Blue zebra and cheetah

Materials used and in order:

First off I started by painting all the nails white.

Then I paited the tips of all the nails but the ring finger with a light blue.

 



Next I used the dotting tool and placed a few blue spots on the ring finger nails.

Then still using the dotting tool I made black zebra strips on the tipped nails and circled around the blue dots to give them a cheetah print look.

After that I placed some silver dots along the edge of the blue tips. (3dots: One in the middle being bigger and two on each  side a little smaller.)

And after that I added a tad bit of blue in the middle of each silver dot.

Finished look:    ^_^



"Erica" (Toes)

I really couldn't think of anything to call this design. So I named it after my sister (Erica) since blue and purple are her favorite colors :) 

This was a simple design. But its cute and fun.

*First off I painted all the toe nails a neon purple by Sinful Colors.

*Once that dried I used the smaller bottle above which is a blue and purple glitter. They sell it in bigger bottles like at Walmart. This is just a smaller/cheaper bottle gotten at Sally's Nail Shop. Exact same polish.

*Then once that dried I used a light blue glitter crackle and painted on top of all the nails again. 

*And lastly add your top coat and your done :)

*Its cute and simple. And I just love using glitter and crackle for anything! :)))

Vintage Style Nails

With this I used design you can use any colors. Most are done with pastel colors though. I however used the blue that is on the left. I also did something a little different with some of the other nails. I painted all the fingers with the blue, expect for the ring and index finger. I did pink tips on those.

After this dried which didn't was the only part that took the longest to do was wait for them to dry. I took a light brown color (placed a drop of the color on a napkin for easier access). I took the dotting tool I have and placed a few random dots on the blue nails. (As soon in the picture above and below).



I then used the same light pink I used for the tips and put some on the napkin. I used the dotting tool to make small dots around the brown ones. This is what gives you the flower look. And after I did the pink dots I went over the brown dots again to help close in the flower and fix any mistakes that was made with the pink.



After this I used the small brush end of the tool and dipped it in a light green polish. I added a few lines to the flowers which gave the look of leaves. And just added some green streaks throughout the nail for more depth and look.

Now its time for the 2 pink tipped nails: I once again used the dotting tool. With white polish I placed dots along the side of the nail. At the tip the dots were small and got gradually bigger as you go down the bottom towards the cuticle.

Once these dots dried I took a hot pink glitter and added some dots to the inside of the white dots.

Add some top coat of course to seal the deal and there you have it :)

~This may seem like it is a long and complicated process. But it really isn't. But either way its totally worth it :)



Spring Time Fun! (Toes)

                             Flower Power!
This was pretty much a simple design. Although you do have to have some patience, and a steady eye and hand. There are flowers in this design. I could easily have painted the flowers by hand but I went a simpler way and used some bright colored, pretty nail flower stickers.

This was done on my toes....First off I used a bright colored yellow and painted all the nails. Then you have to wait for them to dry. That's the patience part. They must be completely dry before you can continue.

Next I took one flower sticker at a time and placed on the nails. I placed one flower on each nail up until i got to the big toe. Starting on the inside of the toe I went from small flower to bigger flower. Working my way from the bottom at the cuticle to the top. Trying to make it into a curve going up. On my toes it ended with three flowers.

Then at the end of course sealing off with topcoat.



"The Girl on Fire"

First off I took the Riveting nail color by China Glaze from The Hunger Games collection. I painted all the nails this color.

Then I used a double nail art brush/dotting tool. On one end it has a very thin brush and the other end is a small ball to use to make dots.

I used the brush end to dip into some white polish. On the ring finger of both hands I painted 3 squiggly line from the bottom corner of the cuticle. Also in between the lines added some small white dots using the side of the tool with the small ball. Then still using the dotting side I dipped it into some silver polish. Starting at the bottom of each line adding some silver shine to the lines. (As you can see in the picture). And like always use some top coat to finish and lock in.

The lines were meant to be flames like from the book/movie of The Hunger Games where Katniss was known as The Girl on Fire. I chose to only do one nail on each hand as my own preference of style. But you could always do other nails or all of the nails :)