Nail Challenge Collaborative - Neon Spotted

Hello, Fireflies!

Well, we made it.  Today is the last 'summer' challenge entry for this month's NCC challenge! Whew! And, we're going out with a bang - of neon!

I used Wet 'n Wild Pin 'Em Slater over one coat of Revlon Spirit.  This yellow is one of the best yellows, never mind neons, I've ever used.  No streaking, clear color, great pigmentation.  And it's BRIGHT, especially over a white, as most neons are intended to be worn.

From the same Wet 'n Wild collection, I sponged on Nerd-Alert: Screech as a gradient.  I wasn't too thrilled with my gradient attempt.  Aside from the watermarble, I think the straight-up gradient has me stymied the most.  I keep practicing, though!

In an attempt to hide my gradient suckitude, I decided to pull out an old favorite - OPI Black Spotted.  I had some application problems, though, which resulted in cracking as well as spotting.  Of course, I could just pretend it was totally on purpose. I'm sneakily bringing crackles back.  Don't be a hater.

I do love how the neons look from behind the black, though.

I also dig how the yellow shimmer in Nerd-Alert: Screech plays so nicely with Pin 'Em Slater.

Bottle shot:  Revlon Spirit, Wet 'n Wild Pin 'Em Slater and Nerd-Alert: Screech, and OPI Black Spotted

Do you think neons will be big again this summer?  Are you ready for whatever new trend this summer brings?

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Spotted-ween!

This is a Summer bright color, China Glaze I'm With the Lifeguard... but it's going to be featured in a few Halloween manis this year!

I got OPI Spotted in a swap, and I couldn't be happier!  This was my first time playing with it, so I had a little trouble getting any kind of uniformity to the spotting.  Doesn't it look positively ghoulish over that bright green?

OPI Spotted goes over best with an almost-dry brush. Then you get the most spotting.  On my middle finger, I went over one section twice, and you can see it didn't spot at all, but rather gave more of a croc-cracked look.

I wanted to try it over a bright, scattered holo.  This is Holo Berry.  The Indie didn't put their name on the bottle, but I think this is 2Chix. If you know whose it is, please let me know in the comments.

It's a pretty berry with a strong scattered holo, like China Glaze Fairy Dust, though I admit it's not very Halloween-ie, or Fall.  I thought if I put a flakie over it, the effect would show through the Spotted.

The flakie/holo didn't really shine through the Spotted that much, but where it did, I loved how it looked.
Sort of a burning ember/hellfire effect.

 I actually liked it a lot with another layer of the flakie (Lorena Cinderela) over the Spotted.

 

And, right hand:

Do you like taking non-traditional Halloween colors and making them more seasonal?  I'll be showing you some more looks like that next week!