Tube and her IG, but basically it involves sponging the colours, stamping, sponging again, stamping again and a final sponging. Sounds simple if you say it quickly! I got through a lot of top coat as I top coated between each step being so nervous of smudging!
It looked really messy as I went along but I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome.

Moyou London Kaleidoscope 06

 

 

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Stamping! A England Briarwood and Dragon over Above the Curve Akiko

I've been stamping again. I really am enjoying this, despite many frustrations along the way.
When I painted my nails with Above the Curve Akiko, I was already planning what I might stamp over it once I'd worn it for a day. I have a couple of floral dresses that Akiko would go well with but I wanted to pick up another colour from the dresses to stamp with. I wanted to stick with autumnal shades, choose something that would stand out well enough but still tone with the base colour. I went to my A England polishes since so far they seem to have been enormously successful for stamping. In terms of colours I thought would go well with the dresses and Akiko I really couldn't choose between Dragon and Briarwood, so I used both!
I stamped the roses from Moyou London Pro XL 10, using Dragon for half the image, and Briarwood for the other half. I wasn't too fussy about getting them exactly equal, just allowed it to happen and I am delighted with the results and the way the 2 colours worked together. I am still not great at using the right pressure to scrape the image so I think the right hand was better, and I feel I am making progress.
I think I've ended up with a very autumnal mani, and far better than had hoped for. I am really pleased with this!

Stamping!  A England Briarwood
and Dragon over Above the Curve Akiko

 

 

 

  

 

Above the Curve Akiko

Today's polish is from Above the Curve's Falling for Autumn Collection from 2013. Akiko is a fabulous orange holo, perfect for Autumn, and the name is Japanese for Bright Autumn Child, which I think is lovely.
I got this along with 3 others from a wonderful lady who was destashing. I have to admit to not being 100% certain about this one as orange is not really a colour I wear. I now have 5 oranges - 3 of which I have bought in the last couple of months!
Of the 4 that I bought from this particular destash, the other 3 are definitely "me" polishes so I did the right thing and decided to try this one first. I am so glad I tried it, and that I bought it as I love it! Obviously it looks pretty in the bottle but then pretty much anything holo is going to look pretty in the bottle, and then it is Above the Curve and they only make fantastic polishes, but at the end of the day there is no guarantee that everything will look good with every skin tone. However, this one is lovely. Although bright orange in some lights, it also seems to shift through from a soft gold to a delicate copper shade and I think it is that slight pinkyness of the copper that makes this wearable for me. That and the fact that the holo is really strong and extremely pretty!
This painted on really nicely. The nail line is barely visible after the second coat, and more apparent on the photos than in real life. If I was going to wear this on its own for a few days I might well have added a 3rd coat, but as I have a plan to stamp over it tomorrow, I decided it was fine with 2.
This is such a lovely polish, especially for this time of the year and as always with Above the Curve, wonderful quality.

Above the Curve Akiko

 

 

 

 

My orange collection