Half Moon Manicure

Hello, so this post is going to a Half Moon Manicure, this is another simple design but looks really effective.

For this design you will need 3 polishs and some hole reinforcements (you can pick these up at most supermarkets and stationary stores)

I used - 

• Essie - Pink Diamond
• Essie - Blanc
• Calvin Klein - Hallucinate  

To begin you are going to want to paint your nails with two coats of the pink, after your nails are completely dry you are going to want to take a hole reinforcement and cut it half, this make it easier when applying it to the nail.

Take one half of the reinforcement and place the curved side on your nail (See picture 1.) Continue to place the reinforcements on the rest you nails.



Once you have positioned the reinforcments to where you want them it is time to paint over the pink with the white polish (See picture 2.) This might take two coats, after you have painted the nail you are going to want to wait until the white is completely dry before removing the reinforcement.

When it is time to remove the hole reinforcer you are going to want to peel it carefully so you can get as clean of an edge as possible. After you have removed all the reinforces top the design off with a glitter polish for that added sparkle.

If you would like to mix it up feel free to choose you own colour combinations  and maybe add a matte top coat for a different look. See you soon for another step by step design.

Navy Blue Polka Dots

Hey Guys. So this design is a pretty simple one. But I thought I would still share it with you.

For this simple design all you need is a Navy polish, White polish and a dotting tool or a White nail art pen.
I used -

• Ciaté - Power Dressing
• Barry M nail art pen in White.

To begin you are going to want to paint your nails with two coats of the Navy polish. (See picture 1.)

After both coats are dry you are going to want to take your nail art pen or your dotting tool and dot on a line of dots along the base of your nail (See picture 2.) You are going to want to continue down the nail dotting diagonally to the previous dots (See picture 3.)

Colour Swatch.

Ciaté - Power Dressing

 

Watermelon Nails

Hello again, for this step by step tutorial I was inspired by my favorite fruit, the watermelon. So I thought I would show you how to do them to get ready for the summer. 

For this design you will need 3 to 4 different nail polishes a nail striper or a nail art pen and a dotting tool.
I used - 

• Essie - Watermelon
• Barry M - Black 
• Barry M - Spring Green
• Barry M nail art pen in White (A white nail polish works aswell)  

To Begin this Design you are going to want to paint your nails with two coats of Essie's Watermelon. Once the two coats are dry its time for the next step.

You are going to want to take Barry M's Spring Green and using the brush it come with you are going to want to paint the tip (See picture 1.) Use the width of the brush as a guide to how wide the green section is, however the length of your nail will ultimately determine how much you paint on. You may have to apply two coats of the green polish to achieve an opaque look.

Once the green polish has dried you are going to want to take your nail art pen or striper and line the green polish (See picture 2.) You are going to want to make this line about a third of the thickness of the green section, again applying two coats to ensure the pink or green does not show through. 

The last step to this design is to paint on the watermelon seeds, to do this you are going to want to use your dotting tool and dip in into the black polish. To achieve a more seedlike look you are going to dot the black polish close to the white strip and then gently pull toward the cuticle (See picture 3.)this will help to create more of a point.

There you go, a lovely summer nail polish design that will get you compliments wherever you go. I would also love to see your recreations so share them with me using the hashtag #diynailart.

Colour Swatch.

Barry M - Strawberry Ice Cream

Colour Swatch.

China Glaze - Jamaican Out.

Glitter Butterfly Wing Nail Tutorial

Hello fellow nail art addicts! I thought it was time to share my passion with others, I hope these step by step tutorials offer you inspiration or just help you to recreate the look.

The first design I'm going to show you is the Glitter Butterfly Wing.

For this design you will need 6 to 7 different nail polishes a nail striper and a dotting tool.
I used -

• Mua - Bold Blue
• Barry M - Mint Green 
• Barry M - Black
• Barry M - White
• Essie - Lilacaism
• Rimmel London - Strawberry Fizz
• Calvin Klein - Hallucinate (Not Photographed)

To Begin this design you will need to paint each of your nails two coats of different colours. You can pick what colours you want to use, you don't have to use the same ones I did.

When the two coats of each colour has completely dried you are going to want to start the actual design of the wing. To do so you're going to want to coat a nail striper in black nail varnish and paint on a small curve from the cuticle to about half way down your nail, you are also going to want to paint on another 4 curved lines going diagonally across your nail. (See picture 1.)

Once that step has been completed you are going to want to use a small dotting tool to paint on curved lines to connect each section (See picture 2.) You can also use a striper to do this step however I find you have more control using a dotting tool, feel 
free to do whatever is 
easier for you.

The next thing you want you do is fill in the edge of the nail with the black nail varnish (See picture 3.)For this step you can use a dotting tool, nail striper or just use the brush from the bottle, you can use whichever you are most comfortable with.

After the black polish had dried you are going to want to place a small amount of white polish on a scrap piece of paper so you can dip the dotting tool into it. Get a small amount on the dotting tool and dot it on randomly over the black polish (See picture 4.) It doesn't matter if the dots aren't the same size as this adds to the effect. Finally you are going to want to paint a glitter top coat over the design, this helps the design last longer and gives it a bit of sparkle.

Hope you found this step by step helpful, look out for more coming soon.