You’re four steps away from showy and posh nail art.
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Execute this design in a breeze by mapping out the placement of the striping before application.
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What do you think of this look? Let me know in the comments below!
The chevron manicure isn’t going anywhere any time soon. But I figured, a new season calls for some change.
A sleek spin on a classic chevron manicure. Get this look in three steps.
If you’re a fan of nail art, you probably saw this look in Nail It! Magazine’s September issue. The beauty publication called this design, “Love Triangle.”
Find out just how easy it is to move the chevron pattern tip-ward.
1. Prep the nail with a base coat. Apply two coats of red polish.
2. Once dry, apply purple polish from the nail matrix to the tip with a diagonal stoke leaving a small triangle on the tip of the nail bed.
3. Let the design completely dry and finish off with a top coat.
Check out this six-second tutorial to see the application process.
Let me know if you try this design. Good luck!
No dotting tool? No problem!
Turns out you don’t really need a nail art pen to add contrast and designs to your manicure.
Easily add design to your manicure using items around the house.
Here’s a nail art hack: You can replace a dotting pen with toothpick or a bobby pin.
What you’ll need: Base coat, pink polish, green polish, light green polish, top coat, a piece of foil, a q-tip, a toothpick or bobby pin.
1. Prep the nail with a base coat. Apply two coats of pink polish on the entire nail.
2. Take a light green polish and put a blot of lacquer on a piece of foil. Dab some of the polish on the end of a q-tip and apply dots to the nails.
3. Put another blot of green polish to the foil and use the ball point end of a bobby pin, or a toothpick with the end broken off, to apply dots over the light green polish dots.
4. Let the design completely dry and finish off with a top coat.
Check out this six-second tutorial and find out for yourself how easy this manicure can be executed.
Let me know if you try this design! What colors did you go with?
While out with a couple of girlfriends at a local wine bar on Thursday night, my inner artist met my inner wino during a Paint Nite event- a beautiful combination of art lessons and alcohol.
A blank canvas, some paint and two glasses of sangria later, I recreated a version of what the art teacher described as, “Colorful Birds on a Wire.”
The masterpiece I created at a Paint Nite event inspired a manicure.
Naturally, I got inspired to recreate the painting on my nails.
Recreate this dripping paint manicure in five easy steps.
While at the event, I learned a new technique called dripping paint. I put my new found knowledge to work.
Here’s how to execute a dripping paint manicure.
1. Prep the nails with a base coat. Apply two coats of white polish.
2. When the nails are dry, use a dotting tool to apply blots of blue polish around the nail bed. With a bit of polish on the dotting tool, drag some of the lacquer down to the nail tip for the dripping effect. Repeat this step with a color palette of your choice.
3. When the polishes are dry, use a thin brush to draw a black line across the tip of the nail to draw the wire.
4. To draw an owl, use a dotting tool with a small sphere and black polish to create an oval (the body) and a circle (the head) on top of on the black line. Draw an upside down arch line on the top of the circle to make the owl’s feathers.
5. Let the design completely dry and apply a top coat.
Take a look at this six-second tutorial to see how I layered the different colored polishes and got the dripping paint effect.
What do you think about the dripping paint effect? Let me know if you try this look!
