Earth day plans and a gradient fail

I've been trying to stick with blue manis for the month. It's been easy to do with the exception of a few. Earth day is coming up and blue fits right in with that as well.

Today, I decided to try a gradient with some new indie glitters I've been wanting to use and I thought it could be earthy looking. I'm not a gradient expert, so I'm not even going to attempt to tell you how to do a gradient, because I have so much to learn. It also turned out...well, DH said "what do you have on?" That is not a good sign. Especially if blue is included. This is how it ended up.

Sally Hansen Diamond Flash was excellent for not smudging the stamping. Even though I wrinkled my middle finger afterwards as you can see, the stamping itself didn't smudge a bit.  I should have new Konad white polish any day now. Yay! I've thinned this one so much to stretch it further and keep it going that it's just barely stamping.

Here are the gorgeous polishes I used in this adventure that will be featured in a better setting later. I love them all.

Here's what it looked like before I stamped it. 

I'm already working on another Earth Day idea. This one is already long gone. Will you do an Earth Day mani?

Hope to see you soon!

Franken Gladys (no Pips)

I love Dancing with the Stars. :) A former supervisor got me started watching, and I have watched since then. He and his wife were taking classes and I thought it was really cool.

Tonight I'm posting a franken that I'll add to my giveaway. I've named it Gladys (no Pips) in honor of Gladys Knight. It matches her outfit from last night.

From ABC.com

Seriously, how amazing is she? Her smile and attitude. She can sing...I mean SING. And, put it out there at almost 68. Wow! I want to be like that.

This dries pretty fast, but it needs a couple of topcoats to be smooth. Glitter is hon-gray! I used Lynnderella's Glitter Tamer and Nubar Diamont to feed it. You could probably use Instant Artificials or Gelous and another quick dry.

This is how it started. Lesson for today, it's harder to blend if you put the glitter in first. But I did carefully measure my glitter this time! Yay! So, at least I know how much went in. It was 2 tads blue and 3 tads green. That's a real measurement did you know? It's from the tkb measuring spoons. 

Reminder - Drink your water! It's the best moisturizer. My hands will tell you when I haven't. :/

I have a question for you also. Do you prefer Rafflecopter to leaving comments and random drawings? I'd really appreciate your feedback!

Thanks for looking!