Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Purple Gradient (Kinda) Nails

So this is another 2 in 1 day.. I don't even know what to call these nails.. They have glitter, they have silver they have purple they sorta fade out but i don't have an exact name for them. They were pretty easy to do but they took some time to do because I wasn't really sure of what i was doing.

I used my silver Sally Hansen polish, some purple shimmery polish and then a glitter nail polish.

So the base was the silver polish and then after that, i put one coat of the glitter. Next, i put on the purple shimmery polish from the tip to the middle in circular motions. I made it dry a bit and then i went back in with more of the purple polish. That is what makes it look really thick at the tips and then
it kinda fades out. There isnt really one legit way of doing these nails, it is just something you have to try out and see how you like it. After the purple dried, I went in with the glitter again and did the same circular thingyfrom the tip of the nail down. These nails are quite loud but you can use different colours to achieve this look. the most important part is the shimmery polish.

okay so below is the first coat-- silver Sally Hansen polish.
After that, i put on one coat of my glitter nail polish. You cant really see the glitter because of the lighting etc.


After that, I put on the purple polish from the tip down to about half of the nail. And then after i put a light coat of the purple nail polish from the bottom up (to give it that fading (ish) effect)



I like them a lot because they look really icy and cold and its something different. Please don't forget your topcoat to seal everything in :) 

P.s by painting the nail in a circular dabbing motion you will be able to build the nail polish at the tip and this is what makes it look like its fading out.
Thanks for reeaaddiinggg <3

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