Tuesday, April 12, 2011

....Dots....

First I painted my nails with two coats of white.  I had a wooden skewer with a small circle shape on the ending, so I used that to make the dots.  All you have to do is dab a little nail polish on a surface (I used a plastic bag) and then dip your tool in the nail polish and then onto your nail.   Repeat this for each spot.  I will probably get an easter egg painting tool to do my dots next time, that way they can look smaller and neater.



Thursday, April 7, 2011

April Showers Brought these Flowers


It is very easy to achieve this antique flower look.  Paint your nails as you normally would with any color.  I chose a hot pink.  When it was dry, I painted blobs of yellow, and leaf-like shapes next to the yellow shapes.  When the yellow and green were completely dry, I made petal type shapes over the yellow.  I usually use a small brush, but today I used a nail art pen made by Sally Hansen.  Either way, the shapes don't have to be perfect, so this is an easy design for a beginner!