Lovers of exquisite manicure will certainly love this beautiful and at the same time easily feasible design of marigolds. "Gradient" means a smooth transition of colors. When you first see such beauty on someone's hands, the first thought that comes to mind is that this technique requires a lot of time and certain skills. In fact, to create a beautiful, smooth transition of color on the nails is very simple.
How to make a gradient on the nails?
Manicure with the transition of color looks always elegant and unusual. Nevertheless, at home, doing a manicure with a gradient effect is quite easy. There are two simple ways to achieve the desired effect.
Method 1
First, select the 3-5 shades of lacquer that you want to use. They should be in about the same color range, for example, from pale blue to dark blue, or a few pastel tones. You will also need a clear varnish with fine glitter for the final layer. The simplest way is to use the applicator for the shadows. First, apply the lightest color of the nail on the entire surface of the nail and let it dry properly. Now it is worth sticking the skin around the nail with small pieces of scotch, in order to avoid the need to remove the varnish with a special liquid. Armed with a cosmetic sponge or applicator for the shadows, we drip a little lacquer of a darker color on it and begin to apply. Light, patting movements apply the next tone, beginning approximately from the middle of the nail. How to dry up, take the next dark varnish and just the same with the help of sponge on the tip of the nail. The longer the marigold, the more smooth transition of several colors can be done. In the end, cover the entire surface of the nail with a colorless varnish with or without sequins, and your gradient is ready.
Method 2
Another way is even easier, but it will require a piece of sponge and an orange stick. Prepare your nails and cover them with a base, wait until it dries. Using an orange stick, put on the sponge oblique strips of varnish a few shades, and then just print the resulting pattern on your nail, previously not forgetting to protect the skin around the nail with scotch tape. With gentle movements, press the sponge to the surface of the nail several times, so that the varnish is well laid down and the manicure turned out to be saturated. The final step is to cover the resulting design with a colorless varnish to fix the result. If desired, you can use a varnish with small glitter.
After the drawing is finished, open the adhesive tape and, if necessary, remove the excess of varnish from the skin around the nails, using a special cleaner for removing varnish. Your unusual, individual gradient is ready. If desired, you can add a rhinestones or a decal, and also depict something with the help of nyl-paints, for example, waves, strips, dots or complex ornament. But the gradient itself looks great without any additional design elements.
Rainbow on the tips of nails
To achieve the rainbow effect, instead of several shades of the same color, use all the colors of the rainbow - apply them in any of the described ways. Only half an hour of free time, and your marigolds will be a real reflection of the rainbow. Feel free to try different combinations of colors of varnishes and decor elements, each time receiving a unique design and fantastic color variations. Simple technology of execution and amazing result will more than once please you and those around you with the brightness and unusual appearance of your fingers. And the infinite space, opening for your imagination, will allow thirty days a month to come up with something new and realize all your color ideas.