Was tricked by false summer but had already decided on this mani refresh

Trying to give my nails a break from acetone, so instead of a full redo when I got bored, I did some experimenting. Really into a y2k beach vibe this week, even though the temperature dropped from 80 back down to 45 today 😭 I painted my hibiscus’s with gold ol’ white acrylic paint and then took a q tip with eyeshadow to do the gradient.

Base and top coat for all are nailtiques 2+ and sally Hansen red bottle. They also all had a week old ILNP pixie party + Mega messy French blended tip combo (last picture). Blue is a Lynb eben ice caves sandwich with catch a breeze magnetized between.

(Plus a random white acrylic paint and hot pink eye shadow from an old Anastasia Beverly Hills pallet 😆)