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Written by our forum member: Shelley

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What you need is a dark and opaque polish, a lighter polish, a sheer polish, extra time and extra patience and then layer everything on top of each other.  For this tutorial, I wear the following accordingly:

  • Revlon in black lingerie *it’s quite sheer for a black polish*
  • Elianto in Deep Sea Green *it’s also quite sheer and it chaps easily*
  • NYX in Jungle *love the teal color, but it’s super sheer, I need five layers to make the opaque colour to look like the one in the bottle*.

When you have everything line u, here’s what you need to do:

  1. Base coat. I wear Dodo perfume nail care for base. Base coat is necessary because it prevents the pigment to sink into your nail.
  2. Apply the darkest or most opaque colour on your tip only. I wear the black one. You don’t need to apply it correctly because you are going to layer it anyway.
  3. Apply the second color on top of  the black, a bit far from the tip until the middle of the nail. You might want to layer it a few times, and just like the black one, you don’t have to apply it super neat.
  4. Apply the most sheer colour on top of the middle colour and keep layering until the end of your nail.

Voila…you get a DIY gradient nail. Easy, right? Just remember that  you don’t have to apply the base colour super neat and then make sure the top layer is already dried before you apply another layer. Feel free to experiment with soft or bright shade, glittery or shimmery…whatever fancy your mood ;)


19 Comments to “How to: Gradients for Your Nails”

  1. disti says:

    shelleyy!! mantep bangeeettt!!! thanks for the tute darll.. will try this out for sure =)

  2. persephone says:

    wow! ini sih alamat nnti mlm gw langsung kutak kutik kutek deh.. thank you shelley! :D

  3. Lena says:

    great piece shel! plus fotonya top!
    tapi gak bisa layer nih kuku lagi super puendeeeek….
    btw, dodo perfume base kok lucu ya, wangi2 gitu nggak?

  4. kokoya says:

    shelley…kreatip maakk…keren banget…

  5. sheLLey says:

    disti and persephone..thanks a lot..artikel sumbangan perdana,semoga berguna..ayo utak atik,dipoto..pajang di tret nail art..:D

    lena..thanks len..ini bayar hutang ke kamu..walo kuku pendek bisa dilayer kok..tapi layernya jadi dikit2 jaraknya..:D
    dodo perfume base baunya wangi..my mom love it..tapi kalo agak sensi ama bau parfum *kaya aku* bakal agak mengganggu.

    kokoya..thankyou..

  6. Hanzky says:

    Keren lho! Mengingatkanku pada koleksinya Prada a few seasons ago..:D. Pengen coba sih tapi nggak yakin koleksi gue bisa dipake untuk bikin gradiasi kaya gini. Harus pinjem punya Vanya…:D

  7. vanya says:

    gw udah nyobaaaaaaaaaa :D
    super susah :p
    belepotan melulu

    tapi gw penasaran coba lagi aaaah :D

  8. dewdew says:

    inspiring shelley….tobb…tapi rasanya gue ga sabar bikin begindang *pemilas*

  9. shelley says:

    hanzky..thankyou..iya juga yah,jadi mirip koleksi prada yang gradient..

    vanya..gampang kok selama kuteknya sheer *aku pake jungle yang butuh 5 layer bwat dapet opaque colour*..ayo dicoba lagi..;)

    dewdew..thankyou..aku juga cuman buat waktu senggang..

  10. Bunga says:

    Keren banget neh, bunga jadi bisa bikin variasi warna di kuku

  11. dynomite says:

    shelley, bagusssss jadinya! a great tutorial overall

  12. Affi says:

    Bagus banget shelley! Tapi kl Vanya udah nyobain aja berantakan, gue mendingan minta dipakein orang aja deh :D

  13. sheLLey says:

    bunga and dynomite..thankyou

    another gradient nail with bright colour -> http://www.femaledaily.com/showpost.php?p=1178005&postcount=772

  14. pia says:

    abis gagal lagi tp gw gak mo menyerahhh!!! Tanya dong shelll..step no.4 itu yg “keep on layering” itu maksudnya dipoles pake warna yg paling akhir itu kaan?

    yg pasti gw tau kesalahan gw adalah karena gak sabar nungguin kering tiap layernya. Yg ada bruntusan :S

  15. sheLLey says:

    affi…thankyou..jangan nyerah deh..soalnya benernya gampang..cuman beneran butuh sabar and waktu yang agak panjang *nungguin tiap layer kering*

    pia..LOL..iya keep on layering warna yang terakhir..soalnya warna terakhir paling sheer,layering terus sampe akhir kuku..yang penting sih emank sabar nunggu kering..biasanya aku sambil internetan atau nonton TV..biar ga bosen..kalo belum kering dilayer soalnya bisa bruntusan *LOL kaya jerawat*

  16. PheeBee says:

    shel. layer kek gini berarti tunggu kering trus dilapis2 terus ya? berarti harus kutek yg sheer? ga bs pake opi yg warna nya kuar banget donk?

  17. annisamazing says:

    Keren banget sist bisa di coba. Secara selama ini aku selalu terpake pake nail tip guide teryata kalo berinovasi juga ok. makasih

  18. sheLLey says:

    PheeBee..iya..kudu tunggu kering-layer lagi…cuman ga harus kering-ring gapapa kok..iya kudu pake kutek sheer…kalo mau pake kutek pigmented kaya opi benernya bisa..tapi kudu pake sponge buat aplynya *biar agak sheer*

    annisamazing..thankyou..dicoba aja..:D

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