Hiya guys! Happy last day of November!! Hope you've all had a great week and are
looking forward to the Christmas festivities! I know I
can’t wait to get a wee peppermint mocha and walk around Glasgow all wrapped up
and cosy.
This week my post is about nails
again – a couple of nail art designs I have completed. More of a picture post, but I will do two
tutorials near the end of the post on the designs I have come up with.
I have done the designs on false
nails as I’ve had no time to sit down and try them out on my own nails. However, I’m still going to use them - I’m
actually wearing the triangle mosaic design just now and I love it J
Anyway, here are the nail designs...
I have always just used nail polish
for the arty details.
The tools I normally use are:
- Dotting
tools – These are actually embossing tools but they were on sale in an art
shop! I thought ‘why not try them as nail dotting tools?’ So I did, and I have used them ever since. They are quite easy to use for nail designs.
(If you don’t want to spend a lot on
nail art tools you can always
use cocktail sticks, old ball-point pens or Kirby
grips as dotting tools.
These are what I
used when I started my nail art hobby.)
- Paintbrushes
- I bought two different-sized brushes - again from an art shop. One is a size 10/0, the smallest, which is
good for small details and fine lines. The
other is a size 0, which I cut to make a striper brush for long thin lines.
So, using these tools I created two
nail designs this week, a triangle mosaic design and my favourite
leopard/cheetah print design. Below, I
have explained the steps I took to create the nails.
Steps:
1) After shaping the nails to fit my own
nails I put on one coat of very light blue/grey polish as the base.
2) I picked six different colours:
metallic dark grey, lilac, orangey red, light blue/green, teal and baby pink. These were the colours I wanted for the
triangles, but you can pick any colour you like. You can also just use one colour for the
triangles, if you prefer.
3) I used the small 10/0 brush to paint the
triangles in different sizes and shapes.
4) After the triangles were dry, I put
one coat of a translucent sparkly white glitter on top. Originally I wasn’t going to do this, but the
nails were looking a little flat. So I
thought if I used this polish this would give them an edgier look.
5) Lastly, a final coat of clear nail
polish sealed everything in!
Steps:
1) I applied two coats of black nail
polish. One coat was too translucent and
I wanted it more opaque.
2) I chose to use gold nail polish for
the detail as I quite like the contrast between the two colours - the gold is a
bit glittery and it works well against the shiny black.
3) I then painted the leopard/cheetah
spots on with the 10/0 brush.
(Here
is a step-by-step photo of how to do the leopard/cheetah print. It is really easy to do, and it doesn’t have
to be super neat either – it is much better if it isn’t too neat anyway as it
gives it more character!)
4) Once all the spots were dry, I put a
coat of clear nail polish on top and…voila! Finished!
So that’s basically it!
Hopefully these little tutorials
helped! They are honestly quite easy to
do, so have a go at it and see what you come up with! J
Well, that’s my post for this week. I’m looking forward to my upcoming posts in
December - I’m going to try and keep to a Christmas theme…and am hoping they
will inspire some of you out there!
Okay guys, thanks for reading! I really do appreciate it!
Have a good week and I’ll catch you
next week! Until then…see ya!
