Syrup Nails!!! Love Love Love!

I was getting bored with the green so I decided to do my nails early.  I did just Orly girly, and decided to try out the m56 plate that made me want konad really bad.  That bow was the thing that pulled the trigger.  So after the 2 coats, I did the bow and ......  yeah hated it.  Too boring.  The green was not great, so I wanted something more fun and bright.

Here is Orly Girly (2 coats) with m56 with wet n' wild white.

I like the idea of this and it shows up more crisp in the picture then real life, but it was too boring for today.
So I took of the bows with some remover and decided to add some bright color.

I think this is so much better!  It only took 15 min to remove the bows and add the syrup, and it was well worth it.  I used a lot of colors (mostly because I am weird and love to mix stuff) so the list is kind of long.  One bottle doesn't have a name since it came with a generic "nail polish gift" set.  Sorry I don't have how to pictures.
Base - Orly Girly
gradient colors - Wet n wild 437C, Sinful colors 36 frosty, Orly shine
How to do syrup nails (gradient nails)
1. Apply base color, this will be the color close to the nail bed.  If you want to be able to remove a mistake, add a cleat top coat.
2. Get a plastic plate, or some aluminum foil (whatever to drop your nail polish into) and take a cosmetic sponge edge and dip it into regular clear (non fast drying) nail polish.  This help with adding color little at a time, and also not having the sponge soak up too much color.
3. Take the base color and add it to the dish.  add a little bit of the contrast color. Tap the tip of the nail and slowly work down toward the nail bed, depending on how dark you want it. if there is too much nail polish on the sponge, i move on to the next tip (just doing the tip) and when less nail polish is on the sponge, I go back and go further down on the nail.
4. Repeat step with just the contrast color.  If you want extra glitter or shine, add some Orly shine to it.  It ended up not overpowering any of the colors, just added sparkle.  Aldo if your base is fairly sheer, you can use just that color lightly on top to help with the gradient.  Girly is very sheer and has sparkle so adding it on top of the red made it have a sparkly effect.
5. If you like the "matte" feel, DON'T top coat.  I added topcoat and didn't like it at all (but it will help seal everything in) so I added a little bit of Girly with the sponge to get the effect back.  I think the bumpyness made it more sparkly then having that glassed over look.  For colors with no pear or glitter, I would definitly put a top coat over it to have a smoother look.