Neon Checkerboard Print Nail Art

This is an old design but since neons scream summer to me I thought this would be great to post now.

It's a checkerboard print design featuring neon pink and neon yellow. In real life, this manicure was pretty retina-searing and extremely bright. With shorter nails, bright looks don't look as bold though. (Not like I care about the world thinking I have bold nails. :) ) 

To create this design I started off with Illamasqua Rare. It's my favorite extremely bright neon. Then using a striper brush I created a criss-cross design using Color Club Poptastic. To get the checkerboard look I filled in some of the squares with the neon pink and left others alone. 

All photos taken under artificial lighting.

Funny story: when I wore this I distinctively remember a rather serious man I know telling me that I wouldn't get hit on the road wearing that manicure. I think he was a little taken back on the brightness.

I really like checkerboard print nails. It's a design that I return to now and then and each new attempt is better than the last. I really like improving my skills and looking back at the past. Honestly, this manicure isn't that old. It's from a few months back.

The other day I was thinking if I should share my sometimes-horrific pictures of very old attempts of nail art. I was thinking I could do a series where I showed one of my awful designs and showed an inspired nail design that I create now. Would anyone be interested in that? Warning: I was terrible at nail art.

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Neon triangles nail art

I love experimenting with geometric and pop art elements on my canvas of choice, my nails.


For this manicure, I started with a base of Color Club Edie, a neon green. Next triangles were created using a white polish to make sure the layered neon colors popped. The triangles were outlined with a black striper. Warning, neon colors and my camera do not get along together well.

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Color Club Gossip Column

Hi! Are you enjoying the weekend so far? Today I will hopefully be going to Sephora to check out some nails inc polishes. There might even be a haul post on them if all goes well!

What's on my nails now? Well, it's Color Club's Gossip Column. It is from the Rebel Debutante Collection. A staple teal blue at a good price and a good formula.

Amazing pigmentation from my experience. I could have used one coat but decided to apply two here.

All photos are inside with artificial lighting.

This polish has sat in my untrieds section for quite some time. I'm glad I took it out though. I will be sure to use this again sometime soon. I'm sure it is easily duped but I have nothing like it in my collection.

This color can appear darker with different lighting.

I got mine for about three dollars off of Transdesign

Have any favorite teals you think I'd enjoy? Leave them in the comments. 

On To The Next Polish,

Katie