Fourth of July Nails

Hey everyone!

I hope you all have a chance to relax tomorrow! Here's a quick, easy, and super cute patriotic nail art tutorial!

What you need:

     Silver glitter polish (I used silver glitter by nail art duo)

     Red nail polish (I used opi red and Art Deco red)

     Blue nail polish (I used Sally Hansen hard as nails peek-a-blue)

     White nail polish (I used opi alpine snow)

     Top/base coat (I use Essie all-in-one)

     A dotting tool

     Something to clean up with

Step 1. Paint your thumb and ring finger red. I only needed 1 coat.

Step 2. Paint your pointer and pinky blue. I used 2 coats for this.

Step 3. Paint your middle finger white. I used 2 coats.

Step 4. Paint a diagonal line with your silver glitter on each of your nails except for the middle finger. I did this in multiple steps because I was waiting for my other nails to dry.

Step 5. Using the dotting tool, place dots on one half of the nail with the other two colors.

Step 6. Take your blue and paint half of your middle finger nail diagonally with it. I free handed it but you could easily use some striping tape.

Step 7. With your glitter polish, draw a line between the 2 colors.

Step 8. With the small end of your dotting tool, place white dots on the blue part of the nail. 

Step 9. Take your red detailing polish and draw vertical lines on the white part.

And you're done!

Let me know what you guys think!

I hope you all have a wonderful fourth!

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Orange and White Manicure

Hello everyone!

I'm back! Sorry it's been so long since I've last posted, but I've been super busy with my summer classes. I know that in my last post I said that I won't have any DIY nail polish tutorials for fingernails, but I forgot that I had this one tucked away!

Below is what this manicure looks like:

 

What you need:

• Base/Top Coat (I use Essie All-in-One)
• Orange Nail Polish (I used Wet N' Wild Sunny Side Up)
• White nail polish (I used OPI Alpine Snow)
• A toothpick/nail art brush

 

 

Step 1. After painting your clear base coat, paint all of your nails with a coat of white polish.

 

Step 2. Once the first coat dries, paint a coat of orange paint on 3 of your nails and paint a second white coat on the other 2 nails.

Step 3. Continue painting coats until you have an opaque color. I had between 2 and 3 coats.

 

Step 4. Using your toothpick or nail art brush, take your orange polish and create a vertical line on your thumb and a horizontal line on your ring finger.

 

Step 4. Clean up the sides and you're done!

 

I hope you all have enjoyed this simple and quick tutorial! Be prepared, because in the next couple of weeks, I will be revealing to you all my experience with using honey as a spot treatment for my acne!

I also will have a few new blog posts on DIY manicures and pedicures. And don't forget about my boyfriend's Cummins cake I will be making this weekend!

Don't be afraid to contact me!

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Yellow and Gold Nail Art

Hello Everyone!

I've been super busy with work and my little cousin's birthday party last weekend, but I'm finally getting around to posting a tutorial on how I created my nails from last week!

Below is the finished product:

I got my inspiration from this pin, but decided to mix it up a little bit by using yellow and gold instead of the teal and silver.

What you need:

•  White Nail Polish (I used OPI Alpine Snow)
• Yellow Nail Polish (I used a Sally's Brand)
• Clear Base/Top Coat (I use Essie All-in-One)
• Gold Nail Polish (I used one from Ulta)
• Striping tape (To make your own go here)
• Vaseline
• Q-Tips   

Step 1. Using a Q-Tip, put Vaseline around your nails. This is optional, but I do it to make cleanup easier.

Step 2. After allowing your base coat to dry, paint one coat of your colors. I did yellow on my thumb, middle finger, and pinky. Gold on my pointer. White on my ring.

***I did not put a white coat under my yellow, but I would suggest it so you don't have to put as many coats on***

Step 3. Continue doing 1 coat at a time until the color is opaque. I ended up doing 3 coats with my yellow, 2 with my white, and 1 with my gold.

Step 4. Take your nail striping tape and place it on your white nail to create parallell horizontal stripes. I don't like my nails too long, so I could only fit 2 stripes. If your nails are longer, just add more stripes!

***You have to make sure the polish is EXTREMELY dry. This is the hardest part for me because I am impatient, but it's the only way to avoid messing up the polish***

***Something else that helps is to stick the "tape" to your hand first to make it a bit less sticky.

Step 5. Paint one stripe yellow and one gold. If you have more than 2 stripes, just do yellow, gold, yellow. After you paint each stripe, peel the tape off immediately.

Step 6. Once your nails are fully dry, cover with your top coat and you are done!

I hope you guys love this as much as I do! Let me know your thoughts and I'd love to see recreations!

I have plenty more tutorials that I will be posting as soon as I have a chance!

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Purple Rose Toe Nails

Hello Everyone!

It seems like it's been forever since I've posted something! Well, I painted my nails again and thought I'd share this cute, easy, and springy design with you!
(Sorry for my sunburnt feet!)

 

What you need:

 

• A dotting tool
• Green nail polish (I used Art Deco)
• White nail polish (I used Art Deco)
• Dark pink nail polish (I used Art Deco)
• Light pink nail polish (I used an Ulta one)
• Top/Base coat (I used Essie All in One)
• Purple nail polish (I used Essie Lilacism)

Before I paint my nails, I always take Vaseline and put it around my nails for easy clean up.

Step 1. Put on your clear base coat

Step 2. Paint your base color. I use a white under this particular color because it makes it more vibrant. I used OPI's white. 
 

 Step 3. Paint on the color your "main" color, in my case, Essie's Lilacism. Use as many coats as you need. I used 2.  

This is just demonstrating how it looks with a second coat:

 

Step 4. On your big toe, use a detailing brush and white polish to make some vertical stripes.

 

Step 5. With the large end of your dotting tool, place some of the dark pink polish in a circle on your toe.

 

Step 6. With the smaller end of the dotting tool, take the light pink polish and swirl it a little.

 

Step 7. Take your green polish and add 2 leaves on each side of the flower.

 

Let it dry and put your clear top coat on then clean the edges and you're all set!

I am currently sporting this pedicure and got tons of compliments on it at work today!

Try it out and let me know how you guys do!

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Rose and Polka Dot Nail Art

Hello everyone!

Since I have more time now, I have been painting my nails more frequently! I finally decided I would try my hand at a rose design and it turned out really well! Below is the completed look:

So, want to know how to complete this look? Keep reading! 

First, the materials. 

• Base color (I used Maybelline                         Color Show Impeccable Greys)
• Two accent colors for the dots (I used a pink Art Deco one and Essie "Butler Please")
• A red polish for the roses (I used a red Art Deco)
• A pink polish with detail brush
• A green polish with detail brush
• Matte top coat
• A dotting tool (a bobby pin works too)
• Q-tips
• Vaseline
• A stick to clean up with
• A base coat

Everything I used is pictured below:

This is what I use to clean up. You can easily use an orange stick, paint brush with nail polish remover, or Q-tip with nail polish remover.

Now, let's start!

Step 1. Take a q-tip and dip it in Vaseline, carefully apply the Vaseline around your nails. This makes for a really simple clean up! If you get it on the nail, just wipe it off and keep going.

Step 2. Paint your nails with your clear base coat and wait for them to dry. (I didn't include it in the pictures but I used an Essie one)

Step 3. Once the base coat is dry, paint 2-3 coats of your base color. I used 2. 

Step 4. Next, take your pink polish and your dotting tool and using the smaller dotter, place vertical dots on each nail except for the ring finger. I got between 3 and 5 dots on each nail.

Step 5. Now, take your blue and do the same thing next to the pink dots. Sorry for the horrible picture.

Step 6. Now, use he larger side of the dotter and your red polish and create 2 circles by the base of your nail. They don't ahve to be perfect circles, but they should at least resemble a circle!

Step 7. Now take your pink detailing polish and do a few small swirls within the circle, creating a rose effect.

Step 8. Take your green detailing polish and add 2 leaves to each rose (sorry, you can't really see this in the picture I took)

Step 9. Cover with your matte top coat and let it dry!

I absolutely love this nail art and can't seem to stop admiring it. Hopefully you guys love it too! I would love to see recreations and hear how you like this look!

Have a wonderful day!

Delaina

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