Disney Character Nails

This tutorial shows how to create this abstract Disney character design. It features nails that represent Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald, Minnie and Pluto :)

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For this design you'll need quite a few colours! You'll need: black, red, orange, white, blue, nude, yellow and green. I used (l-r) Barry M #47 Black, Collection #5 Fire Engine, Max Factor #25 Bright Orange, Collection #103 French White, Barry M #306 Blueberry Ice Cream, Barry M #342 Nude and the yellow and green are from a nail art set

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The first step is to paint your little finger nail yellow, your middle finger nail white and the remaining three with your nude polish.

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For the Pluto nail (little finger), paint one thick black stripe across the base of your nail, then paint a thin black stripe across the centre. Next, take your green varnish and paint a thick french tip across the top of your nail.

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For the Minnie Mouse nail (accent nail), first paint a really thick red french tip across the top of your nail, then paint a red stripe across the base of your nail. Then, take your black varnish and paint a slightly thinner stripe below that red one. 

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Next, take your white varnish and carefully paint lots of random polka dots on your ride sections to complete Minnie's bow and dress detail.

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Now for the Donald Duck nail (middle nail), take your blue shade and paint a thick french tip across the top of your nail. Then paint another blue line across the base of your nail. 

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Next, use your yellow shade to paint a thin line across the centre of your nail to represent his beak. Then use your red varnish to paint a short line across the end of your nail to represent his bow tie.

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For the Gooofy nail (index finger), first use your green polish to paint a line across the base of your nail to represent his hat. Next, take your orange shade and paint just under 1/2 of the top of your nail for his shirt.

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To complete the Goofy nail, simply use your black polish to carefully paint a thin black line underneath your green line to represent his hair line. 

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The last part of this design is the Mickey mouse nail: on your thumb nail, use your red varnish to paint the top half of your nail. Next, take your black varnish and paint a brush-width line across the base of your nail.

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Finally, use your yellow varnish to paint two ovals in the centre of the red section as his trouser buttons. 

And this is the finished disney character nail art design :) 

Valentine's Hearts & Roses Nails

This tutorial shows how to make this pretty pink and red design, which is perfect for valentine's :) It features lots of little hearts and some pink roses for a cute look. 

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For this tutorial you will need five colours: red, light pink, white, dark pink and green. I used (l-r) Collection #5 Fire Engine, Barry M #309 Strawberry Ice Cream, Collection #103 French White, and the last two are from a nail art set. 

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Begin by painting two thin coats of your white polish on all of your nails.

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First we need to add the hearts. To make a heart just carefully paint two little dots almost touching each other.

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Next, carefully paint a little triangle shape at the bottom of your two dots by extending a diagonal line from the edge of each dot and filling in the middle. 

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Add some more hearts using your red and pink varnishes using the same method. Repeat this pattern on your thumb nail.


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Now it's time to paint some roses: start by using your light pink shade to paint some random, uneven blob shapes on your remaining three nails.

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Next, using your dark pink polish, carefully add some detail to your roses. Do this by painting some concentric curves on the light pink blobs - try to create C and U shapes. 

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The last step is to add some leaves to the roses: take your green shade and paint one or two little lines extending from each of your flowers. 

And this is the finished Valentine's hearts and roses nail art design :)