Rainbow Nails Tutorial Rainbow nails were my choice for day 9 of the 31 day nail art challenge. I wanted to do some cute, simple rainbows arching across my nails. Mostly so I could follow people around saying "Double rainbow all the way across my nails. Oh my god!" If you don't have a brush a nail art pen or a toothpick should work just fine.Wait between doing each line to avoid the colors blending into each other.I don't have dotting tools, so to do the clouds I used a small, round stud earring. It worked perfectly! The finished product Back to Tutorials Still have some questions? Copyright 2012 Lisa Bailey © Nail-Art-101.comAll Rights Reserved
untitled Nail Art How To, Images and Designs - Nail Art 101 sneakers Bad Nail Art – Manicures Gone Wrong Captain Obvious statement of the day: We love us some nail art. We know everyone else's fascination with it seems to be waning, but we can't help ourselves — we respect the artistry and "wow" factor behind a really well-done design. However, our love of decked-out digits is not unconditional. We've tried our fair share of nail-art experiments, but after engaging in some mani-focused Internet browsing, we've come across some designs we're convinced should never be tried again by anyone, anywhere. Looking at these cartoon Beatles and 3-D Olympic rings tips, all we could do was stare agog and have a serious "WTF were they thinking?" We couldn't not share these manicure horror stories with you, so buckle your seat belts, ladies, because some of these DIYs are not for the faint of heart. All we ask in exchange for this Monday-morning treat? Wanna stare some more?
DIY Drippy Nails We were immediately inspired the moment we saw bare nails with blood-like, drippy polish accompany Prabal Gurung‘s spring collection at New York Fashion Week. Halloween is one of our favorite holidays and thus, the timing couldn’t have been better to recreate this deliciously daring DIY for our phalanges. Though a more vampy, burgundy color went down the runway, I went for more vibrant red . . . but the best part about this tutorial is that you can make it your own with just about any color, for any season! You’ll need: Dip the toothpick into the nail polish bottle so that the tip collects a round bead of polish. Place the bead of polish on a bare nail and drag it upwards, creating a tapered line. Create two to three more tapered lines, re-dipping the toothpick into the polish each time. Reload the toothpick with polish and drag a line across the tip of the nail. Repeat the steps on the other nine fingers and voila, you’re done!! (all images by HonestlyWTF)
Runway Nail Art — Madeline Poole Designs [UPDATE: This story was originally published on August 29.] Nail art has become as ubiquitous of an accessory as a statement necklace or platform dazzler, which means you've gotta score a perfect 10 from your pinkies to your thumbs to get noticed. And just in time for Fashion Month, we've hunted down the polish princess of L.A., Madeline Poole, to give us some surprisingly easy tips on how to paint magnificent manis modeled after some of our favorite catwalk looks. She's previously sought inspiration in everything from Cheetos bags to Steve Madden kicks, and her own collab with The New Black just hit Sephora's shelves, so you can bet your fingers are in good hands!
Tutorial: Easy Sponge Gradient Happy Sunday! Today, I wanted to show you guys how I did the Tropical Gradient from earlier this week. It's very easy and I like that it has that seamless look. You'll need: -two or more polishes. Start out by painting your nails with your base coat and your base color. You might want to cut the sponges down to size, to make it easier to use. Bounce the sponge against your nail. When you're finished, apply your top coat and carefully clean up the skin around the nail with your polish remover and qtips. A few tips: -Creme finishes seem to work the best. Here's a diagonal manicure that I did with Zoya Wednesday* and Zoya Tracie*: Was that simple or what? Thanks for checking out this tutorial! *indicates a product that was sent to me for review. Tutorial: Easy Sponge Gradient