Hello sweeties! For my second NCC look of April, I recreated a gorgeous manicure from fellow Pittsburgher, Stephanie of A Little Polish (see her blog post here). She did this beautiful striped gradient look for a neon manicure, and it really called to me! I’ve been feeling these fuchsia/ bright purples and pinks recently, and this mani fits so well with that.
My fuchsia waterfall gradient
I love how this came out! It almost looks like a chunky neon tie-dyed manicure. Stephanie’s original was so perfect, and I think I came close at least in the color choice!
Fuchsia waterfall gradient
I do wish I had left more of the darkest shade of purple showing. It’s just so pretty, and I had enough nail canvas to work with to get all the colors in. But I got overzealous with my white stripes*.
*Not this White Stripes:
Hehe – that resting bitchface of Jack White’s gets me every time! But back to the nails…
Neon striped waterfall gradient
Polishes used/ how I did this:
- Base color: China Glaze Violet Vibes… This is a beautiful pink/red leaning fuchsia. It’s bright and vibrant and one of my FAVORITE shades of purple! Previously I had some issues with the formula (it tended to slide towards the sides of the nails and pool in those places), but this time I used thinner coats and had no issues. It did, however, take 3 coats to get opaque with this technique. I don’t mind because it’s my favorite shade of purple!
- Using a medium sized nail brush, I dabbed on a messy vertical striped gradient with the following colors:
- First, a base of Rica Whiteout… The best white for nail art!
- Then KBShimmer Beach Please… One of my favorite names for a polish! And it’s gorgeous too 🙂 This is a neon purple-leaning pink, and it’s an amazing formula. LOVE!
- And lastly, Models Own Shades… One of the most amazing neon coral with slight pastel-leanings. It’s part of last year’s Polish for Tans collection, and it’s perfection!
- Top coat: Digital Nails Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That… one of my top 2 top coats!
- Matte top coat: Essie Matte About You… this is the only matte top coat I’ve tried, so I have nothing to compare it with. But it works just fine.
What do you think? Have you tried a waterfall gradient like this? What colors would you combine for this?
And now for your daily David Tennant:
… especially if you’re David Tennant 😉
So pretty – I love those colours together. It kind of looks like a sno cone!
Thanks! I like that – a sno cone! It would be a very bright sno cone 🙂
This just screams summer.
Thank you! I agree – summer all the way 🙂
These look great! I really need to get started on this month’s challenge.
Thank you! Good luck – it’s so hard to choose which of the many amazing manis to recreate!
I love these colors together and the white really makes it all pop!
Thank you! I love how the colors coordinate as well 🙂
Ahhhhh Tennant *swoon* This nail design is gorgeous!!!
Thanks!! Hehe – Tennant always makes me swoon!
Love these! Definitely gives the tie dye vibe
Thank you! I used to have a sweater with a similar design, but it was shades of blue and white.
Cool! I need to try this technique!!
Thank you! It was so easy, and I love the outcome 🙂
Love this! I did something similar awhile back with black and white using nail polish thinner and I loved it.
Ooh, I bet it looked gorgeous! Thank you 🙂
Nice take on Tie and Dye nail design. Loved color combo as well.
Thank you!
Striking color combination and a fantastic layering. Love the effect of it!
Thank you so much!! I love purples and corals together so much 🙂
Whoa what a different way to do a waterfall mani! I have never seen it done this way and it looks gorgeous!
Thank you! I loved Stephanie’s version so much – I had to try it out too 🙂
Dying over the pics in today’s post…hahahaha! 😀 Anyway….oh yeah, the manicure. 😛 I adore how this turned out, that purple is super pretty so I want more of it too. 😛
Hehe – I was a big fan of the pics I chose too 😉 And thank you! I rarely wear a new polish multiple times immediately, but I’ve had that purple on my nails twice in the last month!
Oooh this is a fun look! And it looks like something even I could achieve :D!
Thank you! It definitely is an easy nail art technique! You could totally do it 😉
That’s cool! I had never seen waterfall done this way. And I really love that coral you used.
Thank you so much! I want to do another similar mani with different colors now!
These are summer perfection! I love it, I must recreate it 😉
Thank you! You definitely should – it was easy and I loved the outcome 🙂
I LOVE these! They are fabulous!
Thank you so much 🙂
I’m loving these colours!
Thank you!!
This color combo is fantastic!
Thank you!!