Red hot crackle gradient! and a failed mani

I was feeling very sassy and NOT feeling the fall color trends! So to break the bleakness, I did a yellow to neon orange gradient and black crackle. I used China Glaze Lemon fizz for the base and Flip Flop Fantasy for the orange. OPI Black Shatter. The alternating nails are ChG FFF to NYC Times square with no-name purple tips.

What say you? Beating the fall with a fiery mani or tacky?

Also, bonus feature:

A completely failed mani... can you tell what it's supposed to be?

It was supposed to be Guppy nails (like the little fish).
I think I overdid it, guys.

Gradient Leopard nails!

I got inspired when browsing tumblr and wanted to try my own breed of a colourful leopard manicure. It's just so psychedelic 80's neon and I needed some color in my life.

The gradient is China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy along with OPI - Feelin Hot Hot Hot. I used ORLY - Frisky for the rest of the nails along with OPI silver shatter.  I had the Konad leopard stamp and for once, it came in handy. I usually shy away from animal print but this was such a sassy idea, I simply could not resist. My only mistake is that I chose a pink that was too cold in its tone, so against ChG FFF's  neon orangeness' it looked almost...mauve? eww. Other than that little setback, this turned out great! I gotta try another leopard mani sometime.

Rainbow skittles with crackle

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Since it's autumn and summer has sadly passed, I wanted to do something a little more "edgy".

I love bright colours, so I started with skittles, then black crackle my Sally Hansen (works the same as OPI black shatter). The crackle dries matte, so I added Seche Vite on top, making it into shiny nail candy!

I'm very pleased with the result, crackles tend to make manis stand out so much more for me.