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.)

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!! So, tomorrow is Halloween. I am going share a design which is simply called "Happy Halloween". I know I am too lazy on the naming thing. To achieve this look, you will need a white creme polish, orange creme polish, a yellow texture polish (of course, yellow creme works too), a black glitter polish, a black creme polish, dotting tools or toothpicks and some Scotch tape.

Happy Halloween Nail

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

2. Apply black glitter to the thumb, index and pinky. Apply white polish to the middle finger. Apply yellow textured polish to the ring finger.

Happy Halloween Nail base color

3. Put Scotch tape around your nail of the ring finger. Apply orange polish in the middle of your nail. Paint from left to right to get a straight edge.

On the ring finger

4. After it dries, apply white polish on the top part of your nail. Carefully remove the tape.

Ring finger finished

5. Put scotch tape around your nail of the middle finger. Apply black glitter polish to make the stripes. Carefully remove the tape.

Use Scotch tape around your nail on the middle finger

Middle finger finished

6. Take a piece of Scotch tape and fold it in half with the sticky sides out. Use a pair of scissors to cut out half a circle on the folded side. Unfold the tape and you will have a small hole in the middle. It will be the head of the boo. Continue to cut out the bottom part and both hands.
7. Stick the tape on your thumb and apply white polish on it.

Apply white polish on your thumb

8. Carefully remove the tape.

Scotch tape removed

9. Use a dotting tool or a toothpick to draw the eyes and mouth with black polish.

Thumb finished

10. Apply top coat to all of your nails.

Happy Halloween 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. 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 surface is uneven. A good top coat will smooth it out.

Some alternatives:
Yellow texture polish: You can use a regular yellow creme polish. I chose the texture polish just because I think it might be fun to make a gumdrop candy corn.
Black glitter polish: The black glitter polish used here is actually a black base with green fine glitter in it. It is not very obvious but I think it looks very "Halloween" so I chose it instead of a regular black polish. You can use a regular black creme or a black glitter of your choice.

Things used:

White polish: wet n wild Wild Shine French White 449C
Orange polish: Essie fear or desire 921
Yellow polish: Nicole by OPI Gumdrop Lemon Lolly NI 427
Black glitter polish: china glaze Smoke and Ashes 1127
Black polish: china glaze Liquid Leather 544

Polishes used in Happy Halloween Nail

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

Happy Halloween Nail tutorial

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Japanese Style Rabbits

Last Thursday was the Mid-Autumn festival. I wanted to do something related to it so I did this Japanese style rabbits nail design. This design again requires some free hand techniques that I am so bad at. Please excuse me for my ugly drawings. And I kind of cheated by using the Sally Hansen Nail Art pen to draw. The result wasn't very good. It looks like I used correction pen to draw. You can see the rabbit I drew with it cracked after I put on the matte top coat. So, I recommend using the traditional method, a nail art pen and a white polish. :( No shortcut this time.

Japanese Style Rabbits Nail

To achieve this look, you will need a pink polish, a white polish, a red polish, a gold glitter polish, a matte top coat (optional) and some nail art pens. I found out I don't have a pink creme polish, so I used a pink jelly instead. I did several coats to make it opaque and it turned out pretty good.

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

2. Apply pink polish to the thumb, index finger and pinky. Apply red polish to the middle finger. Apply white polish to the ring finger.

Base colors of the Japanese style rabbits

3. Apply gold glitter polish sparingly to the thumb and middle finger.

4. Use a nail art pen and a dotting tool to draw some sakuras and rabbits on your nails with red and white polish.

(click the image to enlarge)

5. Draw a sakura on your thumb similar to your pinky and add an extra petal.

finished drawings without top coats

6. Apply top coat to all of your nails except the middle one.

7. Apply matte top coat to your middle finger (optional). It is totally OK to use normal glossy top coat.

Because my free hand drawing was too bad, I didn't do a step by step tutorial with my nails. Instead, I made a tutorial with computer drawings. I think it will be easier to understand. 

step by step tutorial of the Japanese Style Rabbits

Things used:

Pink polish: Loreal bubble trouble 605

Red polish: wet n wild Wild Shine red red 414A

White polish: Essie marshmallow 63

Gold glitter polish: Milani gold 531

Matte top coat: Essie Matte about you

Polishes used in the Japanese style rabbits

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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.)