Entropy Nails

While I was removing my nail polish from the "Gareth Pugh" quasi- half moon manicure, I thought, "Ohhh... pretty," after the first swipe from a cotton ball. The top layer of color streaked off revealing the bottom layer with a stunning effect similar to another pair of shoes: my 80%20 DIY tie-dye boots (see the tutorial for these boots here).


The process is simple.

  • Paint your nails with two layers of one color, then after that dries add one top layer of another color. Don't do a top coat yet.
  • Take a q-tip dipped in polish remover and sweep over your nails gently, revealing the bottom color and leaving splotches of the top color.
  • If you take too much off and remove a bit of the bottom color, you can patch it up pretty easily by dabbing a small amount of polish. It won't be noticeable.
  • Wait for this to dry, then go ahead with your top coat.


    • Kaboom! Entropy nails!

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    27 Responses to “Entropy Nails”

    1. Ruta, on December 5th, 2009 at 7:52 pm Said:

      those nails looks fantastic. i would love to try it with other colours as well.

    2. hannahlizabeth, on December 5th, 2009 at 9:08 pm Said:

      aha that is so rad! it’s almost like acid wash – love it!

    3. x Corrine/Frock & Roll x, on December 5th, 2009 at 10:52 pm Said:

      Ah, I LOVE these! Annie, you constantly amaze me with your cleverness! :D

    4. Charlie, on December 6th, 2009 at 12:53 am Said:

      That is an awesome effect! Must try, and extra points for matching nails to points like that

    5. Nubiasnonsense, on December 6th, 2009 at 1:02 am Said:

      This is totally awesome annie! I’m def trying it thanks

    6. syd vicious, on December 6th, 2009 at 5:29 am Said:

      Sweet nails! I love it.

    7. daisychain, on December 6th, 2009 at 7:10 am Said:

      Woah, great idea, I need to re-do my nails later so will give this a whirl!

    8. Imogen, on December 6th, 2009 at 8:15 am Said:

      I love the way you come up with such unique and clever ideas. The effect looks exactly like your shoes!

    9. yoshi, on December 6th, 2009 at 10:33 am Said:

      AWESOME!!!! genius!

    10. lini, on December 6th, 2009 at 10:37 am Said:

      OMG that looks so awesome I’m gonna try it soon with my new favorite color of nailpolish. Awesome idea. This is a big inspiration to me. It really looks like my bff’s tie dye aa scarf! :D
      XOXO

    11. Laura Taylor, on December 6th, 2009 at 10:58 am Said:

      that is awesome!

    12. Becca, on December 6th, 2009 at 11:36 am Said:

      I love how that looks! very cool

    13. susie_bubble, on December 7th, 2009 at 7:36 am Said:

      These are pretty amazing!! I love the effect of the boots AND the nails… hows about open toe boots with toenails painted like that too?
      Commenting again…after a loooong break… apologies for sudden appearance!

    14. Pick N Mix – Week Starting 7 December 2009 | Cupcakes and Mace, on December 7th, 2009 at 7:53 am Said:

      [...] shows us how to do a really great tie-dye manicure. Is is way cooler than it [...]

    15. Martha, on December 7th, 2009 at 10:17 am Said:

      Nails and Boots are both marvelous! I feel a DIY coming on…

    16. Retro Chick, on December 7th, 2009 at 12:51 pm Said:

      Ooh, I like, that looks good. I might try that with black and red.

    17. Iva, on December 7th, 2009 at 3:14 pm Said:

      wow!! looks really neat!

    18. grace, on December 7th, 2009 at 3:51 pm Said:

      oh man…will try this asap!

    19. Annie Spandex, on December 7th, 2009 at 7:35 pm Said:

      Thanks, everyone! Send me links or picks if you try it. I would love to see! :)

      lini – I almost called these tie-dye nails, but I thought maybe that might be misleading in terms of the process.

      Susie – No apology necessary! xox

      Retro chick – I bet that will look great. Or red and white like peppermint!

    20. Valencia Lia, on December 7th, 2009 at 8:09 pm Said:

      That’s actually really easy to do yea. Wowww,I didn’t know you can do such an effect with 2 nail colors and the nail polish remover.

      Yayyyy for tie dye nails:)

    21. Kristina Loschiavo, on December 7th, 2009 at 8:19 pm Said:

      Cool! Those nails go perfectly with my acid wash jeans from America Apparel!

    22. Jasmin, on December 8th, 2009 at 5:50 am Said:

      Genius! I’m going to try this right now!

    23. All Women Stalker, on December 8th, 2009 at 11:32 am Said:

      You are a genius! I love wonderful accidents like this. :)

      -meream

    24. WendyB, on December 8th, 2009 at 4:59 pm Said:

      Amazing boot-and-nail match!

    25. Penter, on December 12th, 2009 at 2:37 am Said:

      Perfect match!

    26. adrienne, on December 21st, 2009 at 10:07 am Said:

      oooh that polish job is brilliant! love it!

      xo
      Adrienne

    27. Meghan Spaer, on January 20th, 2010 at 4:21 pm Said:

      very cool – love the black and white

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