I couldn’t resist and did it again. 
The new and much smoother technique by Sammy from The Nailasaurus still makes me love and adore gradient nails so I had to try another gradient manicure today.
This time I wanted to raise the difficulty level a bit with making a gradient with three instead of two colors and also sponge a diagonal gradient instead of a straight gradient. I was also in the mood for bright colors so I picked Illamasqua Insanity (bright orange), Alarm (bright red) and Stance (vivid purple with fuchsia undertones).
The result of the combination of Insanity, Alarm and Stance is a bright and fun summer manicure and I am really happy how it turned out. 
So bright it almost makes my eyes hurt while staring at my nails. The orange Insanity is even brighter in real life. ♥
Illamasqua nail polishes can be purchased at illamasqua.com for currently £13.50 a bottle or at selected Sephora stores and sephora.com for currently $14 a bottle. The official Illamasqua store ships international. Sadly Insanity isn’t available at Illamasqua and Sephora so it might be discontinued but the neon orange Gamma would work too.
Illamasqua – Insanity: two
Four
Base coat: OPI – Nail Envy Matte
Top Coat: Essence – Better Than Gel Nails Top Sealer
Sadly I couldn’t find Insanity on the Illamasqua and Sephora websites so it might be discontinued. If you have Illamasqua Gamma – a neon orange – it would work too just as any other bright orange.
For this gradient manicure I needed to sponge four coats of the gradient on each nail to get a nice transition especially between the red Alarm and the purple Stance but it was worth it and I love the result. This gradient manicure looks like a summery cocktail and even makes me a bit thirsty.
Have you tried a gradient manicure in the meantime and if yes did you like the result?
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend! ♥
I am amazed!!!!! Please put some tutorials because your talent is amazing!! AWESOME!!!
This is one of the most stunning gradients I have ever seen! It is gorgeous!
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You have THE most beautiful nails and cuticles! How do you get your cuticles to look so perfect?
You should start making videos! It’s amazing how wonderfully the colors transition and there are no harsh lines.
Thank you so much Jujup!
I sadly can’t make videos because my camera can’t handle it. 
Amazing, what a great choice of colours and you have made them look perfect together <3 xx
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Thank you so much Rebecca! <3 xx
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I can’t stop looking at this manicure! It’s sooo pretty! You are so talented!
Thank you so much Sarah!
*blushes*
Please please can u do a video of this I really like how smooth it came out and I want to see how u did it .
Please
I wish I could do a video tutorial Denise but my camera is not good for taking videos.
I am sorry!
Love this! You’ve done a really good job at getting the transition from one color to the other so smooth! How do you get your photos so sharp when you’re close up? Mine always come out a little blurry when I’m in the macro setting. Beautiful post and beautiful swatches, as always!
Thank you so much Rachael Michelle!
The macro setting of my compact camera is really good but after cropping and resizing the pictures I need to sharpen them again.
this reminds me of birds of paradise… good job!!
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Wow i really like it!
Thank you so much Mariska!
Woooow O_O
Loooove it it’s perfect & amazing
I tried it once.. with a triangle foundation sponge
but it was horrible I think I don’t know how this technique should be done :/
Thank you so much Sanooya!
I used triangle foundation sponges too (the cheapest ones from the drugstore). It just takes practice so don’t give up!