Manicure Monday – Ombre Nails

I’m about a year behind on this trend, but when I saw a box set of polish with an ombre nails tutorial, I thought it looked pretty easy!

Step 1 – I gathered my equipment:

• Orly Bonder base coat
• Orly Won’t Chip top coat
• Zoya Caresse
• Zoya Mimi (sparkly purple)
• Avon Luxe Lavender
• Silk Naturals All Set drying drops
• Nail polish remover
• Q-tips
• and the connecting piece that comes with cosmetic sponges. Perfect because it’s curved and would have otherwise been chucked. No need to waste a perfectly good sponge.

Step 2 – I put on Orly Bonder base coat.

Step 3– I painted strips of polish on the sponge in the order I wanted them on my nails.

Step 4 – I pressed the sponge against my nails.

Step 5 – Repeat steps 3 and 4 a couple of times.

Step 6 – Top off with Orly Won’t Chip and drizzle Silk Naturals All Set drying drops over nails.

Step 7 – Clean up that mess around the nail bed! No easy task.

And you’re done!

Some things to keep in mind while doing this:

• Don’t press the sponge too hard otherwise the polish soaks into it. Just kind of dab it on.
• Instead of putting polish directly on the sponge, I’ll put it on a piece of foil so it wouldn’t all get soaked up, then get the polish from the foil.
• I might put oil or scotch tape around my nail bed next time to avoid that mess. Everything else about this manicure was super-duper easy.
• This is so much easier than painting my nails – if it’s uneven, who cares, it’s supposed to look that way!
• And the best part of this method? When the polish starts to chip, just sponge on some more. Perfect! I can get a week out of this!

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Have a great week!

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