Blurple toned matte skittle mani

Hi!

I wasn't going to do my nails until tomorrrow or the day after because I loved Graphite so much, but I got carried away with customizing it and ended up with a horrible mess on my nails! Too much sparkle kills the sparkle!!

As I can't stand seeing my nails covered in a thick and ugly mess of lacquer, I removed the polish and decided to do a skittle/ombre mani. At first I thought of using warm tones, then greens, but ended up opting for blues and purples (a mix of warm an cool tones). 

I also thought it would look nice with a matte topcoat and am really happy with the end result. 

These are the polishes I used:

• Thumb:   Nars - Night Flight (Blue shimmer in an almost black navy blue creme base) - 2 coats.
• Index:     China Glaze - First mate (Navy creme) - 2 coats.
• Middle:   China Glaze - Secrect Peri-Wink-Le (periwinkle creme) - 2 coats.
• Ring:      OPI - Planks a lot (Dusty lilac creme) - 2 coats.
• Pinky:    China Glaze - Light as air (Milky lavendar creme) - 2 coats.

The matte topcoat is Essie's Matte About You (1 coat).

I really like skittle manis and even wore a few to work. My students loved them! 

Do you ever do skittle manis? 

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