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Halloween Patchwork Nail Art Tutorial. Splatter Nails Tutorial. Splatter nails are super cool and easy to do, but they make a huge mess!

Splatter Nails Tutorial

I didn't tape my nails for this tutorial, and I really regretted it while I was doing the clean up. If you want a tutorial for how to tape off nails check out this one. Aside from the mess, this tutorial is a breeze and I got so many compliments on them. Play around with your color choices and make something beautiful! In this tutorial I used Tip Top Nail Chic in Twilight for the base and splattered Beauty UK polish in Black and Lilac Girl, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Mint Sprint and Wet and Wild in Tickled Pink.

Lay out newspaper to work over. Back to Tutorials Still have some questions? Copyright 2012 Lisa Bailey © Nail-Art-101.comAll Rights Reserved. 27 Nail Hacks For The Perfect DIY Manicure. Nail Art Alert: How to Get a Real Feather Manicure at Home (So Pretty!): Girls in the Beauty Department. I bought these feathers a few weeks ago and I knew they'd make a gorgeous mani.

Nail Art Alert: How to Get a Real Feather Manicure at Home (So Pretty!): Girls in the Beauty Department

Here's how to recreate the look. How to: Remove Sparkle Nail Polish (aluminum foil method)...it really works! Sooooo I've been obsessed with sparkle nail polish!!

How to: Remove Sparkle Nail Polish (aluminum foil method)...it really works!

Especially OPI's Sparkle icious... Sparkles are so fun and pretty on your nails... Except they are a biaatch to remove. We've probably all been there scrubbing at our nails with a mountain of cotton pads building up. Owl Nail Art Tutorial. For this design, you will need several colors of polish, I used OPI San-Tan-Tonio, Color Club Almost Famous, Color Club Twiggie, Sally Hanson Lacey Lilac and a Black and white. YOu will also need dotting tools, or your prefered method of making dots. 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.

DIY Drippy Nails

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) Create your own Nail Polish. Here it is, finally!

Create your own Nail Polish

How To Make Your Own Nail Polish In Any Color. Pregnancy insomnia can be a little bit of a blessing (depending on how you look at it).

How To Make Your Own Nail Polish In Any Color

Sometimes when I can't sleep I randomly get these ideas that just pop into my head. I quickly jot them down into my phone and revisit them when I am coherent in the morning. I would say only 30-40 % of them actually turn out like I imagined. Take this little project for example. Hybrid Manicure. I’ve been seeing lots of outrageous nail art lately on pinterest.

Hybrid Manicure

One hot new product that’s really caught my eye is adhesive nail polish strips. How to draw hearts. Inspiration Ideas. Cheetah Printed Nails. Photos + post by Kristin Ess Cheetah print nails have been around for some time now but we’ve never actually done a tutorial on them.

Cheetah Printed Nails

We got a lot of requests after last week’s Mani Monday heart tutorial, so we’re going for it! TOOLS: 2 toothpicks, black nail polish (American Apparel “Hassid”), gold nail polish (American Apparel “Gold Flash”), clear coat. PREP: Use any color your want on the base of your nails. Make sure they’re fully dry before starting on these spots. Take your toothpick and tap it on the table or counter a few times to flatten out the tip. Nail strips are great in cheetah print as well, but so often the stores run out of that pattern. Tags: black, cheetah, DIY, gold, how to, kristin ess, leopard, mani, mani monday, manicure, monday, nail dotting, nails, pattern, print, the beauty department, thebeautydepartment.com, toothpick Related posts: Faded Floral Manicure. Photos + post design by Kristin Ess Who doesn’t love a soft, faded floral pattern?

Faded Floral Manicure

You can basically do this mani in any color combo you want– we chose a spring-y palette. Faux Diamond Tipped Nails. I’ve been dying to try out this new deep teal polish by Sephora by OPI for a few weeks now and am so excited to finally do so.

Faux Diamond Tipped Nails

I really love the color! It appears very dark, almost black even, but has a fantastic blue hue which happens to work really well with silver glitter. And while I think my chunky glitter stripe is a bit more subtle and chic, this glitter French Manicure makes me feel like I have diamond tips… and very Elizabeth Taylor-ish.

Silver & Gold Glitter Manicure. My husband LOVES when my nails are painted and if you’re a long-time reader, you know why so doing them to share here, with you, is just an added bonus. Sometimes I need dual motivation to succeed at certain tasks or it’s just not worth my time. But I’ll admit I’ve been loving all my fun manicures as of late. I wanted something bright and festive and fun for New Year’s Eve and didn’t want to stick to just gold or just silver so I combined the two by painting half of my nail with one and the other half, with the other.

It’s similar to my glitter stripe manicures but covers the entire nail. 1.Nicole by OPI – “Make U Smile” 2.Sephora by OPI “Only Gold For Me” 3.Chanel Extreme Brilliance 4.White Nail Polish {I used Wet n’ Wild from literally 100 years ago. Ombre Nail Tutorial. Greetings, Julie Ann Art readers! My name is Emily and I'm visiting from the Anna Delores blog.

The amazing (as you already know) Julie Ann agreed to let me share a fun nail trend that is also really, really easy to execute: ombre nails. The ombre manicure made its appearance as a hot trend last summer, and it's back and better than ever for 2012. You can go matte, shimmer, glitter, or merge colors on one nail with sneaky makeup tool tricks -- but I'm giving you the EASY version today, just to get you started. Newspaper Nails. A few weeks ago I shared in this post that I learned how to do this amazing thing called "newspaper nails. " Since I love words, and reading, and books, it has inevitably become my favorite manicure. Want to learn the how-to? First, gather your supplies. Galaxy Nails.

Fade to Black Manicure.