I don't remember what it's called, but generally you see ravers doing this with glow sticks. So my friend decided to do this but use white gas instead. So we played with the camera a little and ended up with these photos.
You might try again and see if you get the right angle where the glow is outside of the shot of the person holding the glow sticks or white gas. Try to get a wide circular motion and then the person would be framed by the glow. Just saying.