Converse Sneaker Nails

An Ode to My 

Purple Sneakers...

What I Used:

China Glaze:Gothic Lolita (purple)

Opi: Black Onyx

Sally Hansen: Pure Chrome

Milani Nail Art: White Canvas

Dotting tools

Fine paint brush

After allowing the base coat to dry, paint your whole nail with any dark color you choose.
You can paint them all different colors if you like.
I chose the traditional converse black and added some dark purple to match my shoes. ;)

Next, paint the tip of your nail with white.

Using a dotting tool and chrome polish, make six medium-sized dots on each nail.

This was the hardest part... Using a very fine nail art brush,
paint the shoe laces...connecting each dot.

Make small black dots inside the chrome dots with your dotting tool...
to give them a more detailed look.

Last, use that very fine nail art brush and black polish to paint a half-circle
connecting each side of the 'shoe' over the white-painted tip.
Apply your top coat and you're done. :)  Sneaker Nails!

Black Cats on Pink French Nails

This design is for all the cat-lovers. :) 

I love them too! 

These were definitely more difficult to do.. I plan to try painting the cats in a different way next time to make it more simple.

What I Used:


China Glaze-Dance Baby (Pink)
Milan-White
Opi- Onyx Black
Sally Hanson-Base & Top Coat
Acrylics-Light pink & Yellow
Fine nail art brush
Dotting tool

After applying your base coat, paint the tips of your nails pink - much like a french manicure. You can use any color you want, but try and keep it a lighter color so that the black cat will not be drowned out by the background.

Next, using a dotting tool and black paint,
add a large oval where the pink meets your natural nail.

Also using the dotting tool, add two small dots under the large oval to make the paws.

Use a fine nail art brush to add small, rounded triangles to the sides of the large oval,
which will become the cat's ears.

This is the hard part! Paint a black, squiggly tail between the two ears using a brush.
You can go over the edges with a dotting tool to
fix any mistakes and give it that smoother, clean look.

Paint two large, white dots for the eyes, a small dot underneath that for the nose
and dot a little bit of white in each ear.

Add two small dots for the pupils of the eyes.
The larger the pupils are, the cuter the cats look. :)

Paint a very light pink in the ears and some yellow for the nose.
Apply your top coat to make it look professional, and you're done!

(My cat tolerates me.)  ;)

Daisy Nails

Spring is here and 
the weather is gorgeous. 

Time to show 

off the season 

with Spring Daisies!

      

What I used:

China Glaze Boy Toy Blue

Sally Hanson Base & Top Coat

White and mustard 
yellow acrylics

Dotting tools

Fine nail art brush

You can use any color for the background of your flowers. 

The fun part is putting your own twist on it. :)

After allowing your base coat to dry, paint all of your nails blue.
I used several coats. 

Then, add medium size dots using a dotting tool and yellow acrylic paint. The dots will serve as the flower's center. I applied two dots to every nail except the pinky, where I only applied one.

Next, make four lines for the petals on each of the four sides of the
yellow circle using white acrylic paint and a fine nail art brush.
This will let you know how big your daisies will be.

Now paint more lines in between those four until you get the desired look.

Dot the middle again with the yellow acrylic paint and dotting tool,
so you get a clean-looking circle.

Last, add tiny dots randomly around the flowers,
apply your top coat and that's it!
Spring daisies at your fingertips. :) Enjoy!

Easter Nails

Happy Easter!

What I used:

China Glaze:
Flip Flop Fantasy (pink)
Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Kiwi Cool-Ada (green)
Towel Boy Toy (blue)

Sally Hanson:
Double-duty Base & Top Coat
Violet Frost

Acrylics:
White
Black
Light Pink
Orange
Brown
Purple
Yellow

Various size dotting tools
Flat nail art brush

After applying your base coat, paint each fingernail a different color. Paint your ring finger yellow and index finger green.

To make the bunny, paint a white, half-circle on the tip of your index finger. You can use white polish or acrylic paint with a flat nail art brush. 

Then, paint two long, straight, white lines for the ears. Using a dotting tool, paint light pink inside the ears and a very small dot for the nose.

Add two large brown dots and two tiny white dots inside the brown dots to make the eyes.  Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect. It's supposed to be fun! It's going to look cute regardless...

To make the chick, first paint a zig-zag, white line at the bottom of your nail using white polish or acrylic paint. 

Next, paint an upside-down triangle for the beak using orange polish or acrylic paint and a dotting tool.

Last, using a dotting tool, make two tiny black dots for the eyes.

To finish it off, use that dotting tool to add polka dots to the other three fingers and make Easter eggs. :)  I used yellow on purple, purple on pink and pink on blue. Don't forget to apply your top coat for that shine you want, and your're done! Cute fingernails for the holiday. Enjoy and have a great Easter weekend!