40 Great Nailart Ideas- New Year Nails 2016

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I can't believe 2015 is almost over !! Let's welcome 2016 with some pretty nails :) Today's prompt is New Year Nails for #40GreatNailArtIdeas and for this challenge I attempted some vintage style nails. I loved how it turned out and I hope you will enjoy all these pictures. Don't forget to leave your feedback with your blog link for me to check out :)

Featured Artist Millyp from @Nails_by_Millyp

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Today I am sharing about one of my favourite freehand Nailartist Millyp aka Nails_by_Millyp on instagram. I saw her work on instagram and instantly fell in love with her skills. Her nailart is unique and creative. She is a kind and supportive person and I am sure if you read about her journey you will get inspired. So without further ado I will leave you with her, read her journey in her own words :)

StyleThoseNailsChallenges- 2016 Join the fun !! (January Challenge)

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When it comes to nailart we sometimes lack inspiration as we don't know what to do next and Nail Challenges comes in handy. I thought of starting a nailchallenge for all the fans of #StyleThoseNails to help them try new things. It's easy and fun you can join it via Facebook or Instagram. I have a feature page on instagram called @anitastylethosenails and will feature the manicures of all the participants as much as possible. All you have to do is follow the simple guidelines stated on facebook group StyleThoseNailsChallenge

40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Christmas Nails - Freehand Santa Nails with Step by Step Tutorial

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It's almost Christmas Time so here I am with a Christmas Nailart which is a prompt for #40GreatNailArtIdeas by New Crumpet's Nail Tarts on facebook :) I am very pleased with this nailart specially Santa. I have also step by step slide show tutorial for you at the end of the post so do check out below :)

40 Great Nailart Ideas- Winter : Freehand Winter Landscape Nails

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It's December and time to do some winter theme nails- right? So here is #40GreatNailartIdeas next nailart WINTER. and my first winter nailart for 2015. I attempted for a landscape design creating winter wonderland. I think it's not my best landscape design but also not my worst :P I would like you to rate this nailart in a scale of 1 to 5 by judging from the pictures below :)

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Glitter Accent Nails

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Today #40GreatNailartIdeas has glitter/flakies theme and different patterns for different participants. Mine was accent nails. So here is my mani with Glitters. Have a look

Elcorazon Stamping Polishes st-03 stm-04 st-07 Review

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Today I am sharing review of three stamping polishes sent for review by El Corazon. These are st-03 blue, stm-04 pink and st-07 lilac. In the end you can find the link for video related to this post too. Let's have a look :)

Featured Artist- Hannah from hannah_nails_it

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Featuring Hannah a very talenetd nailartist who can amaze with you her detailed work of Pop Art, cartoons and characters on her nails. Read on about her nailart journey and enjoy some of her work

40 Great Nail Art Ideas : Cartoons - Movember Nails featuring Mario and Luigi

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Today I am sharing my Movember Nails and also #40greatnailartideas prompt Cartoon in one post. 
For the cartoon theme I chose Mario and Luigi- the moustached men to represent movember. Since you know worldwide November is celebrated as Movember which actually is word for moustache,"mo",and November also known as no shave November to raise awareness to male cancer world wide. Have a look at my Movember-Cartoon Nails below

Autumn Cat Painting Nailart inspired by Persis Clayton Weirs

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Today I am sharing a nailart which I am really proud of and I think I will regard it as one of my best till now. It's first time I painted any animal especially cat on my nails. This painting from Persis Clayton Weirs caught attention and I wondered if I can paint it !! Frankly initially I was scared to try as it was different from what I usually paint (landscapes) but I anyways tried it and I am glad I did. Creating this painting helped me to explore a different dimension of my skill. I learnt a new thing -keep pushing yourself :) Now you can check out the pics below and let me know what you think.....

40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Grey and Colour- Zig Zag Wave Nails using Vinyls (Video Tutorial)

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Today #40GreatNailArtIdeas  is about Grey and Colour with different patterns assigned to the participants. My pattern was zig-zag so I used nail vinyls from @Angel_NailStudio to create this wave like pattern. I have linked tutorial also at the end so you can see how I created this manicure. Have a look

Featured Artist - Narmai from PiggieLuv

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Today on blog is a special feature post - Narmai from PiggieLuv.com is sharing some of  her wonderful creations and telling us about her nailart journey ! Let's read together

Water Decals Nailart- Lady Queen Nail Art Products Review PART2

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I am sharing my review for water decals sent to me by LadyQueen.com. I have first time used water decals and I am quite impressed with them. My favourite is text decal which you can find HERE another one sent me is also pretty which you can find HERE . I have also filmed the tutorial and review which you can watch at the end of this post.

Hehe 003 and Hehe 040 nail stamping plates - Lady Queen Nail Art Products review PART 1

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Few days back LadyQueen.com sent me some nailart products for review which I am going to post in 2 parts. So in this post I will do a review of the stamping plates hehe003 and hehe040. I have done a detailed video review for these plates which you can check out at the end of this post.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas: JOB

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Today #40GreatNailartIdeas brings you nailart related to your job. Well what is the definition of job ?- A paid position of regular employement. Right? Well what I do don't give me any salary in terms of money but it sure makes me feel like a superwoman. Yes! I am a homemaker and the quote below clearly defines my JOB :) Being a mom of two school going daughters and wife keeps me busy all the time yet I find time to follow my passion of nailart and blogging and this makes me feel so good. Have a look at my superwoman housewife nails and enjoy :)

Diwali Nailart 2015

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Today is Deepawali also known as Diwali. It's an Indian festival celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm all over India. There is a mythological story behind this festival. Diwali falls 18 days after Dushera festival  (Dushera marks the demise of demon king Ravana by Lord Rama). It's said that Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya (his home) with his wife Goddess Sita and brother Lord Laxmana after 18 days so to welcome him Ayodhya was decorated with earthen lamps called diyas and people celebrated this day as Deepawali or Diwali which means festival of lights. It's biggest festival of Hindus and rituals extend to period of five days. There is another story that Goddess Laxmi was born during Diwali festival. She is Goddess of wealth and prosperity in Hindu religion so she is also worshipped during Diwali. Check out pictures below and enjoy the festivities :)...........

It's Giveaway time- Two Winners - Each wins $133 USD

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It's GIVEAWAY time YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please read all the rules below 

Some of my favorite bloggers have joined forces again to bring you all this epic giveaway just in time for those Black Friday sales! Read on to see the rules and enter for your chance to win!

Buddy Nailart- Landscape Nails featuring Port Blair's Beach and Historic Cellular Jail

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I am sharing a very different post today. Off course it's about nailart but the theme is different. I am a fellow of Global Scra2ch Fellowship Program where we are learning various elements of nail industry. This program is sponsored by Scra2ch and I am so proud to be in the very first batch of this program. One of the important aspect of this program is  to know and interact with other fellows. In this step we were asked by our mentors to find a nail buddy among fellows and create a nailart featuring our buddy's culture and place etc. Me and Kajal aka NailzFashionista collaborated for this assignment and created our buddy nails (pic above) Read on to see what inspired our nailart...

40 Great Nail Art Ideas- Black and White Waterfall Nails : Video Tutorial

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Today's#40GreatNailArtIdeas  Challenge was black and white with different pattern prompts to different participants. Mine was waterfall nails. I have done waterfall nails before also (click HERE) using fan nailart brush. This time I used a simple art brush to create this nailart. I hope you like it. Have a look

40 Great Nail Art Ideas- Halloween Nails 2015

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Do you celebrate Halloween? Unfortunately it's not celebrated in India but as a member of nail community I celebrate it by painting my nails. I really enjoy my instagram and facebook feed these days full of creative and innovative work by all nailartists. To add to our enthusiasm New Crumpet Nail Tarts (facebook group) has kept Halloween as theme for our#40GreatNailArtIdeas  Challenge so you will see a lot of inspiration and amazing work at the end of this post. Coming to my nailart.......Well after looking at all the work I felt I have nothing new to do seriously. Finally I started with grim reaper death (index nail) and as mani progressed I kept adding what came into my mind and finally the end result was something I liked. I specially loved the thumb. Go ahead and check my pictures and tell how you find this nailart :)

Keep the Lumps Out of Your Cups- Breast Cancer Awareness Nailart 2015 (Think Pink) : Video Tutorial

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As you know month of October is dedicated for breast cancer awareness, lots of nailart has been posted on this theme. I am posting my nailart almost at the end of this month as a reminder -please "keep the lumps out of your cups" Yes, self examination is the key ! Check your breasts every month especially if you fall in one or more categories as follows.........

--MoYou London Rectangular Stamper and Scraper-- First Impression/Review (Video)

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Today I am sharing my review on MoYou London Rectangular Stamper and Scraper. Since I am not much into stamping I didn't own any good stamper and after exploring into the ocean of stampers (online research) I thought to try MoYou stamper and I am glad I did. Before this I had one Konad stamper which works really good for me since I have flat nail beds but it is small in size plus I find that I have to be super-quick with it as polish dries very fast on it. I also tried soft rubber stamper from Aliexpress but it also didn't work for me.....So here I am with my new love "MoYou Rectangular Stamper" :D. Keep reading my experience and also watch my review video linked at the end of the post.

Kaleidoscope Mirror Polishes No. f-07 and f-08 : Swatches and Review of El-Corazon Polishes

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Today I am presenting two metallic polishes sent by El-Corazon for review. These metallic shades are from Kaleidoscope line and called Mirror polishes. They have 11 shades in this range and today I am showing you f-07 and f-08. I must say that I am again impressed with the amazing quality of these polishes. They both have great formula and are easy to apply. Moreover they stamp like a charm !! Let's have a look....

40 Great Nail Ideas: Orange, Purple, Green - Water Colours Flower Nails : Video Tutorial

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I am back with #40GreatNailArtIdeas  Challenge by New Crumpet Nail Tarts. Today our theme is colours - Orange,Purple and Green and my assigned technique is Water Colour. After scratching my head for several hours I thought to try some floral doodles. I also filmed a tutorial to show you how I achieved this look. So don't forget to click on the video link at the end of the post :)

Dusshera Nailart 2015

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Wish you all a very Happy Dusshera !! For my readers who don't know about this festival let me introduce you to this festival. It is a very popular Indian Festival celebrated by Hindus in India. This festival is associated with mythological story of killing of Ravana-King of Demons by Lord Rama. Dushera is also called VijayDashmi and actually the celebration starts with Navratri festival which is dedicated to worshipping of nine forms of Goddess Durga........Yes our culture is so rich full of festivities :) This festival symbolises Victory of Good over Evil !! For this occasion I collaborated with other nailartists on instagram and did #DusheraNailCollab......ENJOY !! :D

Fall/Autumn Nails- 3 in 1 Nail Art Ideas #1 (Video Tutorial)

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Today a different post.....This idea was in my mind for a while to do some quick video tutorials to give my readers and viewers different nail ideas in one shot. I am thinking to continue this format if I get good response :) Check below to find more pictures and details and also the video link of my tutorial on you tube.

Negative Space Floral Nails- Mani Swap

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Today I am sharing my first #ManiSwap. It was all organised by moderators at NailArtNation on G-Plus. It was fun as we were assigned partners randomly and  it was a surprise :) I was paired with Zoe (Gplus, instagram) and I decided to recreate her negative space floral nails (inspired by celinedoesnails while she recreated my fashion inspired nails. Check out more pics and details below

40 Great Nail Art Ideas- Geek Nails

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It's Friday again ...T.G.I.F :D So I am sharing another Nailart for #40GreatNailArtIdeas  and today it's Geek Nails. Well I had to search for ideas over internet as I had no clue what we can do for this prompt so after looking at various cliparts and manis for inspiration here what I came up with. Enjoy...

40 Great Nail Art Ideas- Teal Water Spotting Nails

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Welcome to the second week of #40GreatNailArtIdeas  by Crumpet's Nail tarts. Today's prompt is Teal and my assigned pattern is water spotting/ marbling. This is really unique challenge where we were assigned different pattern codes and so it becomes more exciting. I decided to do water spotting as I have not attempted this for a long time. So have a look :)

Mandala Nails - Bestie Twin Nails inspired by ElspethMcLean

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Today I am sharing bestie twin Nails, a very popular collaboration on Instagram, where 2 or more nailartists do similar design. This time I collaborated with Rangeena aka RakNails on instagram. We know each other for a while now and she is a very kind and loving person who always encouraged me to do better. We both love the work of ElspethMcLean on instagram and decided to do something inspired by her work. ElspethMcLean is dotillism artist and does intricate artwork just using dots, How incredible !! Do check her out if you have instagram.(all the links are at the end of the post) Now Let's have a look

Autumn in the Country Side- Autumn/Fall Landscape Nailart

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Today I am sharing my landscape nails for autumn/ fall. Beautiful fall/ autumn images fills me with awe and I really wish I could experience it in person !! Anyways for the time being I am cheering myself by painting autumn scene on my nails :D. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. It took me around four hours to complete this nailart but I think it's worth. Doing such kind of nailart is always very satisfying. I love to play with colours and add as much details as I can to the art. Let's look at some more pics...........

40 Great Nail Art Ideas- Hobbies

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Today we at Crumpet Nail Tarts ( A facebook group of Talented Nailartists) are starting a new nail art challenge called #40GreatNailArtIdeas which will run for 52 weeks. There are a lot of interesting prompts and one of them is HOBBIES ! When it comes to Hobbies I always loved to do something creative DIY stuff, craft projects, drawing , painting etc etc. But I had special love for drawing and painting. So I decided to dedicate this manicure to Nailart -My current hobby. 

Textured Tweed & Swirls Nailart- Fall nail design with Video Tutorial

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Fall is slowly advancing and nature is slowly changing to show it's best outfit, Right? Sadly I can only enjoy fall season in pictures and online. Being in "non-fall" zone of the world has deprived me from experiencing this magic  :( But I won't quit painting my nails for fall that's only thing I can do haha so here is my first mani for this season. It's #PatternNails but inspired from dark earthy tones of fall. I tried to create #TweedNails but used #DryBrushTechnique for it so they look "Tweed-ish" and then painted the design with acrylic colours. It looks great on nails and the best part you don't have to spend hours to make your nails look that pretty :D . For those who love to watch Video Tutorials don't forget to click on the Tutorial link at the end of the post. Enjoy more pics below

Cupcake Fairy Nails for Cupcakes 4 Kids with Cancer- National Cupcake Day

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Today I am sharing a very special nailart which I did for raising awareness about childhood cancer. This is really unfortunate to see that so many of our tiny angels suffer from this deadly disease. To raise awareness on detecting early signs and also to encourage our heroes Cupcakes of Hope is running an event where they encourage people to make cupcakes for little soldiers and send their wishes and ray of hope.. You can connect with them on their Facebook page HERE

Also Tip-Top Nails from South Africa is partnering with them and asked all Nail Enthusiast to do nailart based on Cupcake theme which is a great initiative and I decided to be a part of this. Though it's a competition but I wanted to be in just for the cause :) So let's have a look at my nailart........

El-Corazon Nail Stickers, Wraps and Nail glitter powder review

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Today I will be sharing my review on some nailart goodies sent by El-Corazon for feedback. I have created three manis using them and below I am sharing my feedback on all. 

Have a look (Note:Picture Heavy Post )

Freehand Sunrise Landscape Nailart + Picture Tutorial

Food for Thought: "Each morning we are born again. 

What we do today is what matters most"-Buddha

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I am quite excited to share with you my latest nailart. It's been a long time since I did any landscape nails. I am very pleased how it turned out. Though it's not very elaborate landscape nailart still I really enjoyed painting this scene on my nails. I have added a step by step picture for those who want to see how I did this nailart, so have a look :)

Back to school - Cute Owl Nails

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It's September and in most places schools are reopening. In middle east where I currently stay it's the time where new term starts in school. My kids are also ready to end their vacation and join the school (NO!!!). As we moved to a new place so they are going to a new school and are obviously excited and nervous (Me too :P)

So I decided why not do a back to school nails for them :) These cute back to school nails are inspired from various images from google so I can't credit any particular one. I really enjoyed doing this mani.  Hope you will also enjoy....

RakshaBandhan Special : Festive Double Stamping Nailart : El-Corazon stm-11 &stm-23

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Today I am sharing stamping nailart with you all. It's my first attempt at double stamping. For this nailart I used El-Corazon stamping polishes and I am very very pleased with the results. Both the polishes stm-11 and stm-23 are very pigmented and gave nice result. I had won these polishes as a prize from El-Corazon's contest on instagram. Let's have a look

Couples in Rain- Monsoon Nailart + Picture Tutorial

 

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I know fall is soon approaching but in India it is still monsoon so I am inspired to do some nailart dedicated to this lovely romantic season ! If you watch Bollywood movies then you might notice hero heroine  dancing and romancing in rain :D so I also painted a couple romancing under an umbrella in rain, I hope you will like it and I also added a step-by-step nailart tutorial so you get an idea if you want to recreate.

Swatches and Review of Kaleidoscope Nailpolish from El-Corazon : Fashionista No.4 & No.5

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Today I am sharing with you two beauties from El-Corazon Kaleidoscope fashionista Collection. They are named as No.4 and No. 5 and both of them are my favourite shades from this collection !! I just loved the pastel and soft touch of these shades.

Comb Marbling Nailart- Dry Marbling using Hair Comb -DIY Nailart Tool

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Today I am sharing some interesting nailart technique. This is just another quick way to make drymarbling or polybag marbling  decals for nails. I used a regular widetooth comb to create marbled effect so I guess we can call it Comb Marbling ! You get nice marbled effect using this DIY tool. I have a posted a tutorial also so keep reading :)

India's Independence Day Nailart - Happy Independence day 2015

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15th August 2015 is India's 69th Independence Day! I remember as a child how we used to celebrate this day in school. Flag hoisting and national anthem and patriotic songs, cultural programs etc etc! What fun! I certainly miss all that especially when I am out of India. Yet I thought to do something on my nails to celebrate Independence day .I hope you find it interesting :)

Golden Glitter Party Nails - El CorazonNo.530 Swatch and Review

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A quick post today, I am sharing a stunning gold glitter polish from El-Corazon. El-Corazon is a Russian brand of cosmetics and they ship internationally. El-Corazon No.530 is a great party-wear polish. If you are a fan of gold glitters then this is a must have. Take a look on the swatches of this lovely polish

Sunset in Hawaii - Summer Nailart featuring Health&Glow Fluo Magenta and Fluo Red Orange Nail Polishes

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How are you? Well I broke my nails and have to chop them off but that won't stop me from making them lovely right ! :D Today I am sharing summer nails which I did using neon polishes from Health&Glow India. They are available only at their stores in selected Indian Cities. I managed to get a couple of Health & Glow polishes while they were on sale  (Thanks to my bro who bought them for me from Chennai) and I will be using them and sharing swatches in my future posts ! Well for now let's have a look at these beauties and also my Hawaiian nails :)

El Corazon 423/458 Gemstones: ANDESINE - Swatch & Review

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Today I am sharing review for El Corazon 423/458 Gemstones: Andesine. A beautiful rusty red polish with shimmering holographic flakes ! I loved this polish, very different colour and looked so nice on my skin tone. I totally enjoyed wearing this polish. Keep reading to know more about this polish :)

El Corzan Active Biogel Nailpolish- 423/536 Large Hologram - Swatch & Review

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How are you all? I am blogging after a long gap and the reason is that I have moved to a new place and still trying to settle down :). My nailart stuff is yet to arrive but fortunately I took El-Corazon polishes with me and as soon as I got little time I swatched some of them. They were a delight to swatch and here is one of my favorite from the lot- Large Hologram 423/536 check out

Abstract Neon Green- Summer Nailart

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Today I will share a very simple and cool nailart for Summers. Neon Green looks great in Summers so I thought it will be great time to use my neon polish. Since I wanted to show the base more so I thought to add something simple. I just did whatever came to my mind and this is what I came up with- A simple and easy abstract design. I also filmed a short tutorial so do check it out at the end of the post :) Let's have a look....

MultiChrome Gradient and Geometric Stamping

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How are you all? Today I am sharing a simple stamping nailart done over a gradient base. I was planning to do this base since I got Phalish Winter Collection. The polishes I used here are holo-flakies and give a multichrome polish effect as gradient. Check out how ?:)