Purple Stripe Gradient with Glitter

 This was my first attempt at a gradient manicure.  I wanted to do something fun for Father's Day weekend.  We were going out to dinner with family so I thought this would be a fun mani to wear and match my make up to.

  

This took forever but I think was worth it.  There's a few things that I would change but I'll get to that in a minute..

I used: China Glaze Nova, OPI: Rumples Wiggin', Funky Dunky, Planks Alot.

I started out with 2 coats of Rumples Wiggin' and a coat of SV to dry it fast, then taped off with nail striping tape (did you see I added some to  my giveaway?) and painted the next color from the tape and below to the tip of my nail, then added a coat of SV.  Lather, rinse, repeat....

So the things I would change about this? I would not have put glitter on the bottom because it was such a pain to remove, especially since there was 3 or 4 coats of SV below it.  I really like the way it looks with 4 colors but obviously 3 would be much easier and faster.  I blurred this picture so you could appreciate the bling factor. I guess that's the lazy way of doing the mani is with 3 colors.

The great side to this mani was that it lasted for a long time with no tip wear or chipping. I think it had something to do with the fact my nails were so full of polish they were as thick as gel nails!

I got many compliments on this manicure including someone asking me where I got them done LOL love it!

It did take me about an hour and a half or two hours but I think if I was wearing this more than 3 days, it's well worth it.

I added a little something to the giveaway for reaching 500 followers, you should check it out ;-) as more people follow, more cool things are added, it's just how I roll :-)

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