Peacock Inspired nails

                                       Hello there!!! This is my entry for my first ever nail art contest. I came across this very interesting contest at kelsiesnailfiles.com. I have a very little time as the contest closes in 5 hours. I have to choose an inspirational picture from the set of pictures on Kelsie's nail inspiration pinterest board and create a nail art inspired by the same.  Hmm..its mid night here..but I really want to enter this amazing contest. So I chose this lovely picture as my inspiration from Kelsie's nail inspiration pinterest board.

I did not want to draw the feathers. I wanted to make it easy but use all the colors. I used sponging technique to use all the colors of the peacock feathers in the above picture and here is the outcome.

Nail polishes used

Wild and mild -1- polar bear

Wild and mild - 83 - unbreakable

Wild and mild - 2 - black cat

Wild and crazy - 26

Flormar supershine miracle colors - U34

Wild and crazy- 2

Let's begin!!

1. Apply a base coat and two coats of white nail polish and let it dry completely.

2. Apply some dark blue polish to the makeup sponge and dab it on to the lower part of the nail as shown in the picture. Then take some black nail paint onto the makeup sponge and dab it around the dark blue polish.

3.  Repeat the same procedure, but with light blue polish.

4.  Now add some glitter(flormar supershine miracle colors U34)

5. some purple color and cleaning with  q- tip dipped in nail polish remover.

6.  Finally apply a top coat and you are done. Hope you liked it. Don't forget to leave your comments:)!!!

Abstract, dotted skittles nail art

Hello there!! Here is a skittles nail art. Frankly, there was nothing on my mind while doing this :) :) . I liked the outcome and hope u too will like it. I name it the abstract, dotted skittles nail art. I used acrylic paints for the design. I used variants of the same color. 

Nail polishes and Acrylic paints used

Acrylic paints used are

16 - Green

17 - Grass green

18 - Viridian green

19 - Emerald green

Don't forget to leave your comments:)!!

18 Karat gold leaf nails

                                                Here is today's design. I have been coming across almost everywhere, the 18 Karat gold nail polish. I love the gold leafy look but the price is very high. I tried to get the same look in a cheaper way, using gold graffiti or crackled nail polish and here is the outcome. Hope you like it!!

Nail polishes used

Let's begin!!!

1. Apply a base coat and two coats of a dark colored nail polish of your choice and let it dry completely. I have used green colored nail polish here.

2. Now, randomly dab on the gold crackled or graffiti nail polish on to the nail. Do not apply to the complete nail. Just dab randomly.

3. Wait for 30 sec for the cracks to appear.

4. Finally add a top coat and you are done:)!!! Don't forget to leave your comments below:)!!!

Pink leopard Nail art

Here is a pink leopard nail art design.  You can do the design without french tip, but I like it this way :) .

Nail polishes used

Let's begin!!!

1. Apply a base coat and two coats of pink nail polish.

2. Using scotch tape as guide, create french tips on each of your nail with black nail polish.( Check this link for detailed tutorial of creating french tip using scotch tape .http://lovefornailart.blogspot.com/2012/10/french-tipped-orange-nails-nail.html )

3. Now add some white dots randomly.

4. Using a toothpick and black nail paint create some brackets around the white dots. Also add some black dots randomly to finish the look.

5. Finally add a top coat and you are done:)!!! Don't forget to leave your comments:)!!

Valentine's day Hearts argyle nail art

Here is my first Valentine's day nail design. This is a cute hearts argyle nail design. This design looks good both on short and long nails.

Nail polishes used

Let's begin!!!!

1. Apply a base coat and two coats of red nail paint and let it dry completely.

2. Now using a toothpick, create three hearts vertically as in the picture. Here I used silver polish for the middle heart and white polish for the other two hearts.

3. Using a toothpick and white nail polish, create a diamond, joining the two white hearts.

4. Then using silver polish, draw an 'X' as in picture so that the silver heart is in the middle of the 'X'.

5. Now to highlight the hearts, outline them with a black nail art pen. You can also use a toothpick and black nail polish for this.

6. Finally apply a top coat and you are done:)!!! Don't forget to join this site and leave your comments:)!!!

Zebra Nails

                                       Ever since I started doing nail art, I really wanted to do animal print series. Here goes my first design, a cute zebra nail art. I used acrylic paint for the first time. It is very easy to work with.

Nail polishes used

Let's begin!!!

1. Apply a base coat and two coats of white nail polish and let it dry completely.

2. Now take little bit of black acrylic paint onto a palette. 

3. Using a nail art brush, dipped in black acrylic paint, create horizontal stripes as shown.

4. Finally apply a top coat and you are done:)!!!!!

Swirls Nailart

                        This is a simple swirls nail design. I used maroon and white combination. You can use any glittery nail polish to get a party look.

Nail polishes used

Let's begin!!!

1. Apply a base coat and two coats of your base color and let it dry completely.

2. Using a nail art pen, draw swirls as shown. You can use white nail paint and a tooth pick to create the swirls.

3. Apply a top coat and you are done!!!