Light Blue Stripes and Gradient

It's a simple matte manicure for today. For my middle nails I played around with using some thick stripe nail vinyls. The blue is Color Club Meet Me In The Rink and the grey is Zoya Tove. I had to paint the silver star studs with white polish and I was surprised with how well it held up.

Green Galaxy

I haven't done galaxy nails in forever, so here you go, green galaxy. I forgot how hard it was to get such a precise gradient, so I definitely struggled with that. I also wish I hadn't made the galaxy bits so linear, but had instead spread them around the nail more. The dark blue base is Orly Royal Blue, but that's about all I can name, the rest is a bunch of fun bright greens and teals that I grabbed at random. I also used Nicole By OPI Let's Make a Comet-Ment, and Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond for some added holo.

My Bunny Tally

This past week my rabbit Tally unexpectedly passed away. I painted these nails in memory of  her. She was the sweetest, most friendly rabbit I ever knew, and I'm gonna miss her more than anything.

Half Border Half Glitter

 Here's a quick manicure I did while playing around with some new polishes. The purple is China Glaze Mix And Mingle, the glitter is China Glaze Bring On The Bubbly, and the gold is Xtreme Wear Golden-I. This is one of the very few times I've done border nails. I'm not a fan of them because they don't really work well on my nails due to how curved they are.

Corner Gradient

Similar to my last post, today I wanted to experiment a little more with gradients and nail vinyls again. Inspired by this manicure, I decided to try out a corner gradient with right angle vinyls. The gradient was done using Color Club Hot-Hot-Hot Pants, Zoya Cole, and Color Club Macaroon Swoon. The vinyls ended up being a lot wider than I expected, so I freehanded smaller stripes in between.

Radial Gradient

 This manicure was my first time doing a radial gradient, and my first time using nail vinyls! I started with the gradient, which turned out a bit messy, but thankfully you can't really tell. I used Color Club Meet Me At The Rink, Diggin' The Dancing Queen, and Hot-Hot-Hot Pants, which are all from the Poptastic Pastel Neon collection. Then I applied the swirl nail vinyls, which, because I have curved nails, did not want to stay down. I had to do a ton of annoying clean up because of this, but I think it looks really good regardless.

Streaky Sides

Hello! I tried out this technique about a month ago, and I just felt like playing around with it a bit more. The streaks are Xtreme Wear Dabbler and Xtreme Wear Wing It. For the accent nail I used Wing It as a base, and then did one coat of Color Club Tru Passion, and added a matching nail gem. It's not my favorite thing that I've ever done, but I do think the glitter nail is fun.