Ombre Butterfly Nails Tutorial

I LOVE these nails! I saw this version on @sloteazzy's instagram and I just had to try it myself. I've tried butterfly nails before but that was a while ago, and I think these turned out a billion times better :) For this mani you'll need two shades of the same colour, a black, white and glitter polish, as well as a makeup sponge, nail art brush and dotting 
tool.

What I used:

- OPI Ridge Filler Base Coat
- OPI Hot and Spicy
- OPI Pirouette My Whistle
- OPI Black Onyx
- Essie Aperitif  
- Essie Blanc
- Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
- Makeup sponge
- Winstonia nail art brush
- Winstonia dotting tool
- Q-tips
- Nail polish remover

1. Apply a base coat to protect your nails from stains and provide a smooth base for polish

2. Apply one coat of your lightest colour as a base for your gradient and allow to dry

3. Paint a stripe of each of your colours side by side on a makeup sponge and overlap them a little to blend them. While wet, roll the sponge across the nail to get right to the edges. Repeat as many times as necessary for full opacity

4. Once dry, apply a glitter top coat to add some sparkly and to help blend the colours

5. Using a thin nail art brush and a black polish, paint a small arc at the bottom corner of your nail, then paint three lines extending out from this arc to the tips of your nail

6. Join these three lines together near the tip of your nail with small curved lines, and fill in the space above

7.  Add small dots with a dotting tool or toothpick to the black tips

8. Allow adequate time to dry before adding your topcoat to avoid smudging, and clean up around your nails with a q-tip or brush dipped in nail polish remover. 

Lisa xx