{"id":137,"date":"2011-11-10T00:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T00:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2011-11-14T22:51:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T22:51:35","slug":"how-to-do-gradient-nails","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/november-15th-2011-issue\/arts-and-culture\/how-to-do-gradient-nails\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Do Gradient Nails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Annie Robinson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What You Need:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 bottle of light-coloured nail polish<\/li>\n<li>1 bottle of medium-coloured nail polish<\/li>\n<li>1 bottle of dark-coloured nail polish<\/li>\n<li>\u00a01 bottle of topcoat<\/li>\n<li>1 bottle of sparkle nail polish (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 Popsicle stick or orange stick (a small, wooden stick that has a flat end on one side that is often used for painting nails)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gradient nail art takes time, so make sure you have 30 minuets to prep and perfect your manicure. While you paint your nails be patient. Perfecting gradient nails does not happen instantly \u2013 \u00a0the more you practice, the better the results!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Soak your hands in warm water to soften cuticles and prep your nail beds for painting.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paint your nails with a base coat (base coats are important: they protect your nails from some of nail polish\u2019s harmful ingredients).<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paint your nail from the tip to the bottom using your lightest coloured nail polish. To keep the polish looking smooth and even, use only a thin layer of nail polish.<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use the medium coloured nail polish and paint half your nail from the tip to the centre.<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carefully use the flat edge of your orange stick (or Popsicle stick) to blend the medium and light coloured polishes together.<\/p>\n<p>6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paint the tip of your nail with your darkest nail colour, being diligent to keep your hand steady and secure.<\/p>\n<p>7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blend the dark and medium polishes together using your orange stick (or Popsicle stick).<\/p>\n<p>Repeat steps 5-9 on each of your nails.<\/p>\n<p>8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you want to add a glittery finishing touch to your gradient nail art, paint over every nail with a sparkly nail polish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annie Robinson &nbsp; What You Need: 1 bottle of light-coloured nail polish 1 bottle of medium-coloured nail polish 1 bottle of dark-coloured nail polish \u00a01 bottle of topcoat 1 bottle of sparkle nail polish (optional) 1 Popsicle stick or orange &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/november-15th-2011-issue\/arts-and-culture\/how-to-do-gradient-nails\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/352"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2011-12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}