Friday, June 19, 2015

What's green, glittered, and glowing all over?

Glowing patterned gel nails by @chalkboardnails

I had a lot of fun with this manicure. I was heading off to Las Vegas the next day and needed to do a new and fun gel manicure. I kept adding elements and piecing together and making up patterns and eventually I ended up with this glowing, patterned, glittered combo.

AND! I successfully replicated the pattern on my other hand, so hooray!

Glowing patterned gel nails by @chalkboardnails

As I said, these are gel nails, but they could easily be done with regular nail polish too! I'll list the products I used below but also recommend some close RNP equivalents.

GEL NAIL POLISH // REGULAR NAIL POLISH
Gelish Mini - Do You Harajuku? // OPI - That's Hula-rious!
Akzentz - Lights Out Glow in the Dark Gel Topcoat // China Glaze - Ghoulish Glow
Akzentz - Gel Play in black // Formula X - Dark Matter
Rockstar glitter nail with Artiglio Odessa // Zoya - Storm

Glowing patterned gel nails by @chalkboardnails
Glowing patterned gel nails by @chalkboardnails

Working with the glow in the dark gel topcoat was really cool, because the glow got supercharged in the gel lamp as I cured it.

Unfortunately, it wasn't quite as heavy-hitting in the glow department during my regular life. I would catch it glowing sometimes at night, but it wasn't super remarkable unless I charged it.

Still, it's neat to have the option for glowing gels, and I was really happy with this manicure overall. The light green Gelish Mini shade is super delicate and youthful, and the Gel Play paint is awesome for handpainted nail art.

Glowing patterned gel nails by @chalkboardnails
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12 comments

  1. Just so delicate and beautiful!

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  2. Beautiful mani - have a great trip!

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  3. Ohhhwww so perfect lines. Wonderful as always. :-)

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  4. Beautiful. Love the way these lines have come out

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  5. aahh i love glow in the dark! i need one

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  6. Beautiful nail design! I really like this nail polish, it looks so good :)

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  7. Such a beautiful design and love the colors!

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  8. Awesome design and the glow in the dark makes it even better!

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  9. So beautiful!The color is amazing and the design is to die for.Great job.

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