Patterns and Florals

Sharing some patterns and floral designs today. I did this nail art free-hand using a thin nail art brush. The polishes I used are American Apparel's Peacock as the blue base. Green is Butter London's Jaded Jack, White is OPI's Non-Stop White and Orange/Coral (though it doesn't look like coral) is Julep's Gloria.

Tutorial: Matte Colorblock Nails

Hi Friends, I created a step-by-step tutorial for you all for the Matte colorblock nail art from my last post.

For this nail art you would need -
1. Nail Polishes.
2. Stripping Tape.
3. Top Coat.
4. Base Coat.
5. Scissors.

Step 1. To start, first paint your nails with a base coat to protect your nails.

Step 2. When the base coat is dry, on top of it paint your nails with a base polish. I used Maybelline's Naturally Creme. Make sure you polish dries completely, before you attempt step 3.

Step 3. Cut the stripping tape using scissors into two stripes and stick them on the nail side by side (as shown in the picture below). Make sure they are sticking to the nail and are not loose.

Step 4. On the wide block of the taped nail, paint with the bright nail polish. I used American Apparel's Blueberry.

Step 5. On the middle thin block of the taped nail, paint it with the blue nail polish. I used American Apparel's Peacock.

Step 6. Now quickly remove the tape and voila! the desired colorblocked nails. Now top it with Matte top coat for Matte version of the nails or with a regular top coat for glossy version of the nails.

Don't forget to share pictures with me if you try this design. If you have any comments about this tutorial or would like to see any specific nail art tutorials, then leave suggestions in the comments section below.

Matte

Matte nails have been popular for a while. To create them you dont need a bunch of Matte polishes, just the right Matte top coat. So today, using my Matte top coat from Butter London, I turned my glossy nails to matte nails. The polishes I used are - base coat is Maybelline's Naturally Creme, American Apparel's Peacock and Blueberry.

Here is a glossy version of the nails -

Which one do you like better? Matte or Glossy version?

Valentino Inspired

HELLO FRIENDS. Hope everyone is enjoying the last days of Summer Vacation and getting ready to go back to school (It sucks,I know). Recently while browsing through my Instagram posts, I came across this lovely Valentino Mime Colorblock Handbag (scroll below to see it). I loved the colors and design on this colorblocked bag so much that I decided to recreate it on my nails immediately. If you ever feel like giving me a gift, don't hesitate to order this bag for me ;) Enough said, here are my Valentino Bag inspired Nail Art. Polishes used are American Apparel's Peacock and Blueberry, OPI's Mod About You and Butter London's Cotton Buds. To see my previous Valentino dress inspired nail art, click HERE.

Bracelets: Chloe and Isabel by Sony
HERE is the Bag, that inspired this nail art

Source: @maisonvalentino (Instagram)
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300

Hi Friends. Welcome to my 300th post of this Blog. Can you believe it, 300!!! I can hardly believe. In fact I noticed it while posting my last nail art. When I started my Blog I never thought I would be posting close to 300 nail designs, in this space. It's all the constant love from you all that makes me want to try harder and come up with unique and unusual nail art, like this one. So far this year I have been inclined towards trying out new prints and color-combos for my nail art. I haven't seen anyone try this before, so it is totally new. The polishes I have used are American Apparel's Peacock and Butter London's Cotton Buds (My favorite goto White polish). I created this print on my nails using a very very thin nail art brush and a dotting tool. What do you all think? would you love to see more print and patterns in nail art for future?

HERE is a Macro shot of the pattern-

Parakeet

Parakeet - thats the name of my new nail polish from America Apparel. If you follow me on Instagram you must have seen how excited I was about adding some new American Apparel polishes in my collection. Parakeet is the first nail polish that I tried from this collection. It a lovely shade of green, which is hard to ignore. For the accent nails I created this colorblock designs using different shades of green and some silver. To see how I created this colorblock design, you can follow my tutorial here.