Rainbow Nails for the #31DC2016Weekly

Hi friends!

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Sorry, this is a day late but that is the beauty of this challenge.  You can catch up whenever you can!  I had many ideas this rainbow mani and finally out together a few inspirations into one fun design.  I am going to call this Latex Waterfall Rainbow Gradient Tips.  Ha...that's a long name.  The products that I am using in this mani were sent to me for review in the past but today, we are just looking at the nail art.  I hope you like this fun little mani :)

First, I started off with a white base.  I used OPI "My Boyfriend Scale Walls" which is my favorite almost white base.  Once that was dried, I used Crystalline Nail Veil from Color4Nails to create a waterfall from my cuticle to almost the tip of the nail.  I learned this technique originally from The Nailasaurus and her waterfall tutorial with nail polish.  About a year ago, I did this technique with liquid latex instead of polish and really loved the effect.  You can see my photo tutorial here.

Once the latex was dry, I used a cosmetic sponge and the Nine Zero Lacquer ROY G BIV Collection to create a holographic rainbow effect across the exposed tips of the nails.  While the polish was still wet, I pulled off the latex to leave the feathered like edge.  This effect turned out very similar to a recent nail art tutorial by Kelli Marissa just created in a different way.  I am really happy with out it came out.  I tried it with both a glossy top coat and a holographic top coat (both from Nine Zero Lacquer).   I'm not sure which look I like best.  Which do you prefer?

I really liked how this turned out!  Be sure to check out all of the other nail art looks for this prompt and all of the others in this challenge but following the #31DC2016Weekly tag: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.  And please feel free to join me!  You still have plenty of time to catch up.

Thanks for stopping by!

- Amy McG (McPolish)

*some products used were provided for review*

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