Neon Splatter - Essie Garden Variety, Hit the Bottle I Pink, therefore I am, Orange you excited?, Born Pretty BP-L010

I'm not too sure if this is a fail or a success, maybe something in between!

[Bright blooms]

I don't think it looks terrible exactly, just maybe not quite what I was going for. I was imagining a bright retro print type of  finish, but it's more of a graffiti design now!

[Bottle to nail: Essie Garden Variety (2 coats)]

I reviewed my base in my last post, but here it is again - Essie Garden Variety, a lovely teal green creme.

[Base: Essie Garden Variety (2 coats); Plate: Born Pretty BP-L010;
Stamping: Hit the Bottle I Pink, therefore I am, Orange you excited?]

Using two neon stamping polishes from Hit the Bottle, "I Pink, therefore I am" and "Orange you excited?", I used a design from Born Pretty plate BP-L010 which incorporates filled in flowers as well as flower outlines.

[Base: Essie Garden Variety (2 coats); Plate: Born Pretty BP-L010;
Stamping: Hit the Bottle I Pink, therefore I am, Orange you excited?]

Now what I'm actually trying to achieve is gradient stamping, by painting two stripes of different polish before scraping off and therefore blending the two shades in a gradient.

I was not very successful! So some of it ended up just layered over the other instead! My pinky nail up there is vaguely what I was planning initially...

[Base: Essie Garden Variety (2 coats); Plate: Born Pretty BP-L010;
Stamping: Hit the Bottle I Pink, therefore I am, Orange you excited?]

I think the problem here is that I'm not working fast enough and/or scraping too much off the plate as I found it really difficult to pick up the design on my stamper. It seemed fine with just a single colour so I think the slight extra time it takes for the second shade to go on the plate is the issue here.

I'll try this again next time with regular stamping polishes, and hopefully I'll be a bit more successful!