Nude & neon gradient stripes

Hi lovelies,

The weekend is here!!!  And not just any weekend, the long weekend is here!!  You have no idea how I am looking forward to the weekend at all.  It doesn’t even have to be long. 😉

The season is changing quite quickly and even though I love the cooler months I also really love the summer neon polishes.  So I holding onto the last bit of summer with some neon 🙂 I did of course pair it with a nude.  Let me show you

I started off with a sponged gradient using China Glaze – That’s shore bright and China Glaze – Highlight of my summer. I was very tempted to stop right there because I love a gradient and a neon gradient is a double win.  I pushed through with my idea though and went to work with striping tape.  I added strips of tape in various places alternating closer to tip and closer to cuticle.  I then covered that with Nails Inc – Porchester square.  I wanted it to look a bit like floating stripes but not all of them worked out perfectly.  I still kinda like it though.  What do you think?

I have shown you a swatch of China Glaze – That’s shore bright and Nails Inc – Porchester square so let me show you the other one.

China Glaze – Highlight of my summer

This is 2 coats with no topcoat.  It’s a bright neon minty green creme with a decent formula and great opacity.  It’s one of those ‘chalky’ neons.  It doesn’t need undies but it dries matte and I have to wait a little bit longer between coats to prevent bald spots or patches.  No problem for me though.  I really really really like this.  Neons are notoriously difficult to photograph but this is a really bright neon.

What do you think of this?  Does the gradient work in those colours? Does it work with the nude?  I hope you have a stunning weekend and I will see you on the other side of it.  I was considering taking the weekend off (incl Monday) but I am pretty sure I will be around anyway 😉  I will probably take next Friday (also a public holiday) off though but I will let you know 😉

Thanks for reading,