Sorry!

Hi everyone, I just wanted to apologise for the lack of post today. We are both away this weekend and have spent most of this week preparing so haven't had time to paint our nails... We will resume normal posting next week, hopefully (don't hold your breath though; it's quite hard to co-ordinate it with all our school work and other clubs). We're also slowly starting to run out of ideas so, if there's something you want to see us do, feel free to let us know, either in the comments below or by emailing nail.art12345@gmail.com.

Stripy white tipped nails!

Stripy White Tipped Nails

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Finished nails

(Tools picture to follow)

I used:

•  A clear sparkly nail varnish (the name of which I've forgotten but I think it was quite old...)
• 'Barry M Nail Art Pen White'

Step 1

Paint your nails with a clear, sparkly nail varnish. You might want to do several coats until you achieve the amount of sparkles you like.

Step 2

Use the nail art pen to draw lines from the tip of the nail up towards the base. Draw them in different directions and don't draw them too long (ie. not more than half the nail). You could paint the tips of your nails (the white section) with the white pen before drawing the lines to neaten up the whole design if you like.

Finally, clean up around the nails and apply a top coat to prevent chips (I didn't and mine had chipped by the next morning).

If you have any suggestions or questions, please email them to nail.art12345@gmail.com or leave a comment below  

Pastel dot nails!

Pastel Dot Nails!

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Finished Nails

Tools

I used:

• '17 Heart Beat'
• 'Maybelline New York 825 Oh So Close'
• A small dotting tool

Step 1

Paint the nails with the pale blue or any other pastel colour. You will probably need two coats to achieve a smooth finish.

Step 2

Use the dotting tool to place dots in the corner of each nail, trying to make the ones further from the corner slightly smaller.

Finally, clean up around the nails and apply a top coat to prevent chips.

If you have any suggestions or questions, please email them to nail.art12345@gmail.com or leave a comment below  

Half black nails!

Half Black Nails!

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Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• 'Collection 2000 Nail Care Top Coat'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 080 Black Cab'
• 'Maybelline New York 825 Oh So Close'
• 'Collection 2000 103 French White'
• A small, metal banded paintbrush
• Nail Varnish remover
• Tape
• Small dotting tool

Step 1

Paint your nails with the clear varnish. Leave the nails for a fairly long time to dry before doing the next step or you'll just pull it straight off again.

Step 2

Cover half of the nail with the tape and paint the uncovered bit with the black. Remove the tape immediately or it will stick to the varnish and pull it off.

Step 3

Using the paintbrush, paint silver down the dividing line between the black and clear.

Step 4

Using the small dotting tool, paint white dots on the black half of the nail.

Finally, clean up around the nails and cover them in a top coat to seal in the design.

If you have any suggestions or questions, please email them to nail.art12345@gmail.com or leave a comment below 

Sunset Nails!

Sunset Nails!

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Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 280 Sunshine'
• 'Colour Pink'
• 'Rimmel 60 Seconds 610 Pompous'
• 'Collection 2000 Nail Care Top Coat' (not pictured)
• A make-up sponge

Step 1

Paint your nails with yellow. This particular yellow stains like crazy so either use a white or clear base coat before putting on the yellow.

Step 2

Sponge the pink over the two thirds of your nail closest to the base. This will make a mess of your fingers which you can either clean up after each stage or you can wait and do it at the end.

Step 3

Sponge the purple over the bottom third of your nail.

Finally, cover the nails with a top coat to seal in the design and clean up around them.

If you have any suggestions or questions, please email them to nail.art12345@gmail.com or leave a comment below