Nail gradient. Gradient gel polish brush. How to make a geometric gradient on the nails with ordinary varnish, because it dries very quickly

Gradient nail design has gained its popularity thanks to an original and completely new approach that allows you to achieve a smooth transition of shades from one to another on the surface of the nails. The gradient is fashion trend 2013. He found his place on the nail podium. And not surprisingly, by creating a rainbow on your nails, you achieve an extraordinary effect that can strike any person on the spot. In the manicure, called "gradient", a special beauty, charm and elegance are hidden. The style of creating a gradient is very simple: even an unprepared person who does not have the nicest experience in the field of professional nail design can do it.

Thanks to the unusual color coating, manicure with smooth transition The flowers look amazing. It gives the hands a graceful aristocratic look and lengthens the fingers.

A common way to create a manicure with a gradient is to cover the nails from the little finger to the thumb. various shades from the same color range, skillfully alternating them. Many women prefer a more complex design, which involves the use of three, four or even five shades on each finger, smoothly merging into each other.

If we talk about the color palette that is used in the design of nails with a gradient, then it can be the most diverse. But, this season, nude shades set the fashion, bright colors varnishes and tones with a golden coating. The transition from light pink color to lilac or from sky blue to dark blue. In many ways, it all depends on the chosen color spectrum. In any case, the gradient will look exclusive and beautiful, especially if varnishes with a dense texture are applied to the nails.

To get several shades of the same color spectrum and decorate your nails with them, you should arm yourself with just two varnishes, a small container and a brush for applying the coating. You can choose the color scheme according to your mood and depending on stylistic preferences. Experts strictly prohibit the use of two contrasting colors for nail design with a gradient - they create the effect of a smeared blot. The gradient in light green, light blue and white-gray shades looks very nice. The main thing when creating a manicure is not to forget about the geometry of the arrangement of flowers: light tone should decorate the base of the nail, dark - its edge.

Be sure, with a gradient manicure, you will feel like a real queen.

Good afternoon - today I will tell you everything about the gradient coloring of nails, when it turns out on a manicure SMOOTH COLOR TRANSITION- and it turns out the coloring, which the French call ombre. In this article of nail art lessons, I have collected all the ways gradient manicure –

We will make ombre nails in marine and space topics ...
We will paint on nails southern sunsets with palm trees and northern twilight
IN technique "Scotch" and "Glue strips"– we will make some new gradient designs.
I'll show you how to do it moon manicure with color transition
I will show you so many nail designs that you can COMBINE with gradient nail backgrounds.

... and we will do all this with our own hands - at home.

I promise - it will be interesting ... only here you will find a FULL PINK OF PHOTO-IDEAS for a gradient manicure. I will not just give you a photo - I will give you detailed instructions for each of the proposed options for ombre nails - and you can do all these nail art lessons at home with your own hands.

And before we start our tutorials… I want to LOVE YOU with this amazing iridescent gradient nail design.

So let me introduce...

HIS MAJESTY - Gradient Manicure.

Manicure can and SHOULD (!!!) be combined with ACCESSORIES. Your earrings... shoes... handbag - they should TELL WHICH POLISH COLORS to choose for your gradient home manicure.

We bought charming earrings with blue and light green crystals - immediately go shopping for the same colors of ombre nail polish.

Your evening clutch bag - should inspire you to create a gradient on your nails in the same color scheme.

Your favorite shoes- will also advise you desired color and gradient manicure design.

And of course, the dress - it can also give a starting point for choosing shades of a smooth color transition on the nails (here's how, using the example of images from the photo below - pink manicure under the dress and blue manicure under the blue dress).

Luxuriously! Is not it?

In this article, I have collected all information - DIVIDING IT INTO THREE PILES.

First, I will show TWO WAYS to make a gradient manicure at home (and you choose the one that seems convenient to you personally)
And then I’ll show you what scope for creativity this gradient way of painting a nail opens up ( there are no such photos in RuNet yet - I spent more than one day to dig them out for you)))
And of course I will some step by step lessons to create beautiful compositions on gradient nails
LET'S START IN ORDER...

What is a gradient OMBRE MANICURE -

technical secret.

Gradient coloring of nails is a way of applying varnish, when one shade of color smoothly passes into another. Like in the photo below...

My first application experience smooth color on the nails with a sponge - took exactly 1 hour (this is for both hands) - I have already done my second gradient experience faster - in 40 minutes . So get ready to puff a little longer. And then with experience comes dexterity and speed.

This manicure technique is a godsend for those who can never sensibly and evenly paint their nails even on a comfortable left hand ... always crooked and smeared (I myself am like that). And the gradient is good for that - that it turns out exactly even for those who have never been able to evenly smear the varnish with a brush, so that there are no traces.

HOW AT HOME

simple and quick - make a manicure with a color transition.

2 main ways:

FIRST WAY – CLASSIC “rainbow on a sponge”.

The photo below shows the principle of how to make such a manicure with a sponge. On the plastic we apply three stripes of color (for example, hot pink \ pale pink \ white). We apply a sponge to our "rainbow"- and on its surface there is an imprint of a rainbow. We apply the sponge to the nail so that all three colors fall on the nail plate.

Although I draw a rainbow with a BRUSH immediately on a sponge (and not on a board). And I apply ... I draw again and apply again.

Which sponge is right for you. It is better to take not an ordinary dishwashing sponge (it is too loose) - but it is better to take a cosmetic SPONGE (for applying foundation on the face) ... or a foam puff from your compact powder. The sponge has smaller pores-holes and the varnish lays down more evenly. And it’s more convenient to hold such a thin sponge in your hands than a loose sponge

You may be intimidated by the fact that…

The first sponge print on the nail - will be pale(almost invisible)...

Don't be scared. It should be so. In order for the color to become saturated and deep, you need to repeat the sealing of the sponge to the nail almost 10 times ...

But even when you have already pressed the sponge to the nail 10 times, you still won’t like the color with its dullness and fading. The photo in the computer is so shiny, but I have a dull color. Don't worry - it's fixable. This dullness of shades gives a rough sponge ...

The color will shine with depth only after- how you cover the gradient nail with COLORLESS POLISH (it is better to take a colorless finishing diamond polish).

I do so - I smear the sponge and print it in turn to each nail on my hand - I start from the thumb to the little finger (the print is almost invisible to the little finger).

Then again I put a rainbow of lag on the sponge - and again I print it - from the large to the mini finger.

Somewhere around 7-10 times you have to make such layers ... until the color becomes bright. And then I compare my fingers - if somewhere the color is as bright as on the others - I apply the sponge again. Then I cover it all with "diamond liquid polish to complete the manicure." And after such coverage - the color becomes 2 times deeper and more saturated ...

After that ... we remove traces of varnish that got on the skin ... by the way, you can pre-glue the skin with pieces of plaster or adhesive tape (then you will have to clean less) ... Or use the tricky FILM method - which will be discussed below.

The second way is POINT APPLICATION OF THE GRADIENT on the nail.

If you want to cover with a gradient ONLY THE EDGE OF THE NAIL... then you can make a gradient in a SIMPLIFIED WAY.

That is…

First, paint the nail in one color ...
And then with the EDGE OF THE SPONGE with another varnish, blot the tips of the nails several times.

But - in the CLASSICAL WAY (rainbow on the sponge), it still turns out a MORE SMOOTH color transition on the nail. Since it is better to use on two contrasting varnishes ... and use SEVERAL COLORS AT ONCE of the neighboring palette of shades.

Below is an example of how to create a gradient on nails with this SECOND METHOD.

We will need:

2 multi-colored drops of varnish -
and 2 small pieces-stubs of a sponge (cut off a corner with scissors so that its surface of the sponge is not smooth, more loose - this way it will leave more blurry prints).

cover the nail base shade(ours is pink).
dip the stub of the sponge in contrasting color (black) - we apply it (with blotting tyts-tyts-movements) on one half of the nail SO - so that it is thicker at the tip of the nail, and not very close to the middle.
Dipping another piece of sponge to base(pink) color - AND NOT IMMEDIATELY (!!!) on the nail, but first we poke the sponge somewhere on the surface of a piece of plastic or paper - to remove excess varnish from it) and only then lightly press the sponge to the nail in the BORDER zone between different varnishes ...
Wait for it to dry and apply colorless varnish. And that's it - the nail is ready - we made a gradient manicure by hand.

As you can see, it looks less neat than the gradient with a single piece of sponge ...

But on the other hand, THIS METHOD is suitable if you need to make a ZONE GRADIENT (as in the manicure from the photo below - where each zone of the nail is painted in its own separate color).

It is in this PIECE-FOAM way that a manicure is done in the style of SPACE(which will be discussed later in this article) ...

There are CLEANER WAYS

applying a gradient to a manicure.

I call clean methods of applying a smooth transition of colors those after which it is NOT NECESSARY TO CLEAN THE SKIN AROUND THE NAIL.

There are also two ways:

The BRUSH method is both convenient and clean.

Its beauty is that we can brush over the nail so as not to touch the skin of the side ridges and cuticles (you don’t have to peel off the paint from your finger for a long time).

FILM way - the fastest.

there are modern SKIN PROTECTIVE COMPOSITIONS - we apply them to the skin ... they immediately thicken and form a protective FILM around the nail.

And after all the dirty work with the gradient sponge, all we need to do is tear off this film, and with it the adhering varnish (as shown in the photo below)

And now the most interesting part of the article ... now you will see WHAT EXACTLY you can make beautiful on gradient nails.

How to DECORATE a gradient manicure:

33 great photo ideas.

Gradient background - for the Scotch technique

You see how impressive this manicure design looks - and everything is very simple to do. First, paint your nails gradient technique. We are waiting for them to dry thoroughly - that is, they will become completely solid.

And then we stick Scotch tape on each nail - you can lay the adhesive tape so that there is a SEALED PLACE on the nail in the form of a strip(as in the photo with black nails) - or in the form of a triangle(in the photo of white nails). We make a piece of adhesive tape more authentic, so that later its long tip can be conveniently grabbed and torn off from the nail.

Then we cover the OPEN AREA OF THE NAIL (the one that is not sealed) with any varnish (black, white, others) - and when the paint is applied - we pick up the adhesive tape and carefully peel it off. It turns out that what was under the adhesive tape remains iridescent and gradient, and the rest of the zone is uniformly colored.

Or vice versa - first we paint the nails in BASIC ONE COLOR ... we glue the tape ... and only then we make a gradient - as in the photo below. ...

We paint nails in base color GREY…
Seal the sides of the nail with TAPE ...
We paint the open part of the nail in a GRADIENT turquoise-white color.

Gradient DUSK and SUNSETS on manicure.

The theme of the chosen colors (yellow and orange, smoothly turning into red) itself hints at a luxurious tropical sunset.

You can draw exactly the same palm tree on your nails at home ... and exactly the same silhouette of a girl walking against the background of a sunset gradient sky.

So I found a master class on how to draw a palm tree on a gradient manicure at home.

Or against the background of such a sunset gradient on the nails, you can draw outlines of monuments and architectural sights.

What could be more beautiful than a gentle PINK-BLUE DAWN.

And if against the background of this amazing colorful blurred sky draw metropolis outlines… It turns out very beautifully.

Simple DRAWINGS on a gradient of nails.

On a bright color transition, clear graphic drawings look good - in black or white varnish. Or it could be stickers.

DOTS PATTERN on gradient manicure.

Looks just as good bitmap on nails. Points are being made not with a brush, but special tools– chopsticks for dots manicure.

Here in the photo below we see a gradient color transition on the nail and a pattern of flowers made of dots. Moreover, pay attention pink flower dots are applied to the white half of the nail - and white dots are applied to the dark half of the nail.

Gradient manicure with STAMPING (printing) technique.

The technique of stamps can be combined with the technique of iridescent colors on the nails. Everything is simple here. We make a smooth transition of color on the nail - in the shades we need - and when everything dries up, we apply any stamp pattern on top - from a purchased stencil.

Or it may not be prints - but ready-made decals for nails.

MARINE THEME on a gradient manicure.

You can make a gentle color transition in turquoise-white-blue tones. And decorate with sparkles, rhinestones or small fragments of shells. And we will get nails - which will ideally fit into the holiday days on the shores of the warm sea.

Ombre nails with glossy lacquer finish.

Look how beautiful the gentle transition of the light palette of nail polish shades looks - white-pink... white-blue... white-yellow... white-green.

To create such a manicure, you need to find rhinestones that shimmer with shades of color (or lacquer-confetti) ... and it is IN THE SAME shades to make a smooth color transition on the nail ... and then decorate the gradient background of the manicure with rhinestones with the same color overflow.

This is how we achieve this airy feeling of gentle harmony - reflections of rhinestones and nail colors

Or you can ... buy a standard varnish with black and white confetti. It will go with any shade of the gradient. It also looks good and beautiful on gradient nails - it looks like a complex design. But we all know that such nails are easy and simple to do at home.

Gradient nails WITH rhinestones and studs.

And of course chic manicure with large rhinestones can also be created on the background smooth gradient bright colors.

Black rhinestones look spectacular on a bright background of a color gradient ...

Or you can make one nail black - and against this background, make an interesting composition from rhinestones matched to the colors of the gradient.

Rhinestones can be placed not on every nail - but in the corner of the nail on the ring finger. You can place one rhinestone at the hole of each nail - or place a chain of rhinestone drops at the side of the nail plate.

Gold rhinestones-riveting look good on a DARK TRANSITION manicure - with rich juicy shades of the gradient .

MOON MANICURE with a gradient color transition.

We paint the nails in the base color - close the hole in the nails with a semicircular piece of masking tape (or special round stickers for moon manicure) - and paint the open nail in a gradient.

You can come up with your own gradient moon manicure design. There is only one thing in common - there should be a gradient on the nail and a nail hole painted in one tone.

DOUBLE-LAYER GRADIENT on nails - using the "Scotch" technique

A very interesting ombre nail design can turn out if done on them DOUBLE gradient…

First, paint the nails once in a gradient (this will be the bottom layer)
Then seal part of the nail with adhesive tape and again make a gradient over the open zone - SO THAT next to the light zone of the lower gradient layer there is a dark layer of the new gradient layer.

Gradient ombre manicure - with GLUE STRIPS.

There are coils with thin adhesive strips on sale. They are glued to the nails - to get a stencil of a narrow striped shape. That is, they covered the nails with a base varnish - dried and pasted the stripes - and applied a gradient layer over the stripes - remove the strips and there will be empty spaces under them, unfilled with a gradient.

Strips can be glued CROSS TO CROSS - to get a checkered pattern on ombre nails.

Or you can make regular stripes - parallel, in the form of zigzags, or place them in divergent rays.

Or you can stick the strips in a more curly way - to get YOUR ORIGINAL PATTERN on a smooth transition in the color of the nails.

This nail design can be decorated with large rhinestones.

Space and water elements - on gradient nails.

Unexplored depths of space… secret nebulae and milky ways – it’s just easy to convey with a sponge using the ombre manicure technique.

In the same way, you can recreate using a gradient on the nails. rampant water element... foamy splashes of waves ... a dolphin diving into them, or a tired seagull.

Amorous theme on a gradient manicure.

For Valentine's Day you can do too special manicure with a heart in the technique of color transition.

And here is a manicure with a heart on the nails. First we create a gradient - then we stick an adhesive tape, and cover it with a white layer.

Red and black passion on gradient nails.

By the way, my personal first experience with gradient nails- was exactly with a RED-BLACK color transition. I decided to just try to practice - to be honest, I didn’t believe that I would get something intelligible the first time - and as a result, the first time I got an excellent manicure (even on an uncomfortable right hand well done).

By the way - if you like bright black and red manicure- then I invite you to my article

Here are ideas for a gradient ombre manicure - which can be implemented at home.

As you can see, everything is quite simple.

Olga Klishevskaya, specially for the site

IN Lately the red gradient on the nails is especially popular. This is a manicure in which one color smoothly transitions into another. Red color always looks impressive. If you combine several shades, you can achieve a truly royal manicure. Speaking of red nails, it is important to understand that these are not necessarily bright, saturated plates. TO fashionable shades include burgundy, strawberry, terracotta, pink, raspberry. Well, let's try to figure out how to create a trendy red gradient manicure.

Ombre or gradient?

The gradual lightening or darkening of the tips of the nails by several tones is called not only a gradient, but also the fashionable word "ombre". They also use the complex name Dip Dye, or Both ombre and gradient mean the same thing - a smooth flow from one color to another. For the red range, a transition option is possible from burgundy to raspberry, then to pink. Ombre means a flawless transition of tones. Some tonal boundaries may be visible in the gradient. Dip Dye is used when completely different shades are mixed, such as red and black or red and white.

red gradient with transition

The easiest way is to perform red stripes with a transition. What does that require? Take 5 red lacquers, but different in shades. Cover each plate from thumb to little finger in turn different shades with smooth color transition. If you do not have 5 shades of red, then create them with white varnish.

Cover the first nail with burgundy varnish. For the second nail, prepare a mixture of dark red and white on a special palette. You will get a shade one tone lighter than the previous one. For the third nail, add more white polish to get a light red color. The last nail will turn out to be a pale pink shade.

red ombre nails

There are other types of red gradient. We invite you to get acquainted with the horizontal, vertical and geometric ombre. To perform any of the above methods, you will need the following devices: 2-3 shades of varnish in different tones, a sponge or sponge, toothpicks, cotton buds, thin brush, top coat.

To create a horizontal red gradient, make a smooth transition on the nail, starting from the cuticle and ending with the tip. Red colors are used differently, the main thing is that the transition is gentle and smooth. Some people like the contrasting transition, which makes the manicure extravagance. Fashionable combinations are red with white, pink, golden, black, burgundy. Most often, strips of varnish are applied to a sponge or sponge, and then to the nail plate. Some masters make the transition with a thin brush.

A vertical gradient differs from a horizontal one in that the transition of tones is performed from one side of the nail to the other vertically. It can be used up to 5 shades. It is possible that the gradient is performed on only one or two nails, and the rest are simply covered with red varnish.

Looks very original geometric gradient on the nails, as shown in the photo above. To do this, use special stencils for nails in the form of cells, each row of which is filled with red a tone lighter than the previous one.

black and red gradient nails

To diversify, many girls use a combination of blood red with black. Such a gradient is also called the devilish one. To do this, two strips are applied to a small sponge - red and black. The border of flowers is a little compared with a toothpick. Then the sponge is pressed against the nail. Get a spectacular black and red ombre. Available in matte and glossy finishes. Red gradient manicure is always stylish and unusual!

For several seasons, the ombre style has been very popular. He touched on almost all areas of fashion - from hair coloring techniques to accessories and clothes with drawings and color solutions made with a transition.

Gradient on nails - new ideas

Therefore, it is not surprising that this fashion trend migrated to nail design. And if the French name for this technique “ombre” is more associated with hair, then the Latin “gradient” has taken root in manicure.

So, if you want to look fashionable and stylish, then a gradient manicure must decorate your nails from time to time.

What is a gradient on nails? This is a gradual transition of colors from one to another. At the same time, the border between them turns out to be as if blurred. As a result of such transitions, new colors and shades are formed. The uniqueness of this technique lies in the fact that there are no rules or restrictions on the choice of colors. On the contrary, there are huge opportunities for experimentation and the search for new original solutions. And this means that your manicure will be unique and one of a kind.

Types of gradient manicure

It's interesting that gradient manicure differs not only in color solutions, but also in the technique of application. To create it, a veneer or a thin brush can be used. In addition, there are several variations of this design, which as a result create a completely different visual effect. Consider some of the types of gradient manicure.

1. Simple gradient on nails

This option fully justifies its name. It is really easy to make even at home. All you need is 5 shades of polish. You don’t have to mix anything or use improvised means either.

Just choose what you want colors, pick up desired shades with the transition from light to saturated bright or dark and you can proceed. The lightest shade is applied to the little finger, gradually use more from finger to finger. dark shades, the thumbnail will cover the darkest.
For example, do you love Coral color? Great! Start on the little finger with a soft pink and gradually move on to rich coral. The beauty of such a gradient is the ease of execution and the ability to make it, as in discreet pastel colors, and in richly bright

2. Classic gradient on nails

Classic variant involves the use of varnishes of two colors. Moreover, they can be, both in the same key, so contrasting. It is most convenient to perform it with a sponge - apply two selected colors on its surface, so that they form a small overlapping area of \u200b\u200beach other, and then press the sponge against the nail plate.

3. French gradient on nails

French manicure has long become a classic that never goes out of fashion. This is a symbol of grace and elegance, as well as an absolutely universal design that will be appropriate for any style and bow. But this season, the designers went further and offered us a French gradient - the ends of the nails are covered with white varnish and it gradually turns into transparent shades towards the cuticle, traditional for the classic french manicure. This gradient looks very stylish and gentle.

4. Beverly Hills Nail Gradient

IN this case two colors are used, but the transition between them is carried out not within one nail, but the entire hand. Let's bring step by step example for clarity:

take a cherry and gently pink nail polish And;
apply pink varnish on the little finger, and on thumb- cherry;
now on a separate surface we put approximately the same two drops of both varnishes and mix, apply the resulting color to middle nail;
For ring finger mix varnishes in such a way that the tone is darker than on the little finger, but less saturated than on the middle finger;
For index finger we mix the tone already more saturated than on the average, but not yet turned into cherry.

The result will be very impressive.

5. Gradient on painted nails

The gradient may well become the basis for the picture. This season, fashionable are various geometric patterns and ornaments. To make them look spectacular on a gradient manicure, use black, gold or silver polish for application. It can be other colors - the main thing is to choose an expressive contrast.

6. Gradient on nails - bright skittles

You have probably seen, and maybe even love, Skittles sweets. Your gradient on your nails can be no less vibrant, and this is very fashionable in the new season. To create such a manicure, you can choose several bright colors and arbitrarily, one might say chaotically, apply them using a sponge on the nails. Uniqueness and originality with this technique will be guaranteed.

7. Glitter Nail Gradient

Who said gradient is only color transition? You can easily create a stretch effect with glitter or confetti. The nail is covered with the main varnish, and then sparkles are applied to the edge of the nail in in large numbers- you literally completely cover the edge with them, and then with the help of a brush stretch them towards the hole more thin layer. It is effective and festive option manicure. At the same time, you can achieve perfect different effects, choosing sequins to match the main varnish or vice versa, playing in contrast. Using confetti, you can "play" with their size - larger diameter confetti at the end of the nail, smaller ones towards the middle of the nail.
Try, experiment and be in trend!