Pink Floral Birdcage Nails

This tutorial shows how to make this pretty design. It features a pink birdcage, bird silhouettes and some flowers - a cute design perfect for spring time :)

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For this tutorial you'll need a green, light pink, aqua blue, medium pink and a clear topcoat. You'll also need some pink nail gems. I used (l-r) Nail Star Light Green, Barry M #309 Strawberry Ice Cream, Rimmel Lasting Finish #703 Pear Drop, Barry M #279 Bright Pink. 

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First paint all your nails with your aqua blue varnish. 
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For the flowers, start by painting some irregular circle shapes with your darker pink on your middle and thumb nails.

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Next, use your light pink shade to carefully paint some definition onto the flowers. To do this, paint stretched out 'C' and 'U' shapes. 

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Now for the birdcage, paint a thin square on your accent nail with your darker pink polish. Then add a curved dome shape on top, and a little line extending from this.

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Next, make sure you only have a small amount of varnish on your brush, and carefully paint some cage lines inside your square and dome. Then add two small diagonal lines extending from the bottom corners to add some detail.

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Now for the bird silhouette, start by painting a thin, elongated 'M' shape across the side of your index nail.

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Next, fill out this shape a little bit to create some curved wings. One brushstroke across each length should do it. 

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To complete the bird design, add a slightly angled square at the bottom to create tail feathers. Then add a small rounded line at the front for the bird's head. Paint a layer of your topcoat over your nail, and then using tweezers apply three light pink gems to the opposite corner. Repeat on your little finger nail, and if you like paint the bird in the opposite direction with gems at the bottom (which I have done).

And this is the finished pink floral birdcage 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 :)