•rachel•

Hey guys! I know it's been a while, but I have had ZERO clue of what designs to do and I've been doing solid colors all summer. However, last night I decided to practice making my own nail stickers and they turned out super well. I went with two types of lilies, white lilies and purple/white lilies, and decided to put them on a two-toned ombre. For the "stickers" I started with a piece of parchment paper and a clear polish. With the polish I painted 10 rectangles which I would be painting my designs over. I ended up trimming my stickers down to size later so don't worry if the base is a bit too big. After about a minute I began painting my designs over top of the rectangles making sure they weren't too big for my nail beds. I looked at a picture of a lily for reference and then just went for it. I started with the white petals, added the center color, added thin green lines with a nail art brush for stems in the center and finally the brown dots on the ste...

Hello everyone! Today I have a fun new design for you guys. It's received tons of compliments and I really like it a lot. This is my butterfly nail look, inspired by Pinterest. The polishes I used for this design were NYC's “Strip Me Off” Base Coat (#001) and “French White Tip” (#134), Sally Hansen's "Presto Pink" (#15) and "Brisk Blue" (#430), and Essie's "Licorice" (#720). I also used a nail dotter, makeup sponge, and a clear coat to finish it off. I started by applying my base coat which is a peel off so I can quickly remove the look when it's time for a new one. Then I did a typical ombre, which I have done many times before (you can refer to any of my other ombre looks if you want to know how to do that). Over the ombre I copied a butterfly wing design by painting a thick diagonal triangle by the tip of my nail, another black diagonal line towards the bottom of my nail, and connecting those with short, black lines. I added wh...

Today marks an important day in history for the US. As of today same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states! I'm so proud of our country for making this huge step towards equality and everyone has been so positive. In celebration and support of this movement I decided to do a rainbow ombre to represent the LGBT+ flag. The polishes I used were Sally Hansen's "Red My Lips" (#470), "Taheati" (#620), "Lightening" (#250), "Green With Envy" (#02), "Blue Me Away!" (#04), and "Vigorous Violet" (#365) along with NYC's "French White Tip" (#134) and Revlon's Base + Top Coat (#965). To make the ombre you will need a make-up sponge. I did my ombre vertical starting with the red and orange, moving onto orange and yellow, etc. until all my nails were covered. Like the standard ombre you paint a white base coat on your nails and let that dry. Then just paint your two colors next to each other on the sponge and ...

Hello everybody! My next nail art challenge was to do an ombre and since summer is getting closer I decided to do one inspired by a beautiful summer sunset. The polishes I used for this tutorial were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Man-go Team!” (#30) and “Lightening” (#280), NYC “French White Tip” (#134), and Sinful Colors “Hazard” (#952). You will also need a makeup sponge and Elmer’s all-purpose glue. To start your ombre you will first need to apply a white base coat to all of your nails and let that dry. To protect the skin around the nail I applied Elmer’s glue, which I put in an empty nail polish bottle, for an easy clean up afterwards. For the ombre itself I painted the three colors side by side on my clean makeup sponge and patted that all over my nails. I did this twice for each nail, but depending on how opaque you want it you can do it more or less. Once that is dry you can pull off the glue around your nails and you should be left with clean skin! Add a topco...