#easy nail tutorial

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Matte/Glitter Combo | Nailing It

Happy New Year! The black and gold colour combination seems to be a classic for this time of year, but what about a second combination of matte and glitter? This design takes care of both, putting together a simple design with an unconventional texture pairing. It’s perfect for any New Year’s celebration! Does anybody have new nail goals for 2019? 

Materials:

1) Base Coat

2) Matte Top Coat

3) Black Nail Polish

4) Gold Nail Polish

5) Tape

6) Loose Gold Glitter

7) Fan Brush

Procedure:

1) Start by painting your nails with a layer of base coat.

2) Paint two coats of black nail polish.

3) Apply one coat of matte top coat to all of your nails. Ensure that your nails dry completely before proceeding to the next step.

4) Use two pieces of tape to create a triangle shape in the middle of the nail. 

5) Paint the exposed part of the nail with gold nail polish. Don’t worry about it being perfect as the tape will act as a barrier.

6) Use the fan brush to sprinkle loose gold glitter onto the nail. Lightly pat into place.

7) While the polish is still wet, carefully peel off the tape. This should reveal a clean line between the sparkly and matte areas of the design.

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Check out the full length video tutorial on YouTube here!

Peek-A-Boo Silver

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

1. apply one coat of opaque silver polish in a thick stripe down the center of the nail

2. using a dark navy polish and the brush from bottle, fill in slightly less than half of your nail vertically (so about half the silver should still be showing)

3. using a bright pink polish and the brush from the bottle, fill in the other (slightly less than) half of your nail. Make sure to leave a thin sliver of silver showing through

4. apply one thin coat of quick dry top coat

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Musical Notes | Nailing It

As much as I love glossy top coats, one of my nail goals for 2019 is to create more matte nail designs and feature them on my blog. Today’s musical notes pattern uses only black and white, which are the two shades that I find work best with a matte finish. That being said, those who are looking for a more colourful design can use a variety of colours to paint the musical notes and a matte finish will still look just as good.

Materials:

1) Base Coat

2) Matte Top Coat

3) White Nail Polish

4) Black Paint

5) Large Dotting Tool

6) Small Paint Brush

Procedure:

1) Begin by painting your nails with a layer of base coat.

2) Paint two coats of white nail polish onto your nails.

3) Dip your large dotting tool into the black paint.

4) Place a few dispersed dots over the nail.

5) Dip your paint brush into the black paint.

6) Add stems to the dots in order to create musical notes. 

7) To create a more even and pattern-like look, add a few extra stems that lead off of the nail.

8) Finish by applying a thin layer of matte top coat across all of your nails.

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XOXO | Nailing It

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I have a brand new nail tutorial to celebrate this year. Instead of a minimalistic red heart design like last year, this pink design features X’s and O’s all around. With enough practice and precision, this pattern will look like it was done using nail wrap stickers, rather than painted by hand.

Materials:

1) Base Coat

2) Top Coat

3) Light Pink Nail Polish

4) White Paint

5) Large and Medium Dotting Tool(s)

6) Small Paint Brush

Procedure:

1) Begin by painting your nails with a layer of base coat.

2) Paint two coats of pink nail polish onto your nails.

3) Dip your large dotting tool into the white paint.

4) Close to the cuticle and at the middle of your nail, place a dot.

5) Dip your small paint brush into the white paint.

6) Just above the dot, paint a small X.

7) Continue the line of alternating dots and X’s until you reach the tip of the nail.

8) On each side of the X’s, place another dot.

9) On each side of the middle dots, paint another X.

10) Dip your medium dotting tool into the pink nail polish.

11) Place pink dots within the white dots so that they become O’s.

12) Once dry, seal the design in place with a layer of top coat.

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Glitter French Tips | Nailing It

It’s time for another alternative French tip! This design uses glitter to add some extra sparkle to nails. Not only that, but the tip extends up to one end of the cuticle in order to add something a little bit unique and different. Any glitter works well with this design, but a holographic glitter polish adds eye-catching rainbow sparkles to the look.  

Materials:

1) Base Coat

2) Top Coat

3) Light Nail Polish

4) Glitter Nail Polish

5) Small Paint Brush

Procedure:

1) Begin by painting your nails with a layer of base coat?

2) Paint your nails with two coats of light nail polish.

3) Use the silver nail polish to create a french tip on the nail (if necessary, use a sticker guide to complete this step).

4) Dip your fine paint brush into the silver paint.

5) On one side of the nail, drag the end of the french tip up to the towards the cuticle. Ensure that you stay along the edge of the nail and that the thinnest part of the line is closest to the cuticle.

6) Seal in place by painting all of the nails with a layer of top coat.

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Ghosts | Nailing It

10 DAYS UNTIL HALLOWEEN!!! I’m so excited to share yet another tutorial on some Halloween nail art. These ghosts are so fun and quick to do, plus are great for those of you who are not a huge fan of bright orange nails (but if you are -- don’t worry, I’ve got you covered in two weeks)!

Materials:

1) Base Coat

2) Top Coat

3) White Nail Polish

4) Black Paint

5) Large Dotting Tool

6) Small Paint Brush

Procedure:

1) Start by preparing your nails with a layer of base coat.

2) Paint two coats of white nail polish onto your nails.

3) Dip your small paint brush into the black paint.

4) At the tip of your nail, paint two small triangles. Be sure that the triangles go “off the nail”, meaning that the bottom side of the triangle is the nail edge itself. 

5) Dip your large dotting tool into the black paint.

6) Fairly close to the cuticle, add two side-by-side dots to be the eyes.

7) Again using the large dotting tool and paint, create a ghost mouth in the middle of the nail. Rather than having a round mouth, make it more oval-like in shape by lightly dragging down the dotting tool.

8) Re-dip your paint brush into the black paint and paint a thin black line along the entire tip of the nail. 

9) Use a layer of top coat to finish off the design.

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Snowflakes | Nailing It

It’s finally December!! That means it’s finally time for festive holiday nail art! Because there’s still a little bit of time before Christmas, I thought it would be best to start with a winter-themed design. I think these snowflakes are super fun as both a full set or an accent nail. They also look cool with added on glitter or gems, so there are a ton of ways to make this design personal.

Materials:

1) Base Coat

2) Top Coat

3) Frosty Blue Nail Polish

4) White Paint

5) Small Paint Brush

Procedure:

1) Start by painting your nails with a base coat.

2) Paint two coats of a frosty or sparkly blue nail polish.

3) Dip your paint brush into the white paint.

4) Paint a horizontal line two-thirds of the way across your nail.

5) Paint a diagonal line from the same starting point towards the opposite tip of your nail.

6) Paint a third line, once again using the same starting point and painting towards the opposite cuticle. 

7) Add a collection of short lines to the end of each long line for more detail.

8) Smooth everything out with a layer of top coat.

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Dotted Flowers | Nailing It

Dotted flowers are easily a nail art staple. For many nail artists, this is likely one of the first few designs that they attempted. I’ve been wanting to showcase this basic technique on my blog for a while, but couldn’t think of any layout that would make it interesting. However, the other month, I saw a neat flower design by one of my favourite nail artists, Hang Nguyen, that would be a perfect way to showcase how to do dotted flowers. Click here to see the original design before doing this simple dotted version yourself!

Materials:

1) Base Coat

2) Top Coat

3) Pink Nail Polish

4) Purple Paint

5) White Paint

6) Medium Dotting Tool

Procedure:

1) Start by painting your nails with a layer of base coat.

2) Paint two coats of pink nail polish.

3) Dip your dotting tool into the purple paint.

4) In the middle of your nail, place five dots in a circle to form a flower.

5) Add two more flowers - one directly to the right and one directly to the left of the first flower.

6) After cleaning off, dip your dotting tool into the white paint.

7) Add a white dot to the middle of each flower.

8) Seal the design in place with a layer of top coat.