A2Z Challenge: Y is for You

We’re approaching the end of this weekly challenge really fast! This week the theme is “you”, and have you guessed what I’m going to do? No? Rainbows obviously! I love rainbows, both because they’re pretty, but also because I like the symbolism. Every person has both sunshine and rain in their lives, and together it might turn out really pretty, like rainbows.

I did a rainbow gradient. I love gradients too, but I’m never really satisfied with them. I’ll get back to that later.

Here’s my “You”-mani:

I used five different polishes from El Corazón’s Matte Effect collection. Four of them are neons. The topper is from LynBDesigns and is called Iocaine Powder.

I especially like the middle finger with the orange and pink, I think those two look amazing together.

Here are the polishes:

El Corazon: 145-neon, 141-neon, 143-neon, 144-neon, m&s160, LynBDesigns: Iocaine Powder

The reason I’m never really satisfied with my gradients is because of the clean up. I use liquid latex around the cuticles, but the polish still manages to get right in there. I dip a small brush in acetone and try to remove the polish, but no matter how many times I do it, the polish stays there. It looks really easy when the girls do it on Youtube, but I haven’t gotten it right just yet. My theory is that their cuticles are less dry than mine, and thus the polish lets go easier, but that’s just a theory. I use tons of hand cream, cuticle moisturisers and oil, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. *pouts*

Anyway, let me finish this post by showing you something funny. The acetone has now eaten up the bristles on my brush! :D

You should definitely check out what the other girls did this week too! I can’t wait myself!

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