Thursday 6 December 2012

My first design!: Snowflake nails

Okay so as its christmas i thought it would be good if my first design was Chrstmas based!
Its a simple design which doesnt require very much effort and takes about 5 minutes with almost zero drying time :)
You Will Need:
A plain blue nail varnish
A silver nail varnish
A white nail varnish
Either a thin brush or a cocktail stick/wooden toothpick

Step 1: Paint your nails with one coat of a plain blue nail varnish, it doesn't matter if  it looks streaky because the
next step will hide any imperfections. I used the Miss Sporty Clubbing nails in Blue.

Step 2: Add a coat of silver on top of the blue. It's best to use a thin colour so that you can still see the blue
colour through them and it just adds a slight shine and a frosty look. I used the Rio proffesional nail art pen and brush. 

Step 3: Add decoration to the nails. I have shown some examples here but you can do anything that you feel
is relevant and makes your nails look amazing. To do this i just used a thin brush to draw 3 lines in the corner of my nail and then added lines at 90 degrees to make the snowflake more intricate.

This is anther example of the design you can do. All it involves is using a small cocktail skewer and dipping it in the pot  and then randomly dotting it over the nail. It doesn't matter if they are different sizes because that is how snow is in real life.

For this snowflake I used a similar method to the first one however I just crossed 3 lines and then added the lines across. Don't worry about making it symmetrical as most people will be looking at it from a distance so only you will see. 

To add the design I used the same brand nail varnish as the silver, but in white.
So that is the finished design. I hope you find it easy to recreate, if you see this and have a design that you want me to do, just let me know and I will practice them and then upload as many as i can :)



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