Summer Inspiration: Tropical Triangle Nails

This tutorial will show you how to create this Tropical Triangle nail design, using simple lines and bright summer colours :)

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For this design you need a green, orange/peach, bright pink and blue polish. I used Barry M Gelly #317 Key Lime Pie and #319 Papaya, MUA #20 and Rimmel #825 Sky high.

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Start by painting your accent nail using your green shade, then paint the rest of your nails with your orange polish. Use two thin coats.

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Next, on your green nail use your blue polish to carefully paint three diagonal lines across the top corner. 

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Paint a further two lines extending in the opposite direction from your first three lines.

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Then add two lines across the bottom of your nail, don't overlap your lines. 

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Next, on your orange nails, use your pink shade to create the pattern again as in steps 3-5.

Repeat this on the rest of your orange nails to complete the look.

And this is the finished Tropical Triangle nail design :)

Summer Inspiration: Flamingo Gradient Nails

This tutorial is the first in my Summer Inspo collection of fun nails that are great for holidays :)
Here you'll find out how to create this cute flamingo design along with some bright yellow/pink gradient nails.

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You'll need a dark pink, white, light/mid pink, yellow, black and a topcoat. Here are the polishes I used (black was Barry M - not pictured!). 

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Start off by painting two thin coats of your yellow shade on all of your nails.

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Next, take your light/mid pink and paint a semi circle across the top of your accent nail. Leave a slight gap on either side for the detail next. Don't worry if your edges aren't perfect as they will be covered with a darker shade!

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Now you'll need to use your dark pink polish to carefully add some flamingo detail. Start by painting a thin semi-circle around your light pink 'body'. Next, paint a question mark type shape that connects to the bottom left of the semi circle. I found it easier to do some little dots at key points in the shape then join them up. Starting at the top also helps with blending any excess polish!

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Next, take your white polish and using a corner of the brush paint a small circle for your flamingo's eye. Then take your black shade and add a smaller dot using the same technique - if your brush is too thick or you find it tricky try using a toothpick. Add a small triangle at the end of the face for a beak.

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Now all you need to do is paint your gradient nails! Take a sponge (washing up/make up/any kind of sponge) and paint the gradient pattern onto it. Have the darkest pink at the top, then the mid pink and lastly the yellow. It works best if you overlap them a little.

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Then take the sponge and dab it onto your nail until it is properly covered with the gradient pattern. You may have to dab it a few times and this can be messy. Top up the paint on your sponge as you go to add the gradient to all your nails. Lastly use some nail varnish remover and a q-tip to clean up those edges and add a top coat if you have one.

And this is the finished Flamingo Gradient nail design :)

Van Gogh Starry Night Nails

This tutorial shows you how to create this Starry Night nail look for some very arty nail art :)

You'll need: black, yellow, white and three different blue polishes

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Start by using your darkest blue polish and paint all of your nails, do two coats on the first four and one on your little finger nail as this one should be slightly lighter.

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Next, use your white polish and add some dashes across all your nails, try to make it swirly on the bigger nails

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Then use your lightest blue polish and add some more dashes amongst the white ones

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Add some white splodges for the first part of the stars and use your middle-tone blue to add some dashes all over your nails.

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Then use your yellow polish to add some colour to the stars. The little finger nail has a crescent moon on to match the right side of the painting :)

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Then you need to paint the cypress on the left of the painting; take your black polish and paint a thick, curved line up your nail. Then gradually add to it one each side to create the full shape


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Add some yellow dashes amongst the white ones to create some starlight :)

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Add any more light blue or white dashes that you think your nails need to give them the Starry Night look :)


And this is the finished Starry Night nail art design :)

Piet Mondrian Composition Nails

This tutorial is inspired by Piet Mondrian's Composition II in Red, Blue and Yellow and is something a little bit different with bold primary colours )

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You will need a five colours: black, yellow, white, blue and red. I used Barry M Black #47 (not pictured!) Nail Star Yellow, Barry M  Matt White #66,  Rimmel #198 Azure and Ciate Boudoir 

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The first thing to do is paint two thin coats of your white polish on all of your nails.

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Next, use your black polish and carefully paint some vertical and horizontal lines. They key to this look is not always going fully across the nail, so that the squares become a bit disjointed (sorry the picture came out blurry!)

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Next, fill in some of the squares with your red, yellow and black polishes. They can be adjacent but make sure to leave some squares white :)

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Then paint some different black outlines on the rest of your nails, and colour in with your red, blue, yellow and black polishes as in step 4. The grid can be however you like with more/less squares than mine depending on your nail size. 

And this is the finished Piet Mondrian inspired nail art :)