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 :)

Christmas Tree Nails

This tutorial shows how to make this colourful, stripy christmas tree design :)

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For this tutorial you will need black/darkbrown, green, red, white, clear topcoat and silver polishes. You'll also need some yellow and red nail gems (available on ebay pretty cheap :) )

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Start by painting your accent nail with your white varnish, then paint your remaining nails silver.

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For the first part of the christmas tree design, paint a small square shape at the tip of your accent nail with your black/dark brown varnish.

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Then, take your green shade and paint a triangle on top of the square up to just under half-way down your nail. 

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Next, paint another slightly smaller green triangle on top of the first one.

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Paint one more triangle on top, slightly smaller again. Then carefully paint lines on the edges of your triangles to make them less sharp and more tree-like. 

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Paint over your tree with your topcoat, then using tweezers apply a gold/yellow gem to the top in place of a star. Next, add as many red (or any colour you prefer) gems to the actual tree as decoration. 

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For the other nails, start your stripes from the top corner and work downwards. Make sure you let one stripe dry before painting the next or they will run into each other and you'll get a black smudge between them. Continue all the way across your nail. 

And this is the finished sparkly christmas tree nail art design :) 

Frankenstein Monster Nails

This is another Halloween themed tutorial for October - five of Dr.Frankenstein's monsters :)

1)

For this nail design you need three colours; white, black and green. I used MUA All Nude, MUA #2 and the green is from a Nail Star set. 

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The first step is to paint two thin coats of your green varnish on all of your nails.

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Next, using your black varnish, paint a broad stroke along the bottom of your nail, then paint two thin strokes extending down each side of your nail to create the outline of the monster's hair. 

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To finish off the hair simply paint random triangle-like shapes extending from the broad black line at the base of your nail. Around 3 or 4 triangles will fit best. Make sure there isn't any excess paint on your brush or they will drip down lower than you want. 

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Next, use your white polish to paint two blobs to create the circle shape needed for the eyes. these do not need to be perfectly round; it's a monster after all :)

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Then take your black polish and carefully dot a little circle in each white blob to create the eyes. Next, carefully paint a mouth line around 3/4 down your nail that stretches almost to each side. 

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The last step is to, using your black varnish, carefully paint three or four vertical lines through the initial mouth line. Repeat these steps for the rest of your nails or just have one accent monster :)

And this is the finished Frankenstein monster nail art design:

Breaking Bad Nail Art

This is a nail art tutorial based on one of my favourite TV shows; Breaking Bad. It features the Br Ba logo on the thumbnail, Heisenberg/Walter White on the accent nail and the remaining nails are sparkly blue to represent their 'product' Blue Sky :)

1)

For this nail art you will need five varnishes; a dark green, black, white, clear/pale glitter and light blue. My first three are from a Nail Star set, then I have used Barry M #264 Pink Iridescent and Barry M#306 Blueberry Ice Cream.

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Start by painting your thumbnail dark green, your accent nail white and the remaining three nails with your light blue shade. Using two thin coats usually works best.

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The first stage of this nail art is to create the 'Blue Sky' design; do this by painting two coats of your glitter polish on top of the blue nails, the more glitter the better :)

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The thumbnail is probably the most tricky part of this nail art; begin by using your white shade to carefully paint the first 'B' in the top left corner of your nail - if you find using the brush is difficult, try using a toothpick instead.

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Again using your white polish, add a lower-case 'r' next to the first 'B'. Then paint another 'B' just below and right of the 'r'. 

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The lower-case 'a' is probably the most difficult letter; start by painting the top curved part and bring the line straight downwards, then add the circular/loop part of the letter. 

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The final stage of the Breaking Bad design is the infamous Heisenberg poster; begin by using your black polish and paint a line about 2/3 up your nail, as in the first picture (sorry for the bad quality!). Next, add the square on top of your line to create his hat, then paint another line about half way up your nail. 

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Next, add two semicircles underneath your line to create his sunglasses.

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To finish the Heisenberg design add a curved black line beneath the sunglasses to create the moustache :)

And this is the finished Breaking Bad nail art design :) 

Strawberry Nail Art

This is a strawberry themed nail art design - I used the colours and features of a strawberry rather than trying to paint leaves etc as I wanted it to look more like the idea of a strawberry than an actual one :)

1)

For this design you'll need three bright colours - red, green and yellow. (These are from a set available from ebay)


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First paint two thin coats of your bright red polish on all of your nails.


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The next step is to create the idea of the strawberry's leaves - using your green polish paint a broad diagonal stroke across the top corner of your nails. Then fill in any bits you missed to create this triangular design. 


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Next, using your yellow polish add these dots all over the red part of your nails to create this strawberry seed polka-dot pattern. To make these dots, carefully use the corner of your brush and dab it on the nail. These dots can be as irregular as you like and you can add as many/few as you want. 


And this is the finished strawberry nail art design :) 

Watermelon Nails

This is my watermelon nail art tutorial - a fun, bright design for summer :) 

1)

For this watermelon design you'll need four colours: black, white, bright pink and green. I used MUA's black varnish and the others are from a nail art set (from ebay). 

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Start by painting two thin coats of your bright pink polish on all your nails.

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Next, take your white polish and carefully paint a french tip style line across the top of your nails - it can be thicker than I've done here but any thinner won't really work. I find it easiest to do this in two steps rather than one stroke, first I paint a line from the left to the middle, then draw one from the right to the middle (both in a slightly curved motion). 


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Now use your green polish to add the outside colour of the watermelon - using the same technique as with the white. Leave a very thin line of white polish visible between the green and pink as this gives a bit more of a realistic and detailed look 


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The last step is to add the seeds - for this take your black polish and carefully paint these slightly pointy oval shapes on all your nails. The brush in the MUA polish was the perfect shape for this and all I had to do was dab the brush on the nail, but you may need to do a slight line with yours. Add as many seeds as fits along the width of each of your nails.


And this is the finished watermelon manicure :)