Fun Pastel Circle Glitter Gradient!

I’m in the mood for something fun! I’ve been busy writing summaries and doing reviews, and I felt the need to do something light and carefree… and this is what I came up with. I purchased a bunch of circle glitters recently, and I got this little colorful pot of glitter from Born Pretty.  This dotted gradient came out of my head, but it may have been inspired.  I feel like I’ve seen this type of design somewhere before, but unfortunately I don’t remember where…

I love glitter gradients and designs over a clear base, so I kept this pretty simple.  I applied and cured a layer of Gelish Foundation.  Then I added a second (very thin) layer of the foundation gel onto my nails and placed the circle glitters into the wet gel.  I did this one finger at a time.  After getting the glitters in place, I cured the nail for 5-10 seconds and then moved onto the next nail until complete.  I then cured the whole hand for 30 seconds in my LED lamp, and then added two coats of Gelish Top It Off over top of the glitters to hold them in place.  I very carefully capped the tips of each nail and made sure to go around the edges really well so that the TIO bonded with the foundation gel around the glitter pieces to prevent them from lifting.

This could be a fun mani for a birthday or celebration!  What do you think?