FSU Nails ~ GO NOLES!

TO  MY ALMA MATER, 

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. 

THE BEST SCHOOL IN 

THE WORLD! :) GO NOLES!

What I Used: 

Sally Hansen: Wine Not (Garnet)

Pure Ice: Excuse Me (Gold)

Milani: White Canvas

Sally Hansen: Double Duty Base & Top Coat

Two gold stones

Fine nail art brush

After applying your base coat, paint your index, pointer and pink-y fingers gold
and paint your thumb and ring finger garnet.

I painted this more simple "FSU" on one of my thumbs using white polish and a fine nail art brush...

I painted my other thumb with this FSU insignia...also using white polish and a fine nail art brush. This was much harder. I knew I wouldn't be able to do this with my right hand, so I painted the easier 'FSU' on my other thumb. It helps to have a picture of it in front of you while you are painting. Also, acrylic paint may be easier to work with than polish.

On your ring finger, using white paint and a fine nail art brush, paint a triangle in the corner of your nail and fill it in. Next, paint a long line from the middle of the triangle, outward. Paint two very small lines on each side of the stem of the Seminole arrow.

Paint a french-like manicure on the three gold nails using garnet polish.

Paint thin white lines between the gold and garnet french. Add a gold stone to your arrow nail. Apply a double top coat and you're done! You're now a Super Seminoles Fan!

F-L-O-R-I-D-A
S-T-A-T-E

FLORIDA STATE!
FLORIDA STATE!
FLORIDA STATE!

WHOOO!

2012 Olympics - Team USA Nails

What I Used:

Sally Hansen: White Canvas
Sally Hansen: Base and Top Coat
Red, Green, Blue, Black & Yellow Acrylics
Dotting tools
Fine nail art brush

After applying your base coat, paint all of your nails white.

Using a dotting tool, paint three circles towards the top of your nail (leaving room for the the other two circles and the '2012'). The left one should be light blue, the middle is black and the right circle is red.

Now paint a yellow circle and green circle. They should all be connected.

You can use a dotting tool or a paint brush to paint the '2012' in black. Don't shake! ;)

Start painting half circles on your index, middle and pinky fingers. Use whichever combination of colors that are in the Olympic symbol - green, red, blue, yellow and black.

Overlap the half circles like above.

More circles in different colors...

Your half circles will look like this...

Now for the flag. Paint a blue rectangle in the corner of your nail on your ring finger.

Using a fine nail art brush, paint red stripes.

Add white dots on to the blue with a dotting tool...apply a top coat...and you're done!
GO TEAM USA!!

Angry Birds Nails

Those Pigs are so smug!

What I Used: 

Red Acrylic Pain
Sally Hansen White - "Hard to Get"
Opi - "Black Onyx"
China Glaze - "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
Sally Hansen - Base and Top Coat
Fine Nail Art Brush
Dotting Tool

After applying your base coat, paint your pinky, middle and index fingers with a french manicure.

Next, paint a half-circle using red polish or acrylic paint on your thumb and ring fingers.

Add two red, curved lines on the top of the half-circle. One line should be longer than the other.
Also, paint a smaller white half-circle on top of the red half-circle.
You may need to paint a couple of coats of white to cover the red.
Make sure the red polish is completely dry before painting the white,
or else it'll bleed through and look messy.

Using a dotting tool, add two black dots for the eyes.
They should just barely connect to each other...and they should not touch the white polish.

Again using a dotting tool, add two white dots inside the black dots for the eyes.
You want the black to outline the whites of the eyes.

Using a fine nail art brush, add two lines for the angry eyebrows.

Add two very small dots to the inside corners of the eyes.
You want to connect the small, black dots to the eyebrows.

Last, add a yellow upside-down triangle for the beak of your angry bird...finish it off with a top coat to protect your masterpiece...and you're done! How cool are you now? Go get those smug pigs!

Hippie Tie-Dye Nails

                                                                                                           

...groovy.

~~What I Used~~China Glaze: Boy Toy Blue, Kiwi Cool-Ada, Pool Party and Yellow Polka Dot Bikini~~Milani: Dreamy Creme ~~ Sally Hansen: Double Duty Base & Top Coat~~

The brighter the colors, the better this will turn out. Also, since you will use a lot of paint on each nail, fast-drying nail polish will work best. China Glaze is super fast-drying. :)

After applying your base coat, paint all of your nails with a thin coat of white. I used a pearly white.
This will allow the colors on top to dry brighter.

Add a thick drop of each color onto your nail. 

Using a toothpick or dotting tool, quickly swirl the colors together making sure all of the white paint on your nail is covered.  You may need to add more color to edges that aren't being filled in.
Play with the colors until you are happy with it, but paint drys fast so be swift! :)

Allow at least 10 minutes for your nails to dry before applying your top coat...and you're done! Far out!

Cookie Monster Nails

ME WANT COOKIE! 

What I Used - 
China Glaze: Boy Toy Blue
Opi: Black Onyx
Sally Hansen: Hard to Get (white)
Sally Hansen: Honey Whip
Sally Hansen: Double Duty Base and Top Coat
Dark brown acrylic paint
Fine nail art brush
Dotting tools

After applying your base coat, paint the tips of your middle finger
and thumb nails 'cookie monster' blue.
Paint a half circle shape and make sure to cover all of the white part of your nails.

Using a dotting tool, add two large, black dots to represent the eyes.
The dots should slightly overlap each other...
and be half on top of the blue and half on top of your clear nail.

Add two white dots inside the black dots.
You want the black dots to outline the whites of the eyes.

Add two more small, black dots inside the white dots for the pupils.
They should not be straight.
Give your cookie monster wild-looking eyes.
Looking at a picture of him will help you see how his pupils are placed.

Next, draw a big, wide smile using a fine nail art brush and black polish or acrylic paint.
The smile should be wider than the eyes and should be in a half-circle shape.

On the other three nails, paint the tips the same as you did with the blue,
but with a tan color polish.
Make sure to cover all the white of your nails.

Last, using a dotting tool, add random dark brown dots to your cookies...
apply your top coat and you're done!
Nom, Nom, Nom....

Fourth of July Nails

Happy Independence Day, USA! 


















What I Used:
China Glaze: Boy Toy Blue
Milani: White Canvas
Red Acrylic Paint
Dotting tools
Fine nail art brush

After applying your base coat, paint all of your nails white.

Paint two red stripes on each side of your nails.

Paint the tips of your nails blue.
You may want to use acrylic paint so the red doesn't bleed through.
If you don't have acrylic paint, re-paint the tips white, then paint the blue on top.

Using a dotting tool, add random white dots on top of the blue tips to represent the stars.
Apply your clear top coat...and you're done!