Abstract

This is a style of nail design I first saw while browsing on Pinterest. It looks really cool and intricate but is actually really simple to create.

To create this design, all you need is a little bit of scotch tape, a bunch of colours, and some patience. I placed the pieces of scotch tape down on a plastic surface (so it'd be easy to peel up) and painted my colours directly onto each piece. While these dried, I painted my nails white so that the colours would pop.

Next I took a small pair of sharp scissors and cut little triangles and stripes out of the pieces of painted scotch tape and used a tooth pick to help me place them where I wanted on my nails.

After I had all my pieces positioned and stuck down onto my nails where I wanted them, I painted on 2 thick layers of top coat to seal in the tape.

You could definitely do this design with a number of shapes, I think squares or little stars would look really cool as well.

Base Colour: Sally Hansen - White On

Design Colours: ACO - Hot Coral, Electric Ocean, & Mint Green

Maybelline - Fierce n' Tangy; Sally Hansen - No Hard Feelings

Top Coat: Pro FX Long Wearing UV Top Coat

Frosted Tips: relief from the heat

Seeing as the weather has been relentless the past few weeks in bombarding us with heat waves, I decided to create a look that was frosty and cool.

Taking inspiration from the much-loved Ombre Nail, I created these frosted tips by painting my nails a cool turquoise colour and then using a sponge to lightly dab on the silver. I must admit though that I wasn't able to photograph them quite how they look in real life, on my hands they actually look much more "chilly" - for lack of a better word.

Painting the silver nail polish directly onto the sponge is the best way to achieve this look as it's easy to control how much paint goes on the nail, and you can dab it here you want it to get even and smooth coverage.

Also, please excuse the look of my cuticles! My hands were really dry when I photographed these!

Base Colour: ACO - Deep Green 

Frosted Colour: ACO - Frozen Night

Top Coat: PRO FX Long Wearing UV Top Coat

. love&sunshine&nailpolish, Cait xo.

Long time coming

 Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't posted in over a month! I've been painting but I keep chipping my nails before I can photograph them the way I want. Anyways, here is a design I did yesterday that I think turned out really well. It started as just a half and half design and then I just kept adding to it.

I made this design by painting a base colour and then using tape to get a straight line for the secondary colour. Then I used a nail pen to draw the line across the middle.

At first, I had drawn little white dots into the little circles on the side, but then my nails looked too much like Pokeballs, so I added the little sequin on top. To place the sequin where I wanted I just used a toothpick to pick them up one by one and place them on my nails.

Base Colour: OPI - Barefoot in Barcelona

Secondary Colour: Sephora for OPI - Looks like Rain, Dear

Nail Art Pen: Sally Hansen - Navy

Sequin: Sephora for OPI - Traffic-Stopper Copper

Top Coat: Pro FX Long Wearing UV Top Coat

. love&sunshine&nailpolish, Cait xo.