Kumamoto! Gradient nails are so hard to do!

Seen many gradient nails done with a make up sponge on youtube and decided to give it try.  It is my first time to do a full nail gradient and is probably my last.  It is so hard to do!  And so much work for cleaning up the edges.  I tried so many times to clean around it and it's the polish is still all over the place.  Thought a gradient background would look nice with the kumamoto water decal.  Turned out I hate my messy cuticle and washed this off 5 minutes after the photo was taken.  Waste an hour on this....

It looks better in pictures, but believe me, it's hideous in real life.

Chi