Monkey See, Monkey Do Monday--Chopsuey Nails!

Hi Everyone!  Happy Monday!  Today I have a MSMD mani with a twist.  I've been lamenting all the untried polishes I have for days now.  I just don't get how/why this happens.  Why do I keep buying more when I'm not even wearing what I already have.  I made a promise to myself to stop doing this--I mean what good are buying them when you aren't even going to wear them?

So this brings me to the lovely Julie G Gumdrops I have.  Yep I got them over a month ago and yes I've worn a few but I haven't worn them all yet!  Looking at the colors of them all lined up I thought about some sort of sunset nails.  I've already done a red or orange gradient with them but what about something different?  I googled sunset nails for some inspiration and BAM I ran across this picture that was SO different than the standard sunset scene.  I found it on Chopsuey Nails.  I decided to go for the same look only using textured polishes instead of regular.  I chose Sugar Rush, Tangerine Dream and Blueberry Fizz for my gradient with some added help from Zoya Kerry.   Then I did some freehand art and a bit of stamping.

I'm surprised it wasn't harder to freehand on this textured stuff!

I put another tree on Thumbie too!

This is the picture that inspired me

What do you think?  How'd I do?

There's such a huge difference in these shimmery textured polishes.  I really love them, the flat creme's not so much--here's a pic of the mani in the shade

This colors aren't even the same!!! Here's the same pose in the light

Bright and vibrant!  How'd I do with the recreation?  Don't you just love that whale tail???!!!!  There's so much you can do with these textured polishes--I can't wait to get more of them!  Oh Oh!!! There I go again!

Here's a picture of the polishes I used!

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!