Friday 30 November 2012

The BATTLE #4: Neon vs Pastel

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I had some fun with this challenge y'all!

SPLATTER TIME

Splatter Mani with a base of Sinful Colors Unicorn
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To achieve this look I applied 2 coats of Sinful Colors Unicorn, which is a pastel yellow creme. It looked slightly uneven, but I knew the splatter would cover most of it up so I didn't add a 3rd coat.
Next I splattered on China Glaze Blue Sparrow which is a 'neon' blue with ultra fine glitter, using a straw. Once that dried, I splattered on China Glaze Flying Dragon another 'neon' purple with ultra fine glitter. After that one dried I splattered on my final neon, Pool Party also from China Glaze. It's a super neon pink that always photographs more orange, I think because it leans a little red/pink. I finished up with 1 thick coat of NYC GCS which left my nails glossy and even to the touch.

My last splatter mani was a whole year ago when I was doing the 31 Day Challenge, so I felt like the time was right to give it another go. Even though I completely taped off my nails, the clean up was horrendous! It might have just been the fact that I used neons for the splatter... Anyway the acetone didn't do the trick entirely.

An entire pastel splatter mani would've been fun too! Or a spun sugar mani in neons or pastels, yum reminds me of candy! Maybe I can work those in to another challenge.

If it were up to you, would you pick NEONS or PASTELS ?

Don't forget to check all the other participants Challenge #3 posts:
Two Matejas Creating
An Indie Girl's Passion
Lacquered Tips
My Wondrous Marvellous Obsession
Cats n Nails
Jibber Jabber
Life in Color!


xxx
NPA

7 comments:

  1. Awesome! Love the contrast between pastel and neon. Any chance of a tutorial? I can never seem to get my polish to actually splatter, I'd love to know your secrets!

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    1. Thanks, there are some great tutorials on other blogs already.
      http://www.thepolishaholic.com/2011/06/neon-splatter-mani-tutorial.html
      The glitter neons didn't splatter unless I dipped the straw into the bottles, I think the viscosity of the polish effects whether or not it'll make a good splatter. Try using different sized straws?

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  2. love splatters! this one is too cool! :)

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  3. Nice, but I couldn't bare the mess to clean up!

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