Seeing as Chloe has her feature “Inspirationail” and I feel like I’m a bit of a nail polish/nail art guru, I figured this is the obvious choice of subject for one of my first blog entries.
I saw this design while perusing my favourite iPad app, PopSugar, but those without it can check out the link and website here (I highly recommend it, who doesn’t love a gossip/beauty/fashion magazine that’s rolled into one and free!?).
I love the ombre look in many different forms, the 70′s feel of it seems so carefree but at the same time ultra chic. I’ve had the ombre look in my hair for over two years and love it in clothing too. For this nail design you could use any dark colour combination but I opted for black and green (OPI’s Jade is the new black) seeing as all things green are my new faves after going to see Wicked with an ever adoring Chloe a few weekends ago.
the supplies.
first, i started with a black base – for this i used China Glaze Liquid Leather. i put on two coats as it new and so quite a thin liquid.
next place a drop of nail polish onto the plate and with the make up sponge pat it into the plate to thin out the amount on the sponge.
take the sponge and gently pat onto the end of your nail, being sure to cover right across to the edges and down to about halfway. to get more coverage on the ends repeat this process moving a little further to the end each time. the good this about this technique is that it doesn’t take very long to dry so you can go over it without waiting too long.
lastly, put a top coat over it to set the colour, and smooth out the dimples from the sponge. you might need to clean up the edges with a cotton bud.
viola! black/green ombre nails!
Tags: nail art, ombre, OPI, PopSugar
the supplies
