There’s no doubt that I really packed as much black and white in to this nail art as I possibly could! The plan was just to create a gradient in grayscale but it didn’t look as smooth as I’d hoped – it was kind of speckly – so I added the black and white glitter to try and disguise the fail! I think this teeters just on the edge of ‘over the top’. It’s a nice effect but there is a lot going on!

I started with a base coat of Barry M White and created the gradient by painting W7 Black, Rimmel Grey Matter, Sally Hansen Dorian Grey and Barry M White on to a sponge and dabbing it on a few times over.

The black and white glitter is Seventeen’s Off The Wall Graffiti which I picked up in Boots recently for a bargain price of £2.99.

Finally, I topped it all off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.