I'm rubbish at painting my nails so doing this post was actually really hard for me to think of designs that i could do with it looking like a complete and utter mess!
Polka Dots
to start its the simple polka dots! i know this isn't very exciting but it can look really good!
for the beginner..
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Advanced...
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love these, even the beginner (which is me ha) looks really effective! i did this the other day but stupidly forgot to photograph it! so these ones from the wonderful nail artist of google ;)
How to..
You will need:
- At least two nail varnishes ( i used barry M red and white )
- A hair grip
- Paint your nails with one of your colour's and allow it to dry completely
- Then take your hair grip and bend it until it's straight.
- Dip the end of the hair grip into your second nail varnish.
- Using the round end of the hair grip, dab it on to your nails. The round end creates a perfect polka dot.
- Repeat on all nails and voila - perfect spotty nails!
Newspaper Nails
i was put off doing this because i just assumed i couldn't do it as it looked hard and if i'm honest quite complicated! i watched and read many tutorials which said you needed to buy some kind of weird looking potion which wasn't the cheapest and quite frankly i couldn't be bothered to purchase something which i properly couldn't do anyway..but.. then i discovered this ...
You will need:
- A pale nail varnish, i used --->
surprisingly good for next! - A sheet of newspaper
- Scissors
- An eggcup of vodka (or any other alcohol) or a alcohol based mouthwash such as listerine!
- A clear nail varnish or topcoat
- Cut the newspaper into 10 pieces, roughly two inches wide and one inch long (more than enough to cover a fingernail).Also make sure that you have alot of words on the newspaper otherwise it wont look right!
- Apply two coats of pale nail polish and let it dry completely.
- Dip one fingernail in the vodka. (mmmmm) or mouthwash Either way I found it good to press on top of the square of newspaper once it was on your nail, with something absorbent like a cotton wool pad to soak up excess alcohol, i found that i got a much better finish this way :)
- Press a strip of newspaper onto the nail, being careful to cover the whole nail and to keep it still allowing the vodka to soak through.
- Peel the paper off slowly (and be really impressed with yourself).
- Once every nail is done and the vodka has dried, apply a top coat of clear varnish.
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Leopard print nails
Again i was sceptical about trying this look much it was much easier than i expected!
You will need:
Two contrasting nail varnishes , i used the same next nail polishes as the shades of nudes contrasted well together :) models own do very similar colours to these!
Two contrasting nail varnishes , i used the same next nail polishes as the shades of nudes contrasted well together :) models own do very similar colours to these!
- Paint your nails with the base colour, in my case this was the lighter one and allow it to dry.
- Paint dots on the nail using the contrasting colour. The less perfect, the better the effect - so don't worry if they're different sizes and shapes.
- Use the nail art pen to outline the dots making sure you don't go the whole way round!
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Advanced..
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| ADD GLITTER! |
| i would be biting my nails.. good enough to eat ay ;) |
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| aww this is the cutest! |
| bet this isn't that hard! looks amazing..and messy ;) |
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What's your favourite nail art look? Tell me your tips and ideas in the comments below.
please follow ;)
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