2012 Olympics Nail Art

This is my London 2012 Olympics themed nail tutorial, it features a Team GB accent nail and the Olympic rings design on the thumbnail :)


1)

For this design you'll need six colours: white, dark blue, black, bright red, yellow and green. All of mine are form a Nail Star set. 


2)

The first step is to paint your accent nail blue, your thumbnail white and the remaining three red. Two thin coats usually gives the best finish and also dries alot quicker than a thick layer.


3)

For the first part of the UK flag, take your white polish and carefully paint a fairly thick line from the bottom of your nail upwards to the tip. Next, paint a line of the same thickness across your nail.


4)

Next, add slightly thinner, diagonal line from each corner of your nail towards the centre cross like in the picture above.


5)

Now take your red polish and carefully paint another cross on top of the white one, making these lines slightly thinner so a thin line of white is visible on either side.


6)

To finish the union flag design add thin red lines within the white diagonal lines but don't connect them to the red cross in the middle.

7) 

The next step in this tutorial is adding the Olympic rings: Start by carefully painting your blue, black and red rings from left to right across your thumbnail. Make sure you do not have excess polish on your brush as this will create a drag across the circle and end up filling it. If you find it difficult to make these circles try doing small dots very close together in a circle shape, it should give the same overall look :)

8)

Next, take your yellow polish and add the fourth ring between and slightly below the blue and black, overlapping them slightly. Repeat this with the green shade between the black and red rings to complete the design. 

And this is the finished London 2012 Olympics nail art design: