40 great nail art ideas: Pastel neon gradient with animal print stamping "Sping zepard"

Introduction

Good day darlings. This week we were doing pastel designs for 40 great nail art ideas challenge and my prompt was "Leopard print". Recently I saw gorgeous many created by Clairestelle8 where she is turning neon polish into pastels and that's exactly what I did here. Basically, you have to add layer of white polish on your sponge after you applied neons (short video tutorial will be on my IG). Also i was inspired my animal print image from MoYou London Explorer 23 which combines both leopard and zebra print. So I decided to recreate it, but with different plates because I wanted more delicate image on my small nails. Given that I had to make it on my Cinderella right hand (two nails are broken on my left hand..) clear stamper from Born pretty store turned out to be very handy. I'm not a huge fan of animal print, but this mani turned out fantastic. Too bad on my pictures you can not see very well delicate holo sparkle from Djinn, but it looks marvelous in real life. Oh yeah, I call this mani "Spring zepard", let me know what do you think about it.

Results

Figure 1. "Sping zepard"

Neon watercolor water marble with Fair Maiden Rainbow brights and MoYou London Pro XL14 stamping

Introduction

Good day darlings. This water marble design was done for Purple, orange and pink prompt at When colors collide. I decided to make something which would look like watercolor splashes going one into another and that's exactly how it turned out. Nude base helped to achieve color different color intensity, although it was pretty difficult to photograph neon polish. After wearing these for couple days, I added metallic purple floral stamping on top and result was really wonderful. I'm serious in love with both versions and can not choose my favorite.

Results

Figure 1. Purple, orange & pink flower blend.

"Neon marble fox" nail art using Fair maiden Rainbow brights collection.

Introduction

Good day darlings. I want to share another water marble. This time it's super special for me, because it's a foxy water marble and fox is my favorite animal. I used neon polishes from Rainbow brights collection by Fair Maiden. This collection was designed for water marble, so it was super easy to use it. I'm very happy with final look, so bright and foxy.

Results

Figure 1.  "Neon marble fox"

Neon candy cane water marble and stamping decal with The Don Deeva polish

Introduction

Press samples

Good day darlings. This post is very special for me, because this week I received my very first polish for review from amazing Danette, creator of the Don Deeva polish. She generously sent me two collections and one custom made polish. I'm already working on proper swatches, but I could not wait and decided to use her polish for nail art right away. I've heard that The Don Deeva polish watermarbles really well and was super excited to try it myself. And oh my, it was much better than my expectations, even glitters watermarble perfectly. Since it was my long time dream to make a water marble design with glitter, I used two The Don Deeva jellies and one glitter for festive candy cane design. It turned out super bright and just a bit too neon for candy cane, but I still love it. Do not forget to check video to see for yourself how easy this polish watermarbles.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Neon candy cane"

June macro challenge: neon pink and green matte gradient with floral Mundo de Unas stamping "Pink & green harmony"

Introduction

It's a matte day in June macro challenge and I decided to share this matte neon gradient, which was a base for "Dragon fruit" nails. I did not know which color to use as a base for gradient and went with white Julep Nicolette, not a perfect choice as it shows through on some pictures. My favorite part about this mani is how stamping polish matches gradient colors and gorgeous matte shimmer.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Pink & green harmony"

June macro challnege: Femme fatale Weed in her heart and Mexican pink Mundo de unas stamping "Pink weed"

Introduction

This neon stamping with Mundo de unas Mexican pink was done right after I swatched Weed in her heart and today is a good chance to share it, because there are several beautiful macros which I took with this mani and it's perfect for macro challenge. Interestingly Weed in her heart with pink stamping look way more blue teal compared to swatches, so  click on swatch link if you want to see real color.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Pink weed"

30 Days of Colour: Indie polish neon watermarble and Mundo de Unas stamping with MoYou Explorer 23 "African masks"

Introduction

My second June entry for 30 Days of Colour challenge Neon/splatter is a actually a stamping over neon water marble, so no splatter part. Water marble was done using decal technique, you can find detail in the original post. I was not sure which king of stamping to do and used African tribal masks from MoYou Explorer plate. It looks rather unusual, and I can not decide how I feel about this mani. My favorite is ring finger with sad mask, even though this stamping image makes nail look a bit crooked.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "African masks"

Water marble decals with neon Indie polish "The brighter - the better"

Introduction

Neon water marbles are one of the hottest trends currently and I was really sad because of my no buy I could not get any new polish, to try it. Not for long though, just until I realized that neon matte collection which I bought during winter could be good for marbling. And my intuition was right, they marbled perfectly (Figure 1 and 2)!!! I used 1 coat of yellow  Don't forget the sunscreen as a background and made water marble decals for all fingers except ring finger. I tried this technique before with Picture polish and loved how clean it's compared to regular water marble. This time I took photo of dried marble to show you (Figure 2, last two pictures), is not it cool?  For my ring finger I used regular dip in method and it also worked fine, but I noticed that marble got more stretched and a bit less vivid, which was not surprising since you push on the marble to get it on your nail. Making water marble decals also allows to achieve perfect positioning and saves a lot of polish. I love this bright final look and how neon green and pink became warmer due to the yellow background.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "The brighter - the better".

Indie polish Drinks with umbrellas, stamping over neon pink "Neon pink zebra roses"

Introduction

This mani is a bit of a failure, because it looks like neon pink zebra, while stamping image actually had roses, but it's really hard to recognize them. I swatched this bright pink matte polish with a cute name Drinks with umbrellas long time ago (here) and thought that it's a perfect base for bright roses. Sadly due to the small size of my nails roses got lost. Not every stamping turns out as you imaging it, especially over glitter and there was a layer of glitter Ode to the elite for extra sparkle. How is your success with stamping over glitter, do you have any tips? Please share your thoughts in comments.

Results

Figure 1. nail art "Neon pink zebra roses".

30 Days of Colour: Mundo de Unas Neon stamping

Introduction

It's Tuesday and I'm combining again two challenges using Mundo de unas polish with numbers 28 Orange and 38 Green for ABC challenge and both of them are neons, which is perfect for 30 Days of Color. You also might notice that I recycled my Lebedushka swatch as a base for this stamping, this is the only way I could keep up with challenges. As usually there was no problem with MdU stamping, especially considering these chaotic patterns. What do you think about it? Does neon stamping over sparkly textured polish look good? I kind of like it, but it's a bit unusual for me.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with Neon green and Neon orange.