#diy nail art tutorial

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Check out the full length video tutorial here!

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Peek-a-Boo Silver // Nails by Naomi

FINALLY got around to painting my nails - I just went for something super simple and easy. I hope you enjoy and give it a try! 

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Watch the full-length tutorial for these nails on my YouTube channel here!

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Watch the full length video tutorial here! Watch the short little speedtorial here!

Nautical Red and White

After cleaning, filing, and shaping the nails, and applying a base coat:

1. apply two thin coats of bright red polish

2. use a striping brush and some white polish to make two curved lines going vertically down one side of your nail

3. use the same brush and the same white polish to make several horizontal stripes filling in the rest of the space

4. go over the white stripes again to make them completely opaque

5. working with the same small striping brush and the same red and white polishes work back and forth perfecting and cleaning up the lines (I like to first go in with the red and crisp up the edges and the spacing between all the white lines and then go back in with the white only if I need to)

6. apply a coat of quick dry top coat

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Watch the full length video tutorial on YouTube here!

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Colorful Drybrush Ombre // Nails by Naomi

These are easily some of my favorite nails ever and some of the easiest to do! Perfect to try if you feel like you have zero nail art skills! Check 'em out! 

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See the full video tutorial here. And the speedtorial here!

Black and Silver Wavy Tips

After cleaning filing and shaping the nail and applying a base coat:

use the brush from the bottle of silver polish to paint the top half of the nail making the edge of the silver look like 2 waves/mountains/humps

use a very small striping brush and some black polish to make really uneven, lumpy lines outlining the edge of silver area and also filling it in with stripes. Continue to mimic the shape of the original waves with each stripe as you go toward the tip of the nail. 

apply two thin coats of quick dry top coat (I always apply two coats of top coat when I have done a negative space look because it helps the nail feel smoother and more cohesive when you physically touch it)

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SO SO SO in love with these nails! Watch the full-length tutorial here!