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DIY Ombre Mani

October 24, 2012

Filed in: Nails

Ombre has been a trend we seen a lot a lately, mostly in hair, but it’s now making its way to everything else in beauty from lips to eye shadows to nails. For those of you girls that are still confused what ombre really is, it’s the graduation of color usually starting from a light shade to dark shade of a monochromatic color. I know keeping up with trends may get a little pricey, so here is a trick to obtain ombre nails without having to buy five different shades of nail polishes.

  1. Apply your topcoat and let it dry for about one to two minutes.
  2. Lay out generous drops of the main shade of nail polish you will be using in your foil paper.
  3. Add one to two drops of white nail polish to the first shade you will be making. Three to four drops of white to the second one, five to six drops to the third and six to eight drops to the fourth. NOTE: don’t try to do all of them at once because the polish will dry in the foil paper. I laid them out in a line only for the picture and so you guys can see the increase of white polish in each one.
  4. Make sure you mix it well with your mixing tool and try to stay on one spot instead of all over the paper. Compare the shades, if you feel like it needs more white add extra drop or two.
  5. Apply with your old nail polish brush make your index finger the shade that has the least drops of white. This way the shade will gradually be lighter by the time you get to your pinky.
  6. Clean the brush in a paper towel every time you change shades this way the brush can grab the correct color.
  7. When all four fingers are done go ahead and paint your thumb with the main nail polish. This will be the only nail that does not have a mixture with the white polish.
  8. Let it dry for about one to two minutes and apply your topcoat.

Voila! Now you have ombre nails without having to hurt your wallet.

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