NailsLikeLace: Spotted Rainbow Gradient

Friday, January 11, 2013

Spotted Rainbow Gradient

I recently learned a fun new water marbling sort of technique and couldn't wait to try it out over my rainbow gradient nails!

The original look calls for black polish on top, but I could not get any of mine to cooperate, plus I'd left purple out of my gradient, so I opted to use SXY's Violet Vixen instead!

You can tell I got better with progression, because the pinkie was the last nail I did, and it looks the best. I definitely need more practice with this technique, but I love how you can pretty much make any color look similar to OPI's Spotted with it!

Paint your nails however you'd like, then drop a few drops of a black (or any) polish in a cup of water as you would with marbling, but instead, spray it with hand sanitizer. I just put regular sanitizer in an old body mist bottle and it worked just fine. This creates the holes in the polish. Dip your finger in and you're done!

Here is the video tutorial from cutepolish on YouTube that I followed to get this look:

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Jamie Willett · 662 weeks ago

This is so awesome! I've seen a few people recreate the cutepolish tutorial, so I think I might have to try it myself!

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thanks! It takes a little getting used to, but I love how it looks!

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nailcrazy69 48p · 662 weeks ago

wow, thanks for sharing, this is so awesome :D

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thanks! I love the look!

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AGirlandHerPolish · 662 weeks ago

I LOVE it with the purple!! It looks so cool! :)

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thanks! It is a pretty awesome one!

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@preciouspolish · 662 weeks ago

Really cool technique! The pinky looks especially awesome!

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thanks! It's the last nail I did, so I definitely improved as a went. It does take a little getting used to.

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@NailsNDetails · 662 weeks ago

Very cute. I love that you used purple.

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thanks! I actually couldn't get any of my blacks to work, but I really like it with the purple instead anyway!

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Marias Nail Art · 662 weeks ago

It's such a fun idea - and a beautiful outcome!!

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thank you! I definitely want to try it with other colors!

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sunnyfunnybunny 48p · 662 weeks ago

Such a cool look! I love the colors you used. The dark purple is a nice, different offset.

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thanks! I really like it with the purple on top! ^.^

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Samantha · 662 weeks ago

Honestly, I really like the chunky spots better than the pinky and I just love that you did a rainbow gradient underneath. It looks amazing.

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thank you! I kind of like the bigger spots too. I just wish I'd been able to get more smaller holes in between them! =P

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LittleMonsterx14 · 662 weeks ago

i JUST saw this video yesterday and I am planning on trying it soon! i think its awesome ,yours came out great! i love the colors

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 659 weeks ago

Thanks!

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Rebecca · 662 weeks ago

I saw this vid the other day - love your take on it though - lovely colour combo :)
And can I just say I adore the owls on this page! lol

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 659 weeks ago

Thanks!!

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Simply Beauty. · 662 weeks ago

ahhhhhhh i LOVE this!

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 659 weeks ago

Thanks!

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The Polish Hideout · 662 weeks ago

This turned out really cool! :-)

~ Yun

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 659 weeks ago

Thanks! :)

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Lydsz 61p · 662 weeks ago

that is genius! must try....*must pick up a spray bottle*

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 659 weeks ago

Thanks! It's tons of fun!

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MyNailPolishOnline · 662 weeks ago

I've seen this technique too and I'd love to try it as soon as I've got an empty spray bottle of anything and as soon as I've got some sanitizer :D

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 661 weeks ago

I love how it looks! It's so neat!

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Vera Vanity · 662 weeks ago

Wow, great post dear... I have to try it. I have to say that I see it 1st on your blog, but the true is that I was a little bit off-line ;o). Have a great day. Xoxo V.V.

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 661 weeks ago

It is really fun!

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Heather @ PLP · 662 weeks ago

I love this! It's so creative and the purple on top brings the whole rainbow together :)

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 661 weeks ago

Thanks! I love this technique!

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Beautyshades · 662 weeks ago

Tha'ts really cool :) will check the video out :)

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 661 weeks ago

It's such a fun look to wear!

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Nsraine · 662 weeks ago

This is way fun! I'm going to have to try it ASAP!

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 662 weeks ago

Thanks! It takes a bit of practice, but it is pretty fun!

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PolishandCharms 98p · 662 weeks ago

I so need to try this!

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 661 weeks ago

I love how it looks! There are so many other colors I want to try it in!

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Iroshi Windwalker · 662 weeks ago

THANK YOU so MUCH for sharing this! I am trying this *tonight*! I actually bought a little spray mister just recently intending to try the spray bottle technique for splatters, but it's definitely going to be used to try this one. I have lamented since it came out that OPI Spotted wasn't available here (it's so awesome!) so having a technique that I can do to replicate the effect? Wooot! Definitely trying this one tonight.

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 659 weeks ago

They're tons of fun to do! I love this technique!

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Sandra · 661 weeks ago

It looks really nice. :)

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 659 weeks ago

Thanks! :)

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Elizabeth · 661 weeks ago

I can not wait to try this technique--it looks so amazing! I *love* how you did it with the plum polish. Looks awesome over your pretty rainbows! ;)

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 659 weeks ago

Thanks! It's such a fun look, I love it!

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Stephanie · 658 weeks ago

I've tried this technique before but my "holes" kept being too big! It would be fine when I first sprayed it but then they would kind of expand and take over and end up looking more like a web than oil spots. I was using hair spray though because I couldn't find the spray hand sanitizer so maybe that was my problem? or maybe I'll try using another polish as you suggest :) I like how the purple you used isn't completely opaque. It's a nice effect and very different from all the other water spotted manis I've been seeing around!

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NailsLikeLace 127p · 658 weeks ago

Thanks!! ^.^ I kept having issues with the holes being too big too. I ended up putting regular sanitizer plus a tiny bit of rubbing alcohol in an old spray bottle and held it almost an entire arms length away from the cup! I definitely want to try out this look in all different colors though!

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