Starburst holo scaled gradient skittle for Nailpolis celebration

Scaled gradients like you've never seen them before! And a triple scaled gradient at that! This mani is my abstract interpretation of the theme celebration/party for Nailpolis' 1 million Facebook fans contest. My first thought was 'fireworks', and my second though was 'I don't want to actually paint fireworks!' Away with literal interpretations! Bring on the crazy.

 

VIDEO TUTORIAL AT THE END OF THE POST!

Neon holo jelly skittle over black to white gradient

A couple weeks ago I swatched and reviewed six new neon jelly holo polishes from Beyond the Nail's summer galaxy collection. Here I have five of the six used in a multi-coloured skittle over a black to white base gradient. I got this idea when I tried their pink holo jelly over a clear to black gradient. Unfortunately this jelly over a white-to-black-gradient didn't turn out as I thought it might in my head. Looking back I should have used two coats of the jellies (I used only one) because it looks a little streaky over the white ends of the nail. I opted for just one coat because I find doing two or more coats over the black dilutes that dark contrast I wanted to preserve. And these jellies are so perfect over black, amirite?!

There is no video tutorial for this one because I was in my fast-paced experimentation zone. It's essentially the same as the clear to black gradient video tutorial, except just do a white to black base gradient. There's a pic of this step below.

Neon holo jelly wavy skittle

Neon holo jelly time with Beyond the Nail's new summer galaxy collection! You can see drool-worthy swatches of these six beauties here. Today I have for you my first nail art look using these versatile polishes. By versatile I mean that that they are indeed neon and holo, and because they are jelly in consistency, you can build them up on their own, use them over a similarily coloured creme base polish, as a holo topper over a dark polish, or to make jelly glitter sandwiches...! Is there a nail polish type out there that can do more than that?! Nope, don't think so.

 

VIDEO TUTORIAL AT THE END OF THE POST!

Neon chevron scaled gradient skittle

A couple of weeks ago the super sweet Narmai of Piggie Luv pulled together a few nail artists for a collab in support of Hanne from It's So Damn Original who is having an eye surgery procedure done. Since Hanne is hot for neons, the theme of this suprise collab was 'Neon nails for Hanne'. I couldn't decide which neon shades to use so I tried to use them ALL with this neon chevron scaled gradient skittle look. I hope this look and the collab as a whole puts a smile on her face and into good spirits for, during and after surgery!

And yes... I'm skipping work appropriate mani monday for this :)

 

VIDEO TUTORIAL AT THE END OF THE POST!