Sometimes when I've been doing a lot of nails that are really busy or deep in a theme or whatever, I just need a bit of a palette cleanse. Sometimes that means I just want to choose a nude or muted polish and not do any nail art, but other times I still want to do nail art... I just want to keep it fairly simple and soft. That's definitely where I was at when I sat down to do this mani. I actually had something much more involved planned but I just couldn't get into it and ultimately decided to do something really soft and light and a little bit delicate feeling - and I'm kind of obsessed with it. 

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Though it very much wasn't my intention and I didn't even really notice until several hours after finishing doing today's mani, I definitely inadvertently created a nail art that just straight up reminds me of the school picture day background of my youth. Don't get me wrong, I know it isn't a straight up recreation - that would be a bit of a stretch for something so unintended - but way the graphic lines and the shades in the gradient vibe together just completely makes me think of all of the absolutely tragic school pictures my mom has of me from over the years. Ugh. Anyway, I like the mani though!

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When it comes to modern ways to use neon nail polishes, I think my favorite is the pairing of a really beige-y nude shade paired with neon tips in a gradient fashion. The great thing about pairing a beige shade with a bolder color in a gradient is that you really shouldn't have to worry about the blend getting muddy or the colors clashing and looking weird. For today's mani, I decided to go with what I like to think of as a double gradient - a gradient on each nail to create that French fade vibe, but also a gradient of neons for a skittle mani, of sorts.

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One of my favorite types of mani's to do during the hotter months of the year are the really warm toned sunset gradients. I think there's a lot you can do with them - and actually a lot of ways to do them - but for this mani I really wanted to just keep it simple and almost a little bit expected. I went with a purple to orange neon gradient with some beachy stamping and I'm a little bit in love. 

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I will admit that I've been sneaking peeks at my Color Club neons collection for several weeks now - the spring weather here in Winnipeg has been hitting mid-summer highs and it's messing with my brain - but now that it's finally June I felt like I was ready to pull them out. And like... basically at midnight I got this idea in my head and just had to get it onto my nails. It's June, so I'm all about rainbows and all of the ways that you can do different types of rainbows and spectrums and this one is the full on eight color gradient that it's a little bit of a lot but just so fun!

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I swear, I am so, so excited for summer nail art this year and now that we're into June, the time has arrived. And, of course, with June comes pride month and an excuse to do all kinds of beautiful rainbow nail art in support of the LGBTQ+ community. Definitely expect to see more rainbow themed nails in upcoming weeks. For today's mani, though, I went with some of my favorite pastel neon polishes from Color Club to create this beautiful sort of spectrum mani with some free form wiggly stamping and... I'm kind of obsessed. 

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