Diagonal split nails!

Diagonal Split Nails!

Rating: *

Finished nails (2 stripe)

Finished nails (3 stripe)

Tools

I used:

• 'Maybelline New York 825 Oh So Close'
• 'Maybelline New York 840 Purple Reflect'
• 'Maybelline New York 820 Winner Takes It All'
• 'Collection 2000 Nail Care Top Coat'
• Sticky tape

Step 1

Paint your nails with the colour you would like to be closest to the base of the nail. For both of these designs I chose the purple. 

Step 2

Stick the tape over part of the nail closest to the base. The distance depends on how many stripes you want on your nails; the more stripes, the closer it needs to be to the base of the nail. I stuck mine at an angle however you could just as easily make it straight. Then paint the section which isn't covered by the tape. You will need to remove the tape fairly quickly after painting it or it will pull off the varnish. For the 2 stripe one I chose gold as my other colour and for the 3 stripe one I chose silver.

Step 3

Repeat this as many times as you want stripes! For my 3 stripe one I chose gold as the final colour.

Finally, paint over each nail with the top coat to seal in the design and clean up around the nails to make them look neat.

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

Wavy split nails!

'Wavy split nails!'

Rating: ***

Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• 'Collection 2000 103 French White'
• Rimmel Lasting Colour 280 Sunshine'
• 'Barry M 245'
• 'H&M Super Red'
• 'H&M Super Glitter'
• 'Collection 2000 Nail Care Top Coat'
• Thin detail brush
• Small dotting tool

Step 1

Paint your nails white. Don't worry if it is messy, you can clean it up at the end either with a cotton bud and nail varnish remover or you can peel it off!

Step 2

Paint your nails yellow. If you're using a thicker gold then you might not need the yellow; I only used it because my gold was quite thin and I didn't want to use loads of coats!

Step 3 

Paint over the yellow with the gold.

Step 4

Paint one third of each nail with the red. Don't worry about making the line perfect you're going to cover over it with the wavy detail anyway.

Step 5

Paint the wavy line using the red and the detail brush. Alternatively, you can paint all of the red section in one go, using the detail brush.

Step 6

Paint over the red section with the sparkly red. If you want, you can use the detail brush for this but it doesn't really matter either way. I just used the brush that came with the varnish.

Step 7

Using the dotting tool, gold dots on the red side.If you want, you can use a larger dotting tool closer to the divide and a smaller one further away but I decided to just use a small one for all the dots.

Paint over the nails with the clear to seal in the design and, finally, clean up around the nails to make them look neat.

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

Minion nails!

Minion Nails!

Rating: ***

I did these a while back for the release of Despicable Me 2!

Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 280 Sunshine'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 198 Azure'
• 'Barry M nail art pen white'
• 'Barry M nail art pen black'
• 'Collection 2000 Nail Care Top Coat'

Step 1

Paint your nails yellow. Don't worry if it is messy, you can clean it up at the end either with a cotton bud and nail varnish remover or you can peel it off!
*Afterthought* You should probably use a base coat of white with this yellow varnish or it will turn your nails yellow when you remove it (which is not an attractive look!)

Step 2

Paint across the tip of each nail with the blue.Don't worry about making it exactly the same on each finger - no two minions are the same anyway!

Step 3

Draw white circles on each nail, somewhere above the blue. Do one circle on some fingers and two on others. 

Step 4

Draw black dots in the center of each circle and add a mouth and the goggle strap to each minion.

Paint over each nail with the top coat to seal in the design and, finally, clean up around the nails to make them look neat.

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

Leopard Print Nails!

Leopard Print Nails!

Rating: **

Firstly, I want to apologize that there has been a bit of a break in posting. It's exam season here in the UK so I can't wear nail varnish and I didn't have a back up plan. Hopefully everything should be back to normal soon.

Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• 'Miss Sporty 344 Grape Fit'
• 'Barry M 306 Blueberry I/C'
• 'Barry M Nail Art Pen silver'
• 'Barry M Nail Art Pen black'
• 'Barry M 54 Clear'

Step 1

Paint the nails with your base colour. For this design you can use any colour you like, although a pastel colour works best. I chose to do one design with purple and another with blue. Don't worry if it is messy, you can clean it up at the end either with a cotton bud and nail varnish remover or you can peel it off!

Step 2

Paint silver spots on your nails. Make them all slightly different shapes and sizes and aim for around 4 or 5 spots on each finger, depending on the size of the nail.

Step 3

Draw black lines around each of the silver spots and add some small lines in between each spot too, to create the leopard print effect.

Step 4

Paint over each nail with a top coat to seal in the design

Finally, clean up around the nails to make them look neat.

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

Birthday Nails!

Birthday Nails!

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Finished Nails

Tools

I used:

• 'Collection 2000 103 French White'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 500 Disco Ball'
• 'Barry M 290 Spring Green'
• 'Collection 44 Parma Violet'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 030 Double Decker Red'
• 'Miss Beauty No. 21 Sunset'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 280 Sunshine'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 198 Azure'
• 'Collection 2000  Nail Care Top Coat'
• A tissue
• Nail varnish remover
• A small, metal banded paintbrush (plastic would dissolve!) - I used size 10/0

Step 1

Paint your nails white. Don't worry if it is messy, you can clean it up at the end either with a cotton bud and nail varnish remover or you can peel it off!

Step 2

Paint over the white with a coat of sparkly. Try not to get too many sparkles on each nail or it will look cluttered.

Step 3

Using the paintbrush, paint a balloon shape with the green on your thumbs. Position it slightly to one side to allow for the other balloon.

Step 4

Using the paintbrush, paint another balloon shape with the purple on your thumbs. If need be, repeat steps 3 and 4 with another coat of varnish.

Step 5

Add on the strings of the balloons using the black.

Step 6

Paint wavy lines on each of your other fingers for the streamers. I chose to do three on each finger but you can do as many or as few as you like. I also chose to do them in several colours but, if you want it to look more uniform, you could use different shades of one colour or two complementing colours.

Step 7

Paint over each nail with the top coat to seal in the design.

Finally, clean up around the nails to make them look neat.

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

Rainbow nails!

Rainbow nails!

Rating: **

Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 198 Azure'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 030 Double Decker Red'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 280 Sunshine'
• 'Collection 2000 103 French White'
• 'Collection 2000 Nail Care Top Coat'
• '17 Seabreeze'
• A small, metal banded paintbrush (plastic would dissolve!) - I used size 10/0

Step 1

Paint the nails blue, using the 17 varnish. Don't worry if it is messy, you can clean it up at the end either with a cotton bud and nail varnish remover or you can peel it off!

Step 2

 Paint the three curved lines with the blue closest to the tip and the red furthest away. Make sure it reaches the edges of the nails. You may want to put white underneath it to make the rainbow stand out better.

Step 3

Paint on the cloud at the tip of the nail with the white, making it quite thick to ensure it completely covers the end of the rainbow.

Step 4

Paint over each nail with the top coat to seal in the design.

Finally, clean up around the nails to make them look neat.

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

Spring Flower Nails!

Spring Flower Nails!

Rating: *

Finished nails

Tools

I used:

• '17 Heartbeat'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 280 Sunshine'
• 'Collection 2000 103 French White'
• 'The Colour Workshop Purple Glaze'
• 'Rimmel Lasting Finish 030 Double Decker Red'
• 'Barry M 54 Clear'
• A small dotting tool

Step 1

Paint the nails using a pastel shade. I used pale blue but any pastel/pale colour would work just as well. Don't worry if it is messy, you can clean it up at the end either with a cotton bud and nail varnish remover or you can peel it off!

Step 2

Use the dotting tool to place yellow dots on your nails for the centers of the flowers. I did three on each nail (except the thumbs where I did 4) but you can do as many or as little as you would like, although too many would become crowded and ruin the effect. Make sure you leave enough space around them for the petals, unless you are doing loads and want them to overlap.

Step 3

Use the dotting tool to place 5 white dots around one of the yellow dots on each finger, to make the flowers. If you don't want to use the same colours as me then start with the palest colour as, if the petals end up overlapping, the paler colour will struggle to be seen over the darker ones.

Step 4

Use the dotting tool to place 5 pale pink dots around one of the yellow dots on each finger, to make the flowers. Again, if you aren't using the same colours as me, this should be your middle shade.

Step 5 

 Use the dotting tool to place 5 red dots around one of the yellow dots on each finger, to make the flowers. Again, if you aren't using the same colours as me, this should be your darkest colour.

Step 6

Paint over each nail with the top coat to seal in the design.

Finally, clean up around the nails to make them look neat.

 

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