How to make a gradient manicure at home

Manicure-gradient (yet another of its name - Ombre) - nail design, in which different shades of nail polish smoothly flow from one to another.

Unfortunately, manually create such beauty is difficult, but filled his hand, you will be able to carry out simple variants of this nail polish on their own. And our step by step instructions to help.

Prepare materials for

We will do a manicure-gradient at home, so it can do without professional tools.

Prepare:

1. a sponge. Amiss one that is designed for washing dishes.
2. A new transparent plastic bag, stationery file or foil.
3. A few toothpicks.
4. The base coat under the nail.
5. The fixing cover.
6. Tint varnishes.
7. Nail polish remover, cotton pads, sticks or special pencils to remove excess polish.

For the first time is better to take two colors, as the application requires more shades honed skills. It can be two different, but combined colors or two shades of the same color. With chameleon varnish work is very difficult, so you should give up when you create a gradient manicure at home from them.

Keep in mind that the gradient manicure involves high consumption of varnish.

Sponge advance cut small pieces - about half a centimeter wide and three or four centimeters in length.

Prepare nails

Before you do a manicure, gradient, carefully treat the nails to give them a neat and well-groomed appearance. These are standard procedures: sawing and polishing, the removal of the cuticle, degreasing of the surface with a liquid nail polish remover. Then apply the base and wait until it dries. This can be a special varnish-base, and some medical colorless varnish (such as "Smart enamel").

A method for the first

Spread out on the table a package (office file or foil). Coat the entire surface of the nail varnish the lightest.

While layer dries, make two droplet-blots of selected lacquers on the surface of a package or a foil. The droplets have come into contact with each other. Toothpick blur the boundaries between them.

Apply the lip color to the spot and immediately after that - to the surface of the nail. See, to the location of the colors on the sponge in line with what you want to get on the nails.

Blend color light the pressing movements. If necessary, repeat this step. Do not be afraid to stain the skin around the nail, all the excess can be removed later.

Repeat for all nails.

Apply a protective coating. You can use a clear coat with sequins.

After drying the clean stained areas of the skin with a special pencil or impregnated with a liquid polish remover cotton pad.

Lacquers can be applied directly to the sponge. Do not spare the coloring material. Apply so much so that he could well imprinted on the surface of the nail.

It is desirable that the stock had a few pieces of sponge in the event that if one starts to crumble during the dyeing process.

If the gradient manicure done by matt varnish, the special difficulties should arise. If the varnish is glossy, it may become cloudy when you stretch it with a sponge. If this happens, it is necessary to cover the nail with several layers of securing coverage.

The method of the second

The principle is the same, but instead of using the sponge applicator (sponzhik) for applying eye shadow. The skin is stained a little less than with a conventional piece of foam rubber, and someone is more convenient color shade with an applicator wand.

But, in general, do not be afraid to get dirty, making manicure gradient. The skin can be cleaned easily remedy for nail polish remover, but if you're too careful, you can not paint over the entire surface of the nail, it will turn ugly.

A method for the third

If you still dare to make more than two colors, you can put on a sponge right amount of shade or proceed as follows.

1. Apply a base color to the entire surface of the nail.
2. After drying of the first layer with a sponge, apply a second color around the mid nail plate. Try to keep the border between the colors get a bit washed out.
3. Another piece of sponge, apply the third layer in the outer edge of the nail, ensuring that the border was oiled.
4. Put the fixing coverage.

The method fourth

Suitable if you want to get the vertical gradient manicure.

1. Apply a nail just two (or more) color lacquer stripes so that the boundaries between them docked.
2. rapidly until the varnish began to dry, sponge blur the boundaries between the colors by a light slap.
3. , repeat steps 1 and 2.

If necessary,

4. Apply a topcoat.

What problems may arise

If you do not get a smooth transition between colors, it is possible that you have chosen is too contrasting shades. We'll have to find another combination. Or try to impose several layers, giving each of them a little dry.

If, after printing the sponge bubbles appear, use a fine-grained sponge. If this does not help, then after applying the varnish on her make prints first on the foil or paper, and then on the nail.

If this does not work, then just increase the number of layers of lacquer on the nail. Then the points will be invisible.

The use of gel nail manicure gradient

Manicure gradient gel shellac or varnish is looked spectacular, and kept much longer than with conventional coatings. Technique is similar, but if you do not have special equipment and cosmetic products, it is best to do this procedure in the cabin.

Manicure-gradient gel lacquer as follows:

1. Nails degreased dehydrator.
2. Apply acid-free primer. Then the base, which is baked for one minute under a UV lamp.
3. From the base of the nail is applied to the middle of the lighter gel varnish. The remaining portion is painted in dark colors. the joint line must be straight.
4. The border between the colors blurred fine brush to paint or sponge.
5. After erasing nails borders on each arm are dried under a lamp for a half to two minutes.
6. If necessary, a more saturated color steps 3-5 are repeated.
7. Painted legs covered fixing gel lacquer and dried again under the lamp.

The advantages of manicure gradient

Manicure gradient looks unusual, gives flavor and appropriate in any environment, with proper color matching. The coating may be performed using both bright and pastel colors. For the same reason manicure is suitable for women and girls of all ages.

Despite a rather difficult performance technique, "smear" paint, of course, is easier than to draw them flowers, patterns or letters. When you learn how to paint your nails in a similar way, you can choose from a wide variety of options. After all, look for interesting combinations of colors can be infinite, and each time a manicure will look in a new way.