Blue & Cranberry Gradient w/ Stamping

I’ve been a little under the weather with a head cold the last few days.  My head is so foggy that I can’t even come up with a creative name for this manicure.  LOL  I started with one coat of Gelish Rendezvous, and then applied a gradient at the base of the nails using Oocha Coocha. I applied a coat of Izzy Wizzy over the whole nail and then used a dry brush to burnish my CND Cerulean Blue Additive into the tacky layer to create a better blue gradient effect.  You can still kind of see some of the glittery shimmer from Oocha Coocha poking out from behind.

I thought it might be fun to stamp a design over the gradient, so I added this tribal-ish chevron pattern onto each nail using Messy Mansion plate MM12 and Konad Black polish.  The end result is a little dark and you can’t see as much of the cranberry color.  I almost wish I hadn’t applied the stamp because the gradient alone was so pretty.  What do you think?  Hmm… I also just noticed that this mani uses almost the same color scheme as my last one.  I guess my creative juices just aren’t flowing at the moment… hopefully I’ll feel like myself again very soon.