Green Crosshatch

I've been doing some pretty complex designs lately so decided to take it down a few notches today and do something simple. I ended up doing this classic crosshatch design with diamontes. 

To create this design I first painted two thin coats of OPI - Alpine Snow  on my index and pinky fingers, and two thin coats of China Glaze - Treble Maker on my middle and ring fingers.

1. Start with two thin coats of your base colour.
2. Using a thin brush draw three diagonal lines on your nail with the other polish.
3. Draw three more diagonal lines in the opposite direction then seal with a top coat.
4. Start with two thin coats of your base colour.
5. Place the diamontes on your nail and then put a top coat over to seal them in.

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Inspired by a makeup look

So last night I was browsing Instagram and I saw this incredible makeup look that Lucisferismydad did. As soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to do some nail art based on it, so here they are! 

The black line on the top is meant to be the eyeliner and the pink on the bottom is the pink waterline. 

The polishes that I used were 'Pink Voltage', 'Liquid Leather', 'Fairy Dust' and 'Treble Maker' by China Glaze, 'Haute in the Heat' and 'Ruffles and Feathers' by Essie, 'Bright Purple' and 'Cobalt Blue' by Barry M.

To do the design I put a blob of polish on a peice of paper and used the sponge effect, with torn up bits of sponge and my tweezers.

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Tarzan Nails

I was looking through my archive of nail design I've done and came across these ones that i did back in February but forgot to post them!

Here are my Disney's Tarzan nails. They're not my best but I did these the day before a deadline as procrastination so I wasn't really that fussed about getting them perfect!

 I started out with a base of OPI - Nail Envy then followed up with two thin coats of China Glaze - Be More Pacific. 

The index and pinky fingers are meant to be trees with vines hanging off them, but im not sure how well that translates!

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Wimbledon Nail Art

So as Wimbledon started this week I thought it would be a good idea to break out my nail kit and get back into it. I love watching tennis and whenever tennis season starts I am always glued to my TV.

As usual I started with a base of OPI - Nail Envy, followed my two thin coats of OPI - Alpine Snow on my index, ring, and pinky finger. I used Barry M - Spring Green for my middle finger. I then painted on the designs with acrylic paint and a thin art brush.

I couldn't fit the entire logo on my nails as it's very tiny and too intricate for me to do (even with my tiny brushes!) so I abbreviated 'The Championships' to TC, and didn't fill in the racquets. 

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Green Spring nails with yellow flowers

As Spring turned into Summer I realised I hadn't done many Spring nail designs, so I came up with this. The base is a gradient using China Glaze - Be More Pacific, Barry M - Spring Green and Barry M - Racing Green. I topped that off with a coat of Seche Vite (my all time favourite top coat) and then painted on the blades of grass and the flowers with a thin striping brush, a small dotting tool and acrylic paint.

Overall I'm really happy with how these turned out, green is one of my favourite colours but I always have such difficulty trying to incorporate it into my designs.