Blue and Gold Swirly Nails!

Blue and Gold Swirly Nails!

Rating: *

Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• Barry M 417 Blue Grape
• Barry M 245 
• Barry M 54 Clear
• Small metal tipped paintbrush

Step 1 

Paint your nails with the blue.

Step 2

Using the paintbrush, paint gold swirls on the nails. You can do whatever you want but try not to put too many on or it looks too crowded.

Step 3

Cover the nails in a top coat to protect them and clean up around them.

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TARDIS nails | 1 day to go!

TARDIS in Space Nails!

Rating: ****

Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• 17 Navy Glint
• Rimmel 60 Seconds 819 Green With Envy
• Collection Work the Colour 24 Fairy Dust
• Rimmel Space Dust 006 Moon Walking
• La Femme Electra 98
• Collection 2000 2 in 1 Strengthener and Hardener
• Make up sponge
• 2 small pictures of TARDISs, printed and then cut out

Step 1

Paint your nails with the Navy nail varnish.

Step 2

Using the sponge, dab on some of the green on part of the nail. Do it in a different place on each nail but don't cover more than half of each nail.

Step 3

Using the sponge, dab on some of the pale blue on top of the green. Don't cover all the green up though.

Step 4

Using the sponge, dab some of the purple space dust onto a different part of the nail.

Step 5

Cover the whole design in the sparkly nail varnish. Make sure you get a couple of the large sparkles onto each nail but you don't want them to clump together or it's too overpowering. 

Step 6

Paint a stripe of clear top coat on the nail you want the TARDIS on and immediately place the picture on it. You will need to hold it down until the nail varnish is almost dry to make sure all the corners are stuck. We found that tweezers can be quite useful at this stage.

Step 7

Cover all the nails in a coat of clear nail varnish to smooth it out and protect the design. Take particular care over the TARDIS to make sure it is firmly stuck or it will get caught on things and pull off.

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Cyberman nails | 2 days to go!

Cyberman nails!

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Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• Maybelline New York 825 Oh So Close
• Rimmel Lasting Finish 080 Black Cab
• Small dotting tool
• Small metal tipped paintbrush

Step 1

Paint your nails silver.

Step 2

Using the dotting tool and the black nail varnish, paint two dot onto each nail for eyes.

Step 3

Using the paintbrush, paint downward slanting lines coming out of the eyes towards the edge of the nails to complete the eye socket shape.

Step 4

Using the paintbrush, paint a straight line underneath the eyes. This is the mouth.

Step 5

Cover the nails in a top coat to protect them.

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Silence nails | 3 days to go!

Silence Nails!

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Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• Maybelline New York 820 Winner Takes It All
• Barry M black nail art pen
• La Femme 118 Top Coat 

Step 1

Paint your nails gold.

Step 2

Draw tally marks on your nails using the nail art pen. Most of them should be full tallies but feel free to add the odd one or two marks in between them.

Step 3

Cover your nails in the top coat to protect them.

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

Adipose nails | 4 days to go!

Adipose nails!

Rating: **

Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• Miss Sporty 062 Crush On You
• Collection 2000 2 in 1 Strengthener and Hardener
• Collection 2000 103 French White
• Rimmel Lasting Finish 080 Black Cab
• Small metal tipped paintbrush
• Small dotting tool 

Step 1

Paint your nails with the the black sparkly. You will need two coats for the full effect. Then paint over your nails with a top coat to smooth it out before adding the design as it makes it easier. 

Step 2

Using the paintbrush, paint a circle in the centre of each nail. This will be the Adipose's body.

Step 3

Using the paintbrush, add the arms and legs to the body. 

Step 4

Using either the black nail varnish and a dotting tool or a black nail art pen, draw the face onto the Adipose. The eyes are quite large and spread apart and the mouth is a big smile. 

Step 5

Cover the design in a top coat to protect it.

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Dalek nails | 5 days to go!

Dalek Nails!

Rating: **

Finished nails

Tools

Gems

I used:

• Collection 2000 103 French White
• Collection 2000 5 Fire Engine
• La Femme 118 Top Coat
• Black sequins
• Silver striping tape
• Circular gems

Step 1

Paint your nails white.

Step 2

Paint your nails red.

Step 3

Use the top coat to stick a silver gem at the base of the nail in the centre. This is the eye stalk of the Dalek!

Step 4

Stick two strips of silver tape across the nail underneath the gem. Make sure it is stuck along the whole length and that none of it is hanging off the edge of the nail. You can use small nail scissors to cut the tape as close to your nail as possible.

Step 5

Using the top coat, stick black sequins in rows underneath the stripes. The number of dots will depend on how long and fat your nails are but two or three rows works well. Make sure they're all spaced evenly too.

Step 6

Paint over the nails with a top coat to seal it in. Put at least two coats over the silver gem to help prevent it from easily falling off.

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Van Gogh style TARDIS nails | 6 days to go!

Doctor Who Themed Nails!

This design is based off this painting in the Matt Smith episode 'Vincent and the Doctor'. It is quite an arty design this time so, if you're not confident with acrylic paint, maybe find someone who is or give this one a miss for the time being.

Rating: *****

Finished nails

Acrylic Paints

I used:

• Rimmel 703 White Hot Love
• 011 White acrylic paint
• 159 Primary Blue acrylic paint
• 026 Black acrylic paint
• 603 Primary Yellow acrylic paint
• 690 Yellow Ochre acrylic paint
• 201 Burnt Sienna acrylic paint
• 123 Ultra Marine acrylic paint
• Small metal tipped paintbrush
• Collection 2000 Nail Care Top Coat

Step 1

Paint your nails with the base coat to protect your nails from the paint and to make it easier to remove later.

Step 2

Put a few blobs of the blue, black and white acrylic paint into a palette for easy mixing.

Step 3

Paint the background on each nail. Plan ahead so you know where the swirls will go and try and keep the parts which will be yellow paler to make it easier to add the yellow on top. It doesn't matter how neat it is either - have a copy of the painting handy so you can match the Van Gogh style as closely as possible. Don't forget to decide which nail your TARDIS will go on first so you can have the swirls radiating from that point. I decided to put mine on the middle finger of my left hand.

Right hand

Left hand

Step 4

Paint over the paler sections with the yellow. Make sure the blue is dry first otherwise you're in danger of getting smudges though. Leave the finger with the TARDIS on for the time being.

Right hand

Left hand

Step 5

Add the TARDIS to your chosen finger along with the explosion.

Step 6

Cover over the nails with a top coat to prevent chipping and to make them shiny as acrylic paint is decidedly dull on it's own. 
 

Right hand

Left hand

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