Vibrant Mix & Match

Vibrant Mix & Match nail tutorial

Today, I am going share a mix & match design with a more energetic feel to it. I like neutral tone nails. Whenever I can't think of a specific theme, I usually reach for the nudes and the neutral colors. However, sometimes you just want something fun and bold. That is why I thought of this nail design. To achieve this look, you will need a white polish, black polish, dark blue polish, orange red polish, a gold glitter polish, some clear rhinestones, some striping tapes, and a dotting tool.

Vibrant Mix & Match

1. First, apply base coat to all your nails.
2. Apply base color according to the photo below.

Base color of the Vibrant Mix & Match

3. For your middle finger, put a stone at the corner of your nail. It will be used as a guide for the polka dots.

Middle finger with rhinestone

4. Use a dotting tool to draw some dots with a white polish.
5. For your thumb, draw some dots without the rhinestone.

Polka dots with white polish

Thumb with polka dots without rhinestones

6. Use striping tape on your index finger. Apply black polish on it. Then, remove it carefully.

index finger with striping tape

black polish over the tapes

Tapes removed

5. Apply top coat to all your nails and you are done! Isn't it easy ^^

Vibrant Mix & Match nail finished

Remember to let the polishes dry completely before putting tapes on them. You can apply a thin coat of fast drying top coat before taping if you like. If you make mistakes, use a nail art brush to fix it. It doesn't matter if the surface is uneven. A good top coat will smooth it out.

Some alternatives:
Striping tape: You can use a nail art liner or a thin nail art brush instead. Use some scotch tape to cover the sides of your finger and draw the lines carefully.
Rhinestone: You can skip the stones. Just draw the dots with white polish.
Orange red polish: You can use red polish instead.

Things used:

Dark blue polish: Nicole by OPI Wavy Navy NI 296
White polish: wet n wild Wild Shine French White 449C
Black polish: wet n wild Wild Shine Black Creme 424A

Gold glitter polish: china glaze Blonde Bombshell 80769

Orange red polish: Essie meet me at sunset 556

Things used in the Vibrant Mix & Match nail

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(I am not paid and all the materials I used in this post were bought using my own money.)

Fall Nail Design: The Earth

Fall Nail Design: The Earth tutorial

I know it is not fall at all. I am truly sorry about it, but I have so many nail designs piled up in my computer waiting for their own spot on this blog. Please bare with me.

Today I am back in business, sharing with you an earthy natural tone nail design with nude and taupe polish. To achieve this look, you will need a nude polish, a taupe polish, a white polish, a gold polish, some gold striping tape, some Scotch tape and some gold studs. Alternatives will be mentioned below. 

Fall Nail Design: The Earth

1. First, apply base coat to all your nails.
2. Apply white polish to the ring finger. Apply nude polish to all other fingers. I only did the tips in my photo. You can do the whole nail if you like. I am just lazy.

Fall Nail Design: The Earth base color

3. On your thumb, put a corner of a piece of Scotch tape at the tip.
4. Apply taupe polish.
5. Carefully remove the Scotch tape.
6. Repeat 3-5 with all other fingers except the ring finger.

With Scotch tape

Apply taupe polish

Scotch tape removed

7. Use a pair of tweezers to add two strips of gold striping tape at the edge as shown.
8. Add a square gold stud diagonally at the corner.

Add gold striping tape

Add square gold stud

9. For your ring finger, it is pretty much the same as the thumb. The only difference is it is a reversed version. Cover your nail with a piece of Scotch tape leaving only a small triangle at the tip.
10. Apply gold polish at the tip.
11. Carefully remove the tape.
12. Add stripping tape and gold stud.

With Scotch tape

Apply gold polish

Scotch tape removed

Add striping tape and gold stud. Apply matte top coat.

12. Apply matte top coat to all of your nails and you are done.

Fall Nail Design: The Earth finished

Remember to let the polishes dry completely before putting tapes on them. You can apply a thin coat of fast drying top coat before taping if you like. Before taping, stick the Scotch tape to your hand several times to reduce the stickiness of it. If you make mistakes, use a nail art pen to fix it. It doesn't matter if the edge is not perfect. A good top coat will smooth it out. You can apply a thin layer of clear top coat before applying matte top coat. You will have a smoother finish this way, but more layers means it will peel off easier.

Some alternatives:
No gold studs? Use a dotting tool or a bobby pin with some gold polish.

No stripping tape? Use a nail art pen or liner with some gold polish to draw a thin line. 
No matte top coat? Use a clear top coat. However, I think the matte finish do add an earthy feel to it which is the theme of this nail design.

Things used:

Nude polish: Loreal park ave luncheon 201

Taupe polish: Essie case study 765
Gold polish: Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Golden-I 485
White polish: china glaze White out 545
Matte top coat: Essie matte about you
3mm square gold studs
gold striping tape

Things used for Fall Nail Design: The Earth

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(I am not paid and all the materials I used in this post were bought using my own money.)

Simple yet Chic

Today I am going to share a very simple design. A pale pink mixed with dark brown with a champagne gold accent. To achieve this look, you will need a pale pink polish, a dark brown polish, a champagne gold glitter polish, some Scotch tape and some gold studs. Alternatives will be mentioned below.

Simple yet Chic nails

1. First, apply base coat to all your nails.

2. Apply pink polish to the thumb, index and middle finger. Apply champagne glitter to the ring finger. Apply brown polish to pinky.

Base color of the Simple yet Chic nails

3. Put several strips of Scotch tape on your index finger as shown below. Apply brown polish on it. Remove the tapes carefully.

Scotch tape on index finger

Scotch tape removed

4. Use a stick and some clear polish to set the studs on your middle finger to form a straight line on the left side of your nail as shown below.

Set gold studs on middle finger

5. Apply top coat to all of your nails and you are done.

Finished Simple yet Chic nails

Remember to let the polishes dry completely before putting tapes on them. You can apply a thin coat of fast drying top coat before taping if you like. Before taping, stick the Scotch tape to your hand several times to reduce the stickiness of it. If you make mistakes like I did, use a nail art pen to fix it. It doesn't matter if the surface is uneven. A good top coat will smooth it out.

Some alternatives:
No champagne gold glitter and dark brown polish? Use a regular gold glitter and Black polish.
No gold studs? Use a dotting tool or a bobby pin with some gold polish.
No Scotch tape? Use a nail art pen to draw the border line. I do recommend using Scotch tape because it is so much easier.

Things used:

Pink polish: Sally Hansen insta-dri Petal Pusher 150

Brown polish: Essie little brown dress 728
Champagne glitter polish: china glaze champagne kisses 1114
2mm round gold studs

Things used in the Simple yet Chic nails

Below is a graphic version of this tutorial. Hope you will like it.

Simple yet Chic nails tutorial

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Nude peach with colors and hearts

This time I did a nail design based on a nude peach creme polish. I added some white, some black, some mint, some glitter and gold. I got a lot of complements on these. I hope you will like it also. This design does require a little bit of free hand technique which I am so bad at. Please excuse me for my not so perfect drawings. And I made a mistake by putting on top coats before the polishes dried. You can see my black heart is bleeding... Remember to let them dry thoroughly before putting on top coats.

 

To achieve this look, you will need a nude peach creme polish, a mint creme polish, a white creme polish, a black creme polish, a black nail art liner or nail art pen with black polish, a silver or gold glitter, a silver or gold stud and some striping tapes or some more nail art pens.

First, apply base coat to all your nails.

1 & 2. Apply nude peach polish the thumb, index finger and pinky. Apply mint polish on the middle finger. Apply white polish to the ring finger.

3. Paint the upper left corner of the index finger white. Draw two curves at the edge as shown in the photo. Use a dotting tool to draw polka dots on the middle finger with white polish. Use striping tape on the ring finger. Skip the striping tape if you are using nail art pen instead.

4. Fill in the gaps with mint polish, nude peach polish and glitter polish. Or you can simply use nail art pen to draw thin lines on the ring finger.

5. Draw a heart with black polish on the thumb.

6. Put a tiny drop of clear polish in the center of the pinky. Use a stick or tooth pick to set the stud on it.

7. Use a nail art liner or nail art pen with black polish to draw a loop with a heart on the index finger.

8. Finish with top coats.

The most difficult part is drawing the loop, especially with your left hand. I used a very fine point dotting tool to help when I did my right hand. And I found it easier to use a liner to draw lines than using striping tapes. If executed perfectly, the striping tape method gives you clean and striaght lines. However, it requires more work and time, and you have to work fast because it is hard to cleanly remove the tapes after the polishes dry. So, I think it might be better to draw the lines directly on the nail with some nail art pens. When I was choosing the color palatte of this design, I couldn't decide on gold or silver glitter. They both look good with other colors. So, I chose this sparklicious by Loreal which has both gold and silver glitter in it. That is why I said you need a gold or silver glitter polish. This is really up to you. Remember to use a matching stud on your pinky.

Thing used:

Nude peach polish: Essie a crewed interest 790

Black polish: wet n wild Wild Shine black creme 424A

Black nail art liner (optional): Sinful Colors black

Mint polish: china glaze re-fresh mint 867

White polish: wet n wild Wild Shine 449C

Glitter polish: Loreal sparklicious 605

5mm heart shaped gold studs

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(I am not paid and all the materials I used in this post were bought using my own money.)

Multi color with DIY velvet

This is just a random multi color nail design I did last week. I made a DIY velvet on my middle finger. I love to put different colors and textures together. To create this look, you will need a white creme polish, a sandy beige creme polish, a light blue polish, a dark brown creme polish, a gray creme polish, a gold shimmer polish, a stamper and a plate or nail art pen, a gold stud and some white velvet powder. I know it looks like a lot, but you can always have alternatives. Sorry for the super low quality of the photos. In these photos, the large white flower on my index finger doesn't really show because i used a wrong white polish to stamp. I actually got a better result with another white polish on my right hand which I should have taken photos of but I didn't.

1. Apply base coat to all fingers.

2. Apply beige polish to your thumb.

3. Apply light blue polish to you index finger.

4. Apply white polish to your middle and ring finger.

5. Apply gold shimmer polish to your pinky.

6. Put a tiny drop of clear polish on your thumb where you want your stud at. Use a stick or toothpick to set a gold stud on it.

7. Use a Konad stamper to stamp a flower on your index finger with white polish. Then, stamp a smaller flower with dark brown polish, overlapping part of the white flower.

8. On the ring finger, use striping tape to make a pattern of your choice. Use a dotting tool to fill in the gaps with all four colors, beige, dark brown, gray and gold. Remove the stripping tapes carefully.

9. Apply top coat to all your fingers except your middle.

10. Apply a coat of white polish on your middle finger. Before it dries, use a tong to pick up the white velvet powder and release them right on your nail. Repeat for any bald spots. You can gently tap your finger to shake off the excess but do not touch it until it dries. After it dries, use a brush to brush off the excess. Do not apply top coat because it will ruin the fluffy velvet texture.

The velvet nail will only last for a day or two. Just like other textured nails, I prefer doing them on ring finger or pinky. Avoid using your ring finger and pinky is so much easier than your other three fingers. This time I did the middle ones though. Don't worry about washing your hands because it doesn't affect the result that much. Of course, you will lose some velvet powders but you will lose them eventually no matter if you wash your hands or not. 

For the alternatives:

No velvet powder? Paint your middle finger with white creme polish. Add a gold stud on it.

No gold stud? Use a dotting tool to put a tiny drop of gold shimmer polish instead.

No Konad stamper? Use nail art pen to draw the flowers on your nail.

No striping tape? Use scotch tape and cut them into very thin strips.

Things used:

Sandy beige polish: Essie yogaga 949

Light blue polish: Essie borrowed & blue 746

White polish (also used for stamping): Sally Hansen Xtreme wear white on 300

Dark brown polish: Essie little brown dress 728

Gray polish: Ulta concrete evidence

Gold shimmer polish: Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Golden-I 485

Stamping plate: Konad m60 (sorry, I forgot to include this one in the picture)

White velvet powder, 5mm heart shaped gold studs

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(I am not paid and all the materials I used in this post were bought using my own money.)

Marc by Marc Jacobs bracelet inspired

This is a nail design inspired by the Marc By Marc Jacobs exploded bow bracelet. I love the bracelet and wear it a lot. One day I thought maybe I could do a nail design complementing the bracelet. This time I did the caviar nail on my pinky just for fun. If you don't have the supplies, you can simply apply silver polish instead.

Marc by Marc Jacobs Exploded Bow bracelet

Marc by Marc Jacobs bracelet inspired nails

 

1. Apply base coat to all nails.

2. Apply brown shimmer polish to your thumb.

3. Apply off white cream polish to your index and middle fingers.

4. Apply copper glitter to your ring finger.

5. Apply a thick coat of clear polish or silver polish to your pinky. Gently pour the silver microbeads onto your nail. Use your finger or a stick to pat down the beads very gently. Wait for it to dry completely.

6. Put a tiny drop of clear polish on your index finger. Use a stick or toothpick to set a rhinestone on it.

7. Use a Konad stamper to stamp a bow on your middle finger with a silver polish.

8. Paint a dot in the center of the bow with the copper glitter polish.

9. Apply top coat to all your nails.

Things used:

Brown shimmer polish: Essie mochacino 672

Silver polish for stamping: Sally Hansen Insta-dri silver sweep 230

Silver microbeads

Off-white polish: My own franken polish (because I don't have an off white polish, I made my own by mixing up some yellow and white polish.)

Copper glitter (Again, I don't have a copper glitter polish. I used clear polish with copper glitter)

Rhinestone: clear 1.5mm round

Stamping plate: QA-36 (I got this from an online nail supplies store)

I really like how the colors and the textures complement each other. I hope you like it as much as I do. The caviar actually lasted longer than I thought. A couple of beads did fall off though. So, be careful when you are preparing foods or eating with your hands. For people who wants to know more about stamping and caviar nail, I might have a post about them in the near future. Thank you very much for reading. 

(I am not paid and all the materials I used in this post were bought using my own money.)