Gradient manicure do it yourself-easy

23-05-2018

Manicure and pedicure

Gradient manicure has become the most popular nail cover, winning the hearts of many fashionable young ladies. All the beauties instantly rushed to the beauty salons in order to try out this new nail art on themselves. The time of salon hype has passed and now many beauties are wondering, how to make a gradient manicure at home? Answer the question directly, such a design on the nails is not easy to create. But we will try to bring to you the most comfortable instructions.

Popular techniques for creating a gradient manicure at home

First of all, let's look at all the materials and tools that you need for this procedure. The set for a gradient manicure includes:

Acetone-free nail polish remover;
Hand and nail cream with a moisturizing effect;
Set for trimmed manicure;
Cotton buds;
Clear varnish base;
A set of varnishes in the desired color scheme;
Varnish fixer;
Sponge or sponge that is used when applying the tonal framework. You can also use shadow applicators;
If you want to have clean fingers, you can equip with office tape.

Gradient manicure with a cosmetic sponge

This technique is considered the fastest.

In order to make a beautiful gradient manicure at home, you must first go through the procedure of a classic cropped manicure. Using nippers, remove all the jagged edges of the cuticle, then use a nail file to give your nails the correct shape.
Top of the nail plate and the skin around the nails should be covered with peach oil.
On the surface of the sponge enough thickly apply the varnishes you need. Lucky need to be applied strips in the color sequence you specified.
Sponge, varnished, bring it to the nail plate and seal it. Be careful, make sure that all the nail bed is painted over.
This procedure must be performed on each finger. At the same time refresh the varnish for each nail.
When your gradient design is ready, you will see residual lacquer on the cuticle, which must be removed with a cotton swab dipped in a varnish remover.
On top of the design you need to fix the transparent lacquer fixer, it will extend the life of the stylish coating. In addition, the lacquer fixer will hide all the irregularities and roughness that sponge left on the nails.

Classic homemade gradient manicure with a sponge

This technique has no particular differences from the technique in which the sponge was used.

From a large sponge, cut a piece that should be the size of your largest nail.
Take the colored varnishes, shades you need and use horizontal or vertical stripes on the surface of the sponge.
Then seal the sponge to the nails.
Before you begin to cover the new nail, refresh the varnish on the sponge.
After that, the gradient design is also covered with a finishing colorless varnish.

There is one small nuance in the use of the sponge - if you apply it too actively to the nails, then do not use it to cover more than 4 fingers, otherwise the sponge may crumble right in your hands. It is better to have some prepared pieces. Here is such a simple master class, which revealed for you the most comfortable ways of applying a gradient design at home. Especially a gradient manicure at home has a lower cost than the price that the master gives you in the salon.

Gradient Manicure with Gel Polish

Gel varnish won the sympathy of many girls and many beauties wanted to try a gradient manicure gel varnish. Recall what is gel polish? Gel varnish is a mixture of bright color pigment and gel. This type of coating has one significant minus, before covering it with nails, the nail bed is sharpened with a file. But there is a plus, a manicure using gel polish is long enough. Gel gradient manicure is slightly different from the standard manicure with varnish and requires the use of special tools that are not always in your home.

Using a special file, which has a pattern of 80-100 grit, stick the surface of the nail bed a little.
Then a thin layer of nails covered with Bondex, it will degrease the surface of the nail plate.
If there is an excess of Bondex on your nails, remove them with a cotton swab, and then place your fingers in the UV lamp for 60 seconds.
Take a transparent gel base, a brush for applying the gel, gently cover the nails with a thin layer and place them in the UV lamp for 30 seconds.
Remove the sticky layer with a cotton pad moistened in a degreaser.
Nail file a little sawed nails for better grip.
Now you can start applying the first shade of your chosen gel polish. It should be applied to half of the nail, moving in the direction from the cuticle.
The next stage is applying a second shade of gel polish to the remaining clean nail area.
Next, take the first shade of gel polish and slightly paint over the border between the colors. This is necessary to ensure that the border of the transition between colors is smoother. For this manipulation you will need a thin brush.
After, dry your fingers in the UV lamp for at least 3 minutes.
With a cotton disc dipped in a degreaser wipe the resulting design, getting rid of the sticky layer.
Apply a transparent finish over the design of the gel, it will hide all the irregularities and give the nails a glossy shine.

After our instructions on how to create a gel polish manicure with your own hands, you realized that this manipulation is not so simple and to avoid unpleasant nuances, it is better to contact a professional master in the salon. Moreover, the set for such a manicure will be too expensive for you.

Gradient manicure Shellac

After the appearance of Shellac, fashionable girls began to be interested in the question of how to independently make a gradient manicure with Shellac. The durability of this coating lasts up to 3 weeks, and the set of tools is not as extensive as with a manicure with a conventional gel polish. Shellac has a lot of advantages: it strengthens the nail bed, nails do not need to be cut before applying, and it can be removed easily and easily.

Lightly treat the nail bed with a manicure buff to ensure a good grip of Shellac with the nail.
Treat the nails with bondex. Wait for it to dry.
Take a sponge and apply on it the desired shade of shellac. Seal the sponge to the nail, it may be the tip or the area near the cuticle. As a result, you should get a cover on the half of the nail.
Then dry the design in the UV lamp for 2 minutes.
Take the next shade of shellac and re-apply it to the sponge. Also seal to the nail plate, already on the other side, slightly going to the border of the first layer.
Dry again in the lamp.
Cover the finished design with a transparent gel fixer. It will remove all roughness and give shine to the nails. Dry it in the UV lamp for 2 minutes.
Wet a cotton pad in a degreaser and walk it over each nail.

On this gradient manicure with shellac is ready, but if you are not sure that you will master this manipulation with your own hands, then it is better to contact an experienced master.

Gradient manicure with design

If you have a good imagination and are confident in your ability to create a gradient manicure, then you can not limit yourself to a simple coating in several colors, but add a drop of design.

If you use the technique of applying a gradient with a sponge, then you have the original idea of how to make a manicure more exotic. To do this, take a thin brush, dip it in a varnish of the desired shade, and then draw a picture on its sponge. It can be a heart, flowers or just geometric shapes. Apply a sponge with a pattern to the nail bed so that it leaves an imprint on the nail. This drawing is applied over the already finished gradient.

As an option, another nail design is before you cover your nails with a finishing clear varnish or gel, decorate the tips of the nails with small rhinestones, or you can choose the option with sparkles.

Nuances in manicure with a gradient

When creating a gradient on the nails, when you use 2 shades of lacquer, but you don’t want to look extravagantly over your skin, you can make a covering resembling French manicure. To do this, on a sponge one strip of one shade of varnish must be wider, and the other one is much narrower.
If you decide to use chameleon varnish for the gradient, then wait for a completely unexpected and sometimes quite ugly result. Do not use this covering for house manicure. Lucky chameleon masters work better.
For individuals who use matte varnishes in design, it is better to resort to the gradient technique, which uses a sponge.
If you use glossy varnishes, which tend to turn blue with time, then after creating the gradient, cover them with several layers of fixing transparent varnish.