May Weekly Nail Art Challenge Roundup

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Today I just wanted to post a roundup of my nail art from the weekly nail art challenge!

My favorite of all of them was the gradient for sure. I really liked this challenge, because I was forced to do some nail art that I wouldn't typically do. I don't do watermarble very often, and I have never done a fishtail before. I also liked how it was all neon, so I was forced to use colors that I don't usually, which of course also gave me the excuse to buy the entire China Glaze Electric Nights collection... :)

Week 1: Half Moon

Week 2: Tribal

Week 3: Fishtail

Week 4: Gradient

Week 5: Watermarble

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May Weekly Nail Art Challenge: Week 5, May 29

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Theme: Neon

Prompt: Watermarble

I finally completed this challenge!! I'm so happy with myself for sticking with it and finishing another challenge!!

White: White on White

Pink: Glow With the Flow

Yellow: Daisy Know My Name?

Orange: Home Sweet House Music

I'm terrible at watermarble. I really only had one nail that I liked, and that's my middle finger. I'm proud of myself for trying again, though! This was my 5th attempt at it. It does get better every time, do there's the positive!

I used Glisten & Glow CTRL-ALT-DEL latex barrier again instead of tape!!

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May Weekly Nail Art Challenge: Week 4, May 22

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Theme: Neon
Prompt: Gradient

Today I have my gradient nails that I did for this week! This week, I again used all China Glaze, and the colors were all from the Electric Nights collection.

Green: Treble Maker
Blue: DJ Blue My Mind
Purple: Plur-ple
White: White on White

I started by painting my nails a white base. Then I put down CTRL-ALT-DEL latex barrier by Glisten & Glow around my nail to avoid getting polish on my nail when doing the gradient.

I next painted the colors in order on a latex free sponge, and then sponged it on to my nail. I repeated this process until it was opaque and dark enough and blended well. It was usually perfect in just two coats.

Once I was done with that, I just peeled it off, and cleaned up everything else that was left over!

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May Weekly Nail Art Challenge: Week 3, May 15

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Theme: Neon

Prompt: Fishtail

I've never done a fishtail, so this was actually my second attempt at this, because it looked awul the first time! I really like the outcome though once I got the hang of it and figured out what to do better.

I used all China Glaze polishes for this and all but the white were from the new Electric Nights collection!

White: White on White

Yellow: Daisy Know My Name?

Orange: Home Sweet House Music

Blue: DJ Blue My Mind

I have several tips that I learned while doing this that really helped while trying to do it, especially when doing it with neons.

1. Start with a white base. It's a pain to have to do more than one coat, so this avoids that problem.

2. Add a white stripe first. This keeps the colors true, avoids bleeding, and avoids additional coats, too. Especially when doing a color that is lighter than the one it's going on top of. If it's darker, I didn't do it, like for the blue. But when I did the yellow and orange I did. It avoided having lines underneath one line from the other colors.

3. Don't make your lines too thin. Thin lines means a lot of lines. It not only looks better, but it's less work, too!

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May Weekly Nail Art Challenge: Week 2, May 8th

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Theme: Neon

Prompt: Tribal

These are the nails that I did the other night for the weekly nail art challenge!! I used all China Glaze polishes.

White: White on White

Pink: Glow With the Flow

Purple: Violet-Vibes

Blue: UV Meant to Be

Green: Treble Maker

I used striping tape and dotting tools for all of the designs. It was so much fun!

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May Weekly Nail Art Challenge: Week 1

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I've decided to do the Weekly Nail Art Challenge on Instagram this month! There are only 5 prompts, one for each Friday of the month, so I still get to do whatever I want the rest of the time!

This month's theme: Neons

This week's prompt: half moon

Since I'm not super huge into neons, I wanted to do this challenge to make me expand my polish use. I want to find a wearable ways to wear neon!

This week, I did my half moons by putting the neon underneath, and then putting white on top. That way the whole nail isn't too bright, but it makes a cool pop of color up by the cuticle!

Green: China Glaze Treble Maker

White: China Glaze White on White

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