A 1-Minute Master Class On The Ombré Nail

Confession, even nail-art lovers like us could use a little help once in a while. That's one of the many, many reasons we turned to you, the Refinery29 audience, to step forward and show us your finest manicure skills in our Nail Art Nation contest with Revlon. After months of challenges and layers upon layers of polish, we landed one ultra-talented winner who had the chops to show us (and, of course, you) how to make the most basic nail-art looks and execute the more complex ones with ease.

So, here, we give you our winner, Ashley "AstroWifey" Crowe, armed with her Revlon ColorStay Longwear Nail Enamel to demonstrate how to create a killer ombré look with an extra, exciting pop. Hit play to get schooled by a master, and don't forget to check out Crowe at her blog for more lessons. The lady's a champ, after all.