It's time to be creative. Coloring your nails with the fabric's signature "tie dye" technique gives you the opportunity to try more patterns and color combinations for your nails without the need for extreme precision. An example is a marble pattern, which can make your nails look very striking, but the workmanship can make your work area messy and also waste a lot of paint. Therefore, below are also provided other methods or patterns that are less well known, but you can try.
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Method 1 of 3: Creating a Marble Pattern
Step 1. Apply the base coat first
For this, you can use plain nail polish of any color. Choose a color that matches the other colors that will be used in the dyeing process later. Sometimes, the base color will still be visible even though it has been overwritten by another color. Usually this also happens when this method is done for the first time.
Step 2. Apply the oil on the area of skin that surrounds the nail or cover the area with masking tape
Scrub the skin with cuticle softening oil. In addition to greasing the skin with oil, you can also apply tape to both sides of your finger, from the area around the nail to the first knuckle. This will prevent the nail polish from flowing out of the nail and eventually sticking to the skin - so cover all parts of the finger except your fingernail.
Step 3. Pour room temperature water into a shallow bowl
If you don't want the bowl to be stained with paint, just use an old bowl. You can also use a slightly smaller bowl or cup so you don't waste a lot of paint.
- Nail polish will not taste good if eaten or drunk. You might use the bowl or cup later to store your makeup kit - or wash it clean so you can use it again.
- Line the bowl with newspaper to prevent the paint from dripping and staining the surface of the table or whatever place you are doing this activity.
Step 4. Drop nail polish with selected colors into the water
Touch the surface of the water with a polish-soaked nail brush and let it drip. When the paint color starts to spread and form a circle, move the brush away and do it again with another color, at least three or four colors. This will form circles of different colors.
- Do this quickly, as nail polish dries easily, even on the surface of the water. This will spoil the desired effect.
- Some types of nail polish tend to run to the bottom of the bowl instead of floating on the surface, and eventually become unusable. There's no way to test whether the chosen nail polish will react this way before you buy it, but luckily this problem is rare.
- If the color doesn't spread, try replacing the water with cold or filtered water.
Step 5. Make a spiral pattern with a cocktail stick or toothpick
Touch the surface of the colored water with the tip of a skewer or stir stick, and pull in any direction so that it forms lines. The paint will follow the motion of the stick or stick, so you can form a tie-dye pattern like a spiral pattern. Keep doing this until you find a pattern you like.
The best thing to do is to draw a pattern from its innermost (or smallest) circle. This is because the outer circle has started to dry out when the inner circle is made, so it will clump when pierced, and eventually the pattern formed will not look neat
Step 6. Dip the nails in the water
Lower your finger deeper where you like the pattern. If the paint is struggling to stick because it's still wet, wait 10-30 seconds for it to dry. Remove the paint stuck to the outside of the nail with a toothpick, then remove your finger from the water.
Step 7. Remove any remaining paint on the skin
This will ensure that the paint will run off onto the skin near the nail as well, but this can be held in place with oil or masking tape. The skin only needs to be rubbed with a cotton ball if the finger has been smeared with oil. But if the skin is covered with tape, just wait for the paint to dry, then peel it off with another fingernail or other tool.
Wet a cotton swab with acetone and rub it on your finger if the paint is hard to remove
Step 8. Do the same with the other finger
In a bowl, slide the slightly dried paint aside, then drip the paint back into the water. Once all the nails have been colored and are a bit dry, coat them with an outer layer of nail polish and let sit a little longer.
Method 2 of 3: Creating a Spiral Pattern with a Toothpick
Step 1. Glue the tape around the nail and apply the base coat
Cover the skin between the nail and the first segment underneath and also behind the nail. Especially this last one, stick it lengthwise from near the tip of the nail to the bottom. After that, apply the base coat and let it dry.
Several strokes of paint with a white base color will make the colors above look brighter
Step 2. Set up the tools to help you work faster
Choose several paint bottles of different colors and open all the caps. Place it open in front of you. This will make it easier to move from one bottle to another so that the process can be faster, and also so that the pattern you want to make can be formed before the paint dries.
Step 3. Apply a drop of thick liquid polish on the nail
Drop on one part only. The dot should be wet and thick enough to be applied to the entire nail surface later.
Step 4. Do the same with the other colors
Apply drop by drop quickly until it covers the surface of the nail. The number of colors is up to you - maybe three to four colors for tie dyes, or more if you want a distinctive impressionist effect.
Step 5. Move the toothpick over the nail
Place the tip in the center of the circle. Then drag outwards to form lines, spiral shapes, or other patterns. A toothpick that you pull from the center to the end will leave a colorful trail. Do this for the rest of the sections until you find a pattern you like.
Different from the previous method, start with the first circle first, because the paint in that area will dry first
Step 6. Clean the nails of excess polish
Point your finger down and press both sides and top of the nail with your thumb. Excess paint will transfer to the thumb, and will not damage the nail design. This will make the paint dry faster.
Step 7. Wait for it to dry
This will take longer than usual because the coating is quite thick. Once dry, coat your nails with an outer coat of paint, remove the tape, and admire your creation.
Method 3 of 3: Using the Dip Tie Technique with an Outer Layer of Nail Polish
Step 1. Purchase an outer layer of nail polish with a tie-in effect
Compared to the extraordinary layer nail polish, this type of nail polish provides a transparent and colorful appearance, so that the spiral pattern on your nails looks more obvious. Unfortunately, this item is a bit hard to find, so you'll need to look at a store with a wide selection of nail polishes or online.
Step 2. Apply the base color nail polish on the nail surface
As usual, start with the base layer first, then the base color. Let it dry.
Step 3. After that, apply the outer layer of nail polish
If you want a deeper color, press the brush harder, and vice versa if you want a clear look. You can create spirals, spots and other patterns just by playing with the pressure of the brush.
