Saturday, August 18, 2012

Matte, Olympic, and Back to School Nails





Hey guys! So I haven't posted any new nails recently I got carried away with my summer! Here are my most recent nail arts :)


Matte Nails W/ Polka Dots and French Tips

What You Will Need:
Black Nail Polish
Essie Matte About You
Top Coat
Dotter Tools

Start off by painting your nails two coats of black polish. Now paint a thin coat of Essie's Matte About You polish. Next use a dotting tool dipped into your favorite top coat and dot polka dots on your thumb middle finger and pinkie. Finally paint the tips of your ring and index finger and your done! DO NOT FINISH WITH A TOP COAT
 You can also use a black matte polish but I recommend buying a matte top coat so you can make any polish matte. It may seem a little expensive for a nail polish but it's worth it. You can also get it from Amazon for cheaper.

2012 Olmpic Nails
Even though the Olympics have already past you can still wear this design to show your enthusiasm!
What Wou Will Need:
Blue Polish
White or Off White Polish
Red Polish
Green Polish
Yellow Polish
Black Polish
White Striper
Sparkle Top Coat
Dotter Tools

First paint your base coats (thumb-white, index middle ring-red, pinkie-blue). Make sure your nails are dry, and use your dotter tool dipped in red nail polish and place a dot on the left of your nail. Do the same with the blue, black, yellow, and green placing the dots in a staggered line. Once those dots dry use a smaller dotter dipped in white and dot the middle of those dots to create the illusion of a circle. For the index and ring fingers simply paint a sparkle top coat over the red. Moving onto the middle finger paint the right corner blue. Then use your striper to paint white verticle lines. Now use a small dotter and dot "stars" in the blue square. For the pinkie use your white striper to paint a cross with two diagonal lines going through the center. Over the white use a small dotter dipped in red polish and stipple it to create Great Britian's flag. Finish off with a top coat and there you go! A design that everyone will love! (you can also change the England flag with Russia's or Brazil's for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics)

Owls and Polka Dots
These are my back to school nails. Their cute fun and will for sure get plenty of compliments!
What You Will Need:
Two of Your Favorite Basecoat Colors
Brown Polish
White Polish
Dotting Tools
Start by painting all of your nails with a basecoat except your middle finger. On your middle finger paint a large oval leaving enough room at the bottom of your nail for ears. Use a big dotter tool to make a large brown semi cirlce on either side of your nail then fill it in for the wings. Clean the dotter tool with nail polish remover. Use that dotter tool dipped in white and dot on two eyes and three white cirlces under that. Clean the dotter again and this time use the brown and dot a slightly smaller dot over the white two white dots you made for the eyes. Use the same dotting tool one more time and dot the color you used as your basecoat on the bottom of the three white dots to create feathers. Use a smaller dotting tool dipped in white and place a dot in the left corner of each eye. Take the same dotting tool or a toothpick and paint a rounded triangle right under the eyes for the beak. Finally use whatever sized dotter you like and dot polka dots on your other nails. Finish off with a top coat and your done! You can do this design using the same color on both hands or use your two favorite colors (one on each hand) like mine.