My 1st custom blend with gel

[carend]

Decided to be brave and submit my 1st nail critique:green:
Made my 1st custom blend mix out of akzentz warm coverage mixed with a couple of blobs(technical i know!) of white sculpting gel.
Don't know if the colour's right but didn't really know what else to add to make it a bit less pink-was thinking probably a touch of orange to warm it up or a touch of bluey purple? to make it cooler?but wasn't sure so didn't do it...didn't want my nails to look like they'd been tangoed!Lol
Added a touch of sparkle to represent the half moons-which i only have on my thumbs,
And decided to hand paint a daffodil on one of my fingers just coz its that time of year!
I know these nails are far from perfect but just wanted some critique on whether the colour is ok on the nail beds or not
Thanks for any replies:hug:

ps these are my nails by the way in case i forgot to mention and i know i could've extended the nail beds further but need to keep them short coz of the babies:green:

 

[carend]

why do the pics come out so bad when i resize them!grrrr
are the file size limits larger for critique?...off to see if i can edit

 

[Tricky]

lovely attempt keep it up xxx

 

[carend]

thankyou-have changed the pics now so they look a bit better i think
xxx

 

[Hope]

I think that the colour suits your skin tone really well xx

Well Done

 

[carend]

thankyou hun!!!!:hug:

 

[marian]

I love the daffodil really cute how did you do it?

 

[carend]

I love the daffodil really cute how did you do it?

hi thanks marian
i wasn't too sure on the daf myself-think it could've done with being a bit smaller-will try that next time i get bored...
i did it with acrylic paints
started off with 3 petals in yellow then added a touch of white to the yellow to do another 3 petals behind, then painted the centre in orange then blended in the centre of the orange blob to break it up,then added 4 white blobs in the middle for the polleny bits(sorry can't think of the technical name)then added a stem and some leaves and then add shading and highlights to the whole thing. then sealed with super shiny,think i got a bit carried away and took the pics before super shiny tho?...
glad u like it:hug:

 

[marian]

thanks for sharing your daffie "how to" lol. I am gonna give it a go now but doubt it will look half as good! Awe well worth a try!

 

[twinkletoes910]

i like the custom blend color, but i see what you mean, it would be tweaked a little. but what i really wanted to comment on was the glitter moons, I LOVE THAT! i'm SO gonna borrow that one :green:

 

[Jessicles]

I'm not a gel girl, but I hope my critique still works

Shape-4 (Very natural looking, good for your nail bed and finger shape.)
Sidewalls and edges-4 (Look flush and smooth, maybe just a BIT more in the cuticle area, but not too much.)
Apex Placement-3 (A bit inconsistent, some are good while others are too forward or too far back.)
Smile Line-4 (Very gentle smile, looks very natural and matches the free edge well.)
Use of Color-4 (I quite like the color of this blend. Not sure how you could improve it, it matches perfectly. I'm just not sure about the glitter moons Maybe just not my thing. Neat idea, I'd do it with a natural color myself, but again, I don't do gel, so I don't know how possible that is.)
Design-3 (The flower is very cute, very Springy. I love daffodils! I paint them a lot this time of year.)

Overall, very good, natural looking nails. The only thing I'd do is thin the free edge a bit. It might just be because it's gel, but I think the white looks to be thicker than the pink. A couple of swipes of a file would straight that right out.

Great job,
Jess

 

[carend]

thankyou sooooo much jess thats just what i needed constructive criticism
and thanks nikki too only just saw your reply
xxxxxxx:hug:xxxxxxxxx