Manicure day

Topcoat, basecoat, Tropic Coral, GOSH 549

Getting started:

 So today I decided on doing my nails. They looked awful and had done so for three days?! I was going crazy, and the chipped polish would rip off the top layer of my natural nail. So TODAY was the day. I decided on trying something new: gradient nail polish with a holographic polish and a regular polish. It ended up looking absolutely amazing and the picture does no do its justice to this combo.

Polishes I used:

As you can see on the picture, I used CND polishes and a polish from GOSH. The CND polishes were a gift I received on my 18'th birthday from my neighbor, who's a professional chiropodist (makes-your-feet-healthy-lady).
The purple is the topcoat, not as good as the one from Essie, but I can't find it right now, and especially not with wet nails. The blue one is the basecoat, and the coral-colored one is the most gorgeous coral I've ever seen so far. The holographic polish from GOSH makes incredible effect on your nails. So with those arguments, I decided to try out a holographic gradient design. This is how is came out:

Making a gradient design:

To make a gradient design, just take a regular sponge from the kitchen, if you don't have any make up sponges. Apply one stripe of your favorite color at the edge of the sponge, that's going to be the color near your cuticles. Quickly apply the matching or contrasting second color in a stripe right next to the first color, it's okay if they over-lap each other a bit.
Then, dap on to your nail, until you get the gradient effect you want. Very simple! If you want to, you can apply tape around your nails, so there isn't that much of a clean up afterwards. Allow it to dry, and top off with a good topcoat! That's it! It's so easy, takes no time, looks gorgeous and the thin layer of nailpolish makes it easy to remove as well.