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 :)

Autumn Dot Manicure

This tutorial shows how to create this autumn dot manicure with warm orange, red and gold tones perfect for this season :)

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For this design you will need  dark red, orange, peach, nude and gold varnishes. I used (l-r) Barry M #325 Red Wine, Max Factor #25 Bright Orange, Barry M Gelly #319 Papaya, Barry M #342 Nude and Barry M #320 Foil Effects.


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Begin by using your nude shade to paint two thin coats as a base.

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Next, take your red shade and, using the very edge of your brush, dab on a few dots across the top of your nail.

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Then use your peach/light orange polish and add some more dots to the top of your nail. The dots look best if the overlap a bit so don't worry about being too neat :)

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Now use your gold and orange polishes to add some more dots to fill in the rest of the top of your nail. 

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Repeat steps 3-5 for the rest of your nails to complete the look, then paint on a clear top coat if you have one.

And this is the finished Autumn Dot Manicure design :)

Candy Corn Pumpkin Nails

This is my Halloween themed pumpkin and candy corn nail art; two pumpkins and three candy corn stripe nails create a fun Halloween tutorial :)

1)

For this design you will need five colours; orange, black, white, yellow and dark green. I used (l-r) 2True shade #27, MUA shade #2, MUA 'All Nude' and the last two are from a Nail Star set.

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Begin by painting your accent and thumb nails with your orange shade, then paint the remaining three with your white varnish. 

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The first part of the pumpkin design is to paint the leaves at the top of your nails; using your dark green varnish, carefully paint three small lines at the top of your nail like in the picture.

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Next you need to paint the pumpkin eyes; using your black varnish carefully paint two small triangles in the top half of your nail; start with the bottom line, then paint two diagonal strokes upwards to create a hollow triangle, then fill the gap. 

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Then using your black polish again, paint this zig zag line for the mouth; be careful not to have too much varnish on your brush to avoid the pattern becoming too thick. You can also use a toothpick instead if your brush is too wide for this pattern. 

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Repeat this on your thumbnail so that you have two pumpkins :)

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Next using broad, flat strokes paint your yellow and orange candy corn stripe. Paint the yellow first, then the orange, as the yellow will not cover the orange shade and could look a little messy if they overlap at all.

And this is the finished Halloween candy corn pumpkin nail design: