It looks like Hailey Bieber started another nail trend. Recently, she was wearing cat-eye faded French tip nails. They resembled a silvery upgrade to Boomer nails. She’s not the first and definitely not the last to enjoy such a look! It’s easier to create than it seems, and you’ll see how to do it yourself in the tips and examples ahead.
How to Create Stunning Cat-Eye Faded French Tip Nails
Cat-Eye Faded French Tips
Back in the spring, LAVIS Nails shared this ombre cat eye mani tutorial. The social media post revealed the steps and products to re-create it.
They started with LAVIS Press-On Pro nails in the almond medium ombre style. These particular tips are ready to paint right out of the box. What’s more, they come in various sheer shades to match any skin tone. All you need to do is select the proper sizes for each fingertip, brush on the gel adhesive, and cure the nail to adhere it. That’s right, there’s no stinky nail glue needed. Instead, you’ll get a professional finish that lasts much longer.
Afterward, the artist applied a pink shade from the LAVIS Bare With Me Collection to the upper part of the nail and cured it. Then it was time for the magic to happen.
Cat-Eye Faded French Tips
The LAVIS Universal Cat Eye Gel Collection turns any gel into a shimmer polish. There are various colors and effects like Gold, Silver, and Rainbow. Here the artist applied Crystal to the tips and blended the edges with an ombre brush. Next, after a few moments with the Cigar Magnet tool, voilà, instant cat-eye faded French tips. The final step was applying and curing Diamond Top Gel for the glass-like shine.
Glitter-Enhanced French Tips with Cat Eye Gel
If you really want to make a point, increase the shine and add texture with glitter painting gel. Then enjoy tips with extra sparkle!
Colorful Cat Eye Fades
Here’s another set of faded French tips, this time with a colorful shade from the LDS Universal Cat Eye Collection. It features RB11 Light Copper, which reminds us of champagne bubbles by candlelight.
If you’re curious about the flower design, it’s surprisingly simple to sculpt with LAVIS Silk Carving Gel and LAVIS Non Sticky Builder Gel. Both products make 3D nail art accessible to everyone.
LDS Copper Light - RB11 - Universal Cat Eye Collection
Cat-Eye Gradient Design for Unique French Tips
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to see sunlit waves wash up on the beach, then you might appreciate this one-of-a-kind faded French tip. It’s surprisingly straightforward with two cat eye colors plus LAVIS Wave Gel, a fluid art tool.
The first step is to lay down the “sand”. Although this base shade is a cat eye gel, you can treat it as a glitter polish and leave the shimmer spread evenly across the nail.
Next, cover the tips with “water,” a blue cat eye shade from the same collection (LAVIS Light of Dawn). Here the artist concentrated the reflective particles on the edges.
But instead of blending the cat eye shades together, the artist concealed the overlap using Wave Gel. It’s a type of blooming gel that creates a smoky effect. It looks just like seafoam washing up on the shore. Finish the design with pearls, starfish charms, and top coat, then make everyone jealous with your new set.
LAVIS C10 - 18 - Gel Polish 0.5 oz - Light of Dawn Collection
Skittle French Tips with Cat-eye Fades
This is what happens when you purchase several new cat eye gels and don’t know which one to wear first. You try them all at once!
These shimmery shades come from the LAVIS Stellar Shift Collection. They are subtly enchanting on a light-colored base and dramatic on a dark one.
One of the most convenient characteristics of cat eye gels is how each color acts like two. The simple act of pushing or pulling the sparkles together into a highlighted smile line makes it seem there are two shades on your nails instead of one.
LAVIS Cat Eye Collection - Stellar Shift CE17
Magnetic Magic Makes French Manicures from Single Shades
Here’s another example of how just using a magnet makes cat eye polish look like two colors instead of one. Instead of needing pink and white for French tips, you could choose pink, then use a magnet to push the reflective particles to the tips. It makes that part of the nail appear brighter and lighter like a second shade.
But what magnet should you use for cat eye faded French tip nails? Obviously, it has to be powerful enough as a refrigerator magnet won’t work. We suggest browsing our collection of magnets as there are several multi-tools for quickly creating shapes like hearts, flowers, and French tips.
Double-Head Magnet Stick + Bead
Magnet Tricks for Quick French Fades
Let’s imagine you have a standard magnet tool for cat eye polish. One side pushes the glitter away and one side attracts it. Therefore, you can push the sparkles toward the tip and tighten them up by flipping the magnet over. It takes a little practice to perfect the technique. Or you can do the whole process faster with a metallic magnet attachment. If you’re impatient to try this trick, all you need is a pair of scissors!
This is the real deal. The artist did it in front of the camera. The magnet sticks to the metal scissor blades, which shape the magnetic force field to pull the particles to the edges of the nail.
You may have seen a similar trick where someone bends a paperclip, attaches it to a magnet, and uses it to clear a heart-shaped or bunny ear-shaped space in the middle of the shimmery polish.
You can see how different magnets and tools all help form cat eye French tips. Some create more of a faded effect while others draw crisper lines.
Conclusion
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