Showing posts with label stripe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stripe. Show all posts

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Mani: Vintage floral

Nail this look at home with:
Sportsgirl 'Iceberg'
Color Club, Art Club 'White'
ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink'
OPI 'La Pazitively Hot'
Nail Art Liner 'Green'
Dotting tool

How?
1. Apply base coat of Sportsgirl 'Iceberg'. Let dry completely.
2. Using Color Club's Art Club 'White', add vertical stripes to nails. Let dry completely. 
3. Using dotting tool, create flower base in ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink'.
4. Using dotting tool, add flower petal detail in OPI 'La Pazitively Hot'.
5. Using dotting tool, add leaf detail in Nail Art Liner 'Green'.

Let's go get nailed with a vintage floral mani x

Friday, March 2, 2012

Mani: Cheeky Cheetahs

Nail this look at home with:
ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey'
BYS 'Light Purple'
OPI 'Black Onyx'
Dotting tool
Scotch tape (optional if you are worried you don't have a steady enough hand)

How?
1. Apply base coat of ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey' to half of each nail in vertical direction.
2. Apply base coat of BYS 'Light Purple' to the other half of each nail in vertical direction. Let dry completely. 
3. Using dotting tool, draw on cheetah print. 

Let's go get nailed with a cheeky cheetah mani x

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Mani: Stripes

Nail this look at home with:
Sportsgirl 'Iceberg'
Color Club, Art Club 'White'

How?
1. Apply base coat of Sportsgirl 'Iceberg.' Let dry completely.
2. Using Color Club's Art Club 'White'(which has a long, thin application brush), add vertical white stripes to nails. 

Let's go get nailed with a striped mani x

Mani: Coloured tips

Nail this look at home with:
Sally Hansen 'Salon Effects Nude'
Barry M 'Pink
Barry M 'Blueberry'
ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint'
ChinaGlaze 'Lemon Fizz'
BYS 'Light Purple'
Multi-coloured hexagonal glitter

The hexagonal glitter is from Dollar Nail Art. I buy all my nail art accessories there!

How?
1. Apply base coat of Sally Hansen 'Salon Effects Nude'. Let dry completely. 
2. Apply a strip of ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint' along the tip of thumb. Repeat this step for all fingers with a new colour on each tip.
3. Using nail glue, or apply while nail polish is wet, line each tip with hexagonal glitter in the same colour as the tip. 

Let's go get nailed with a coloured tip mani x

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Mani: Safari nails

Nail this look at home with:
OPI 'Comet loves Cupid'
DB 'French White'
OPI 'Black Onyx'
ChinaGlaze 'Lemon Fizz'
Dotting tool

How?
1. Apply base coat of OPI 'Comet loves Cupid'; and DB 'French White' to accent nail. Let dry completely
2. Using dotting tool, draw on black stripes to create zebra print. Lines do not have to be perfect or straight. 
3. Using dotting tool, create spots of ChinaGlaze 'Lemon Fizz'.
4. Using dotting tool, draw an outline around your spots in OPI 'Black Onyx'.
5.Using dotting tool, add small dots of OPI 'Black Onyx' randomly to each nail to finish the cheetah effect.

Let's go get nailed with a safari mani x

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Mani: Geometric

Nail this look at home with:
OPI 'Russian Navy Matte'
ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint'
ChinaGlaze 'Nude'
ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink'
Color Club, Art Club 'White'
Scotch tape (optional if you are worried you won't have a steady enough hand)

How?
1. Apply OPI 'Russsian Navy Matte' to a section on each nail.
2. Apply ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint' to a section on each nail. Don't worry if your colours overlap a little bit - you can cover this with your white striping later.
3. Apply ChinaGlaze 'Nude' to a section on each nail.
4. Apply ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink' to the remaining section on each nail. 
5. Using Color Club's Art Club 'White' (which have long, thin application brushes) stripe on your white lines.

Let's go get nailed with a geometric mani x