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Top Ten Nails

Ashley Abrams, Reporter

February 11, 2013

Water marble- First, you must start with a base coat and get a cup of water. Next, put one drop of nail polish into the water at a time (you may use as many colors as you want). Then use a toothpick to make a pattern in the nail polish. Finally, put your finger on top of the polish, and dip it into the water. Leave it there for a few seconds, and when you take your finger out, use a q-tip and nail polish remover to take off the excess.

Shatter nail polish- For shatter nail polish, you must first put on a solid nail polish color before applying the shatter. Next, put on the thinnest layer of shatter polish possible because that will make the most cracks in the polish.

Saran wrap- First, apply a solid color base coat, and let it completely dry. Next, put another solid coat of nail polish over the dried coat and immediately dab with saran wrap to make a cool pattern and texture.

To do gradient nails, start with applying either a solid or clear base coat. After letting that completely dry, apply two colors to a makeup sponge and dab onto nails. Repeat until you have attained your desired color.

Braided- Start by applying any color on your whole nail, and let completely dry. Next, paint a different color diagonally across the nail. Choose a third color, and paint it diagonally opposite from the last line. With the color used for the base coat, paint another line opposite from the last. Continue this process while changing colors until your whole nail is covered giving it a braided effect.

Sparkly- Sparkly nail polish is an easy way to have great and festive nails for the holiday season. It is as simple as applying a sparkly nail polish and having beautiful nails.

Dark-to-light- The dark-to-light nails requires five different nail polishes. All you do is put one color nail polish on each nail and apply them from the darkest color to the lightest color.

Stripes- To paint stripes first apply a solid color nail polish on all nails and let them completely dry. Use a thin brush to paint lines across the nails and then you are done.

Polka dots- To start, apply a color base coat and let your nails completely dry. You can use a toothpick, a ballpoint pen, and many other things to apply the polka dots.

Magnetic nail polish- Magnetic nail polish is as simple as applying the specific polish and holding the magnet as close to the nail as possible (while still wet) without touching it or messing up the polish.