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 :)

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 :) 

Blue Sparkle Bow Nails

This tutorial shows you how to create this blue, white and silver sparkly design with polka dots and a cute bow on the thumb nail. 

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For this design you'll need a white, light blue, clear, silver and a sparkly polish, some silver nail glitter and an application brush. 

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Begin by painting your accent nail white, and all the rest with your blue polish

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On your accent nail paint straight lines of silver polka dots.

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Next, take your sparkly polish and carefully add some sparkles to each polka dot

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Paint over your middle and little finger nails with your clear top coat, then get some of your nail glitter on your application brush.

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Dab glitter all over your middle and little finger nails.

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Using your white shade, carefully paint a diagonal stripe across the top of your nail.

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Then use your silver varnish to add some random polka dots, again go over them with your sparkly polish.

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On your thumb nail, paint a small circle with your white shade. add a triangle shape extending from each side.

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Add two small silver lines across the edges of the circle shape, then using a toothpick add some polka dots.

and this is the finished light blue sparkly bow nail art design :)

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 :)