Recently, the red gradient on the nails has been 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. 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?
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 manicure with stripes. Both ombre and gradient mean the same thing - a smooth flow from one color to another. For red gamma, an option is possibletransition 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 make 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 with different shades with a smooth transition of color. If you don't have 5 shades of red, then create them with white polish.
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 a soft pink shade.
Variants of red ombre on 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 tools: 2-3 shades of varnish in different tones, a sponge or sponge, toothpicks, cotton swabs, a thin brush, a topcoat.
To create a horizontal red gradient make a smooth transition on the nail, starting fromcuticle 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, gold, 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.
The geometric gradient on the nails looks very original, 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 the classic red manicure, many girls use a combination of blood red and 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!
