How to make a gradient manicure

Gradient manicure is absolutely uncomplicated and you can easily apply it at home. This manicure attracts the game of flowers and a huge variety. It is due to the variety of options gradient manicure so interested in young girls who are willing to experiment with their image and appearance, as well as ladies who have long been determined with their style.

A bright game of shades, a red color that changes from light to dark, a game of dark green, purple and other tones - the gradient manicure can be both bright and bold, and restrained and laconic. This manicure perfectly suits for demonstration in the office or at any kind of party. There are many options for applying manicure. The most simple ones can be applied in half an hour, others will take an hour or a half time. In this article, we will tell you how to properly apply manicure in home conditions, what options exist in cosmetology, what varnishes are suitable for manicure and what will have to be used additionally.

How to make a similar manicure

For this we need:

1. A transparent base under the manicure that will protect your marigolds (in principle, you can use it at your discretion), and the final coating. As a finishing coat, you can choose any clear varnish, simple or with sparkles.
2. A couple of three varnishes that match their color. Their choice depends on what kind of gradient manicure you choose to choose. There are a lot of flowers here. You can choose lighter tones or vice versa - to stop attention on the darker ones. You can use white color, green - with the effect of the sea wave, pink, purple, orange, yellow, and other colors. Shades should be similar to each other, smoothly move from one to another and harmoniously complement each other. It is desirable that the varnishes that you are going to apply to your fingernails are sufficiently saturated, otherwise you will have to apply too many layers.
3. Sponge. You can use even the old kitchen sponge, which you usually wash the dishes. The main thing is that it is sufficiently moist and pre-cut into small pieces. If you did not like the sponge version, you can use a sponge, which is used to apply cosmetics - makeup, powder or shadows. Sponges often remain unattended and dust for a long time in different pallets and sets of brushes used for applying cosmetics.
4. Liquid - to remove the lacquer and cotton swabs, with which you will clean the stained skin around the nails.

So, you have prepared everything you need, brought your nails in order - cut, trimmed, where necessary, processed cuticles, applied under the varnish - applies to those who use it and are ready to start the application of gradient colored manicure.

Ways to create a gradient of manicure

The first way

Manicure using a sponge is the fastest way. On the sponge should be applied very dense layer of varnish - in the chosen sequence. First, the darkest shade, then the average color saturation and after - the lightest shade, for example, red, yellow or orange.

Now the sponge with the varnish applied on it must be pressed against the nail, while carefully watching that the entire surface is uniformly colored.

Now the same procedure must be repeated with the next finger, pre-adding varnish, if it's gone too much and so with all your fingers.

Cotton swab, pre-moistened in a liquid for the removal of varnish, gently clean the skin around the nail. Do not think that you can apply the lacquer without hitting it - it almost always gets dirty.

Here, perhaps, that's all. Now it remains to cover our manicure gradient with a finishing transparent varnish. The varnish will help smooth the surface, which is almost never left, after applying all the necessary procedures. He will also fix the manicure, give your nails brightness and beauty, and you will only have to enjoy their appearance.

The second way

There is a more simple way. All you need is an orange stick and a slice. Prepare the nails, cover them with a base and wait for the drying. Orange stick is required for applying to the sponge oblique strips of varnish in different shades, which you will have to do now. And now take and print the resulting pattern on your fingernail, first protecting the skin near the nail with scotch tape. Now it's a matter of small - to press the sponge to the surface of the nail a couple of times, so that the varnish is laid without problems, and the manicure gets rich and bright. final stage - covering the resulting pattern with a colorless varnish to consolidate the result. If desired, you can use a varnish with small sparkles.

After drawing the picture, remove the scotch and if there are a lot of varnish, remove them, using a special tool to remove the lacquer. Your unique gradient manicure is ready! If desired, you can use translated tattoos - drawings or add rhinestones. You can also use nail paints to draw an additional drawing, for example, strips, waves or some complicated ornament. However, it should be remembered that the gradient manicure looks great and without any additional application.

Rainbow on the tips of the nails

To achieve a rainbow effect, you need to use all the shades of the rainbow when applying manicure. Just about thirty minutes and your nails will shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow. Experiment smarterly, combine different colors and decor elements, getting a new design and shades of color. The usual technology of performance and an amazing result will always please you and the unique and memorable look of your marigolds. Abezgranichnaya energy will allow whole months to come up with new ideas for creativity.