Flaming Gradient Spiked Nails ft Born Pretty & ScraPerfect

I wanted to check out how a few of my shimmery polishes would look as a gradient so I created this gold to red no sponge gradient nail with an accent nail of red square rhinestones and little gold spikes from Born Pretty Store with the help of Embellie Gellie from ScraPerfect of course!

Enjoy!

Video Tutorial 

Get Embellie Gellie and more ScarPerfect essentials here.

Get the spikes I used here from the Born Pretty store and use the code MIHW10 for 10% off your whole order!

Products Used

Gradient Nails

OPI Goldeneye

Glitter Gal Fiery Furness Brilliant

Zoya Kimmy

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Accent Nails

Zoya Kimmy

Glitter Gal Fiery Furness Brilliant

OPI Goldeneye

Optional

Gold Acrylic Paint & OPI Goldeneye stripes up the nail

Embellishments

Scraperfect Embellie Gellie

Square red rhinestones from eBay along cuticle

3mm Cone spikes in Gold from Born Pretty Store

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Spook me in the Dark Nails!

A Glow in the Dark Spider web Manicure perfect for Halloween!

Here is a scheme that captures Halloween on the nails. Not only is it a fun and cute cartoon spider design that will look great at your Halloween party, but it will also rock when the lights go out!

This is my first try at doing spider web nails and although it's not perfect I think it turned out pretty cute. And the best tip I could give is use a striping brush or very thin nail art brush for best results. I used a detail brush and it was hard to get the spider web lines fine enough, but it worked well for the spiders themselves.

I got my glow in the dark polishes from Born Pretty Store and you can check them out here! And for an extra special something for you, use the code "MIHW10" at checkout for 10% off your whole order if you purchase anything from Born Pretty!

Enjoy!

Tutorial

1. Apply Base coat and or growth strengthener to protect your nails and keep them healthy.
2. Apply 2 coats of white polish over all your nails.
3. Apply a horizontal striped gradient of orange, yellow and green Glow in the Dark Neon polish over nails (except accent nails) using the sponge method.
4. Build up coats using the sponge until desired opacity is reached.
5. Apply Green Glow in the Dark Neon polish to thumb.
6. Apply Yellow Glow in the Dark Neon polish to ring finger.
7. Use a Nail Art brush to paint the spider web with Black Acrylic Paint on nails.
8. Use a Nail Art brush to create the cartoon Spiders with Black Acrylic Paint on accent nails. 
9. Use a dotting tool with a white polish and make the large cute eyes of the Spiders.
10. Use a dotting tool with Glow in the Dark Neon polish to colour Spider's eyes.
11. Apply 1 coat each of the Flaky Topcoat polishes to all nails.
12. Apply a fast drying top coat to all nails.
13. Done!

Products Used

Base coat
OPI Nail Envy
Essie Grow Stronger

First layer (White Base for all nails)
Sally Hansen Xtreme Hard as Nails White On

Second layer (Gradient)
Candy Colors Fluorescent Neon Luminous Nail Art Polish Glow In Dark Varnish 7ML Orange #16
Candy Colors Fluorescent Neon Luminous Nail Art Polish Glow In Dark Varnish 7ML Yellow #2
Candy Colors Fluorescent Neon Luminous Nail Art Polish Glow In Dark Varnish 7ML Green #4

Accent nail (ring finger)
Candy Colors Fluorescent Neon Luminous Nail Art Polish Glow In Dark Varnish 7ML Yellow #2 (2 coats)

Accent nail (thumb)
Candy Colors Fluorescent Neon Luminous Nail Art Polish Glow In Dark Varnish 7ML Green #4 (2 coats)

Spider design
Black Acrylic Paint - for spider web and Spiders
Sally Hansen Xtreme Hard as Nails White On - for Eyes
Candy Colors Fluorescent Neon Luminous Nail Art Polish Glow In Dark Varnish 7ML Pink #13 - for Eyes
Candy Colors Fluorescent Neon Luminous Nail Art Polish Glow In Dark Varnish 7ML Orange #16 - for Eyes

Third Layer
Finger Paints Special Effects Flaky Polish Asylum (1 coat)
Finger Paints Special Effects Flaky Polish Motley (1 coat)

Top coat
Seche Vite dry fast top coat


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