Hi Nail Art Fans!
Happy (couple days after) Easter! Today's nail art is a recreation of a photo I found on Pinterest. It was just too cute and festive not to do! (Here's the reference: Curious Easter Bunny & Other Easter Nails.)
On the 1-10 easy to hard scale, I would rate this about a 5. You'll basically have 8 easy nails, and 2 moderately easy nails. The
tutorial is after the photo:
1.)
Apply a base coat to add a smooth surface for your polish and to
protect your natural nail. I used OPI's "Natural Nail Base Coat."
2.) Apply two coats of a black polish to your ring fingers. I used FingerPaint "Black Expressionism."
3.) Select four pastel colors to represent Easter eggs. I will update this soon with the colors I used, but they were China Glaze and Avon. Paint your remaining fingers with two coats each of the pastel colors. You can do this in any random order. I chose to match the colors on opposite hands (pinkies had same color, thumbs had same color, etc.).
4.) Next use either a dotting tool or a toothpick to drop some black dots onto all your nails, except the ring fingers. You want them to appear random.
5.) Using a white polish, draw a large half circle across the edge of your ring fingernail tip. Then use a dotting tool or toothpick to draw some white oval shapes coming off the circle toward your cuticles for ears. (See the photo.) Let this dry for a couple of minutes.
6.) Using the pastel pink polish and a dotting tool or toothpick, draw a smaller pink line inside each ear and a tiny dot close to the tip for a nose.
7.) Using the black polish and a dotting tool or toothpick, dot two black circles in the face for eyes. Then dot two smaller white circles inside the black, and then two more, even smaller black circles inside the white. The idea is for the second black dot to cover up most of the white (see photo). Do you see your curious bunny? He's eyeballing your adorable Easter egg nails!
8.) If you smudged your bunny at all or don't have even lines, use a thin black striper around the edges of the bunny to smooth him out. The top coat will cover up the rest!
9.) Wait a bit for the nails to dry before applying a fast dry top coat. If
you put it on too soon, it might smear the polish. (See what I did to my pinkie nail? And you don't even want to know what my left hand looked like! I put the top coat on way too soon!) I used my #1 choice
for top coat, Seche Vite.
I
hope you have fun recreating this curious bunny with his pastel Easter eggs!
If you have any questions, or if my directions completely lost you, just drop me a line at nailsbyneenie@gmail.com.
*XOXO*
NeenieChick
Hi Nail Fanatics!
So
today's nail art is not an original, but I fell in love with it when I saw it on Pinterest! (Here's the reference: Silver Cheetah French Mani.) On the 1-10 easy to hard scale, I would rate this about a 4. It's not really hard, but the french mani part can be tricky for some. The tutorial is after the photo:
1.)
Apply a base coat to add a smooth surface for your polish and to
protect your natural nail. I used OPI's "Natural Nail Base Coat."
2.)
Apply two coats of a white polish to the tip of all your nails, except your ring fingers. Apply two coats of a white polish to the full ring fingers (see photo for reference). I used FingerPaint's
"Paper Maiche." You can do this freehand if you are comfortable with it because we will cover up any mistakes or wobbly lines in the next step. (Side note: A french manicure can be tricky. Here is a great video tutorial by Meliney that gives you several ideas on how to achieve this look: 10 Ways to Create French Tips Manicures.)
3.) Take a silver striper polish and draw a line across the bottom of your french tip. This will help cover up any little mistakes or uneven lines. I
used L. A. Color's Art Deco striper polish in "Silver." (Side note: If you don't have a striper, you can make your own! Check out CutePolish's video tutorial: Make Your Own Nail Art Striper!. P.S. CutePolish is the BEST! Follow her!!)
4.) Next use either a dotting tool or a toothpick to drop some silver dots,
irregularly shaped is best, onto only the ring fingers.
Roughly 3-5 drops per nail, depending on the size of your nail. Refer to
the photo to see an example of how to space them apart. (It might be
best to put a glob of polish on a paper plate or similar instead of
trying to use the brush or a bottle.)
5.) Using a smaller dotting tool or toothpick, use some black polish to ring the silver dots on your ring fingers. I used FingerPaint's "Black Expressionism." You will
want to do either C shapes around the dots, or two half-U shapes on
either side of the dot.
6.) Then use the black polish to make a few
extra dots to fill up any open spaces.
4.)
Wait a bit for the nails to dry before applying a fast dry top coat. If
you put it on too soon, it might smear the polish. I used my #1 choice
for top coat, Seche Vite.
I
hope you find this fun, elegant, and easy to achieve!
If you have any questions, or if my directions completely lost you, just drop me a line at nailsbyneenie@gmail.com.
Have fun recreating this sparkly Cheetah french mani!
*XOXO*
NeenieChick
Hi all!
So today's nail art is another NailsByNeenie original, inspired by my desire to see the snow and ice break away and let some sunshine in! As such, I'm calling them my winter "Icebreaker" nails! Not only do they give me hope for warm weather and sunshine, they are also craaaaazy EASY. The super simple steps are after the photo:
1.) Apply a base coat to add a smooth surface for your polish and to protect your natural nail. I used OPI's "Natural Nail Base Coat."
2.) Apply two coats of a light blue polish to all your nails. I used Orly's "Skinny Dip." (Side note: I really like the saturation of color in the Orly polishes, but their brushes are tiny. I have large nail beds, so it takes a few strokes on each nail to get full coverage.)
3.) This step is wear we break up the ice! After your blue polish has had a little time to set, apply one coat of a glittery crackle polish, preferably silver-toned (or white, which is obviously snowy! haha). I used China Glaze Crackle Glitter polish in "Luminous Lavender" because it has a subtle silvery tint to it that I really like. Make sure when you use your crackle polish that you don't put on a thick layer and that you work quickly. It starts to crack right away so you don't want to put a layer over one that is already cracking.
4.) Wait a bit for the nails to dry before applying a fast dry top coat. If you put it on too soon, it might smear the polish. I used my #1 choice for top coat, Seche Vite.
I hope you find this cute, fun and super easy to do, but most importantly, I hope it gives us something to look forward to--like spring! :-)
If you have any questions, or if my directions completely lost you, just drop me a line at nailsbyneenie@gmail.com.
Have fun recreating this ice-breaking design!
*XOXO*
NeenieChick
