The "fade" on a dress.
The fade on my nails!
Cool right? It is actually easier then it looks.
Supplies:
3-4 nail polish colors. Do not use quick dry formula.
Makeup sponges
q-tips
Polish remover
Base and top coat
Small cup of water
Directions:
1. Paint base coat on your nails. After base coat is dry, paint your lightest color over entire nail.
3. Start at the edge of the makeup wedge and paint a thin strip of your darkest color. Paint a thin strip of each color, from dark to light. Go over each color once more.
4. Take your sponge and press it firmly on a piece of paper or paper towel. You will notice that the more you press the sponge, the more the colors blend. Next step, press sponge onto nail. You can press twice at slightly different spots if you notice the color is not blended enough. Make sure you press with firm even pressure.
5. You will notice that the polish gets all over your skin, and has the texture of the sponge. The skin issue is easily cleaned up by using a q-tip dipped in polish remover. The texture issue is fixed by putting a top coat over.
My nails before cleanup.
6. Paint your top coat on and you are all done!
Other tips:
Do not use quick dry polish for your gradient. It will dry before you have a chance to get it onto your nail.
I found this a little more difficulty to do with metallic polishes, because most of them also dry rather quickly.
The wet sponge is very important to make this come out correctly.
Remember to press the sponge firmly against nail so that you get the edges of your nail as well.
For this manicure, I used the following polishes.
Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat
Revlon Tropical Temptation
Revlon Cherries in the Snow
mystery polish I have had for years
Revlon Valentine
Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat
1 comment:
too hard!!!!
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