Time for a new nail polish design! I was browsing cutepolish's YouTube channel when I came across this elegant but easy design. I knew I had to try it out even though the video was called "Prom Nails". I've also added the video on this post, so my advice to you is:
1) Watch the video.
2) Read my steps.
3) Try the design by mixing the cutepolish's and my advice/steps together.
4) Like the video.
5) Share my post. :)
Enough of the ramble... Here it is!
I USED...
1. Apply your base coat! You might want to do it several times.
2. Take the color that you want to use (mine was the light purple) for this design and wipe as much paint as you can off on the side of the bottle. Your brush should NOT be laden with paint.
3. Apply whatever is left on the brush about three quarters of the way down your nail. Everything besides the bottom portion of your nail should look like a terrible nail job. It's your choice if you want to leave the bottom quarter uncolored. I chose to dab a little bit of paint all the way down because I have shorter nails. LET EVERYTHING DRY.
4. Do step 2 again, but this time, leave a little bit more paint on the brush.
5. Apply the paint halfway down your nail this time. LET EVERYTHING DRY.
6. Gather a regular amount of nail polish on your brush and apply it to the very tip, or the top fourth of your nail. LET EVERYTHING DRY.
7. Sparkle time! Apply the sparkly nail polish (any will do, as long as it has larger sparkly pieces and the glitter isn't multicolored) on all of your gradiented nails. This sparkle layer will kind of distort the chunky layers of color underneath and make them all blend together!
8. And as always, a top coat will seal the deal.
-does not work well with dark colors unless you're very, very experienced/ambidextrous. Ugh. I had to find out the hard way.
-work on all your nails on the same step. In other words... do one step on all of your fingers and let it dry completely. Starting and finishing one hand and then going on to the next makes the layers uneven (again, unless you are ambidextrous).
-I feel like this would look really good during the winter in an eggshell blue. Just a thought. :D
I really really really liked doing this design. It was beautiful and very easy. Thank you, cutepolish! Remember to check out cutepolish's YouTube channel for more original designs. Thank you all so much for reading and have fun!
1) Watch the video.
2) Read my steps.
3) Try the design by mixing the cutepolish's and my advice/steps together.
4) Like the video.
5) Share my post. :)
Enough of the ramble... Here it is!
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| A different lighting, taken at night. |
I USED...
*All of these polishes can be changed/altered to your liking. Obviously.*
~Sally Hansen, Advanced Hard as Nails: Strengthening Top Coat
~Revlon, Multi Care Base + Top Coat (965)
~A light purple polish. I don't really know what brand it is, because it's all written in Japanese. I can't read that... Anyways, any color will do for this design. Except for very dark ones.
~claire's cosmetics, sparkly nail polish, tinted rose-ish
STEPS I TOOK AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO
1. Apply your base coat! You might want to do it several times.2. Take the color that you want to use (mine was the light purple) for this design and wipe as much paint as you can off on the side of the bottle. Your brush should NOT be laden with paint.
3. Apply whatever is left on the brush about three quarters of the way down your nail. Everything besides the bottom portion of your nail should look like a terrible nail job. It's your choice if you want to leave the bottom quarter uncolored. I chose to dab a little bit of paint all the way down because I have shorter nails. LET EVERYTHING DRY.
4. Do step 2 again, but this time, leave a little bit more paint on the brush.
5. Apply the paint halfway down your nail this time. LET EVERYTHING DRY.
7. Sparkle time! Apply the sparkly nail polish (any will do, as long as it has larger sparkly pieces and the glitter isn't multicolored) on all of your gradiented nails. This sparkle layer will kind of distort the chunky layers of color underneath and make them all blend together!
8. And as always, a top coat will seal the deal.
*Warnings/Tips*
-work on all your nails on the same step. In other words... do one step on all of your fingers and let it dry completely. Starting and finishing one hand and then going on to the next makes the layers uneven (again, unless you are ambidextrous).
-I feel like this would look really good during the winter in an eggshell blue. Just a thought. :D
I really really really liked doing this design. It was beautiful and very easy. Thank you, cutepolish! Remember to check out cutepolish's YouTube channel for more original designs. Thank you all so much for reading and have fun!
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