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

Zig Zags

Base Colour: ACO - Vegas Gold

Stamp Colour: ACO - Grape Times

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster - BM 225

Top Coat: PRO FX Long Wearing UV Top Coat

. love&sunshine&nailpolish, Cait xo.

Ombre Nails

Ombre nails (and hair) are really popular right now so I thought I'd take a stab at recreating the look myself. This technique is a little bit tricky, but is easy to perfect with practice. You can do this design with 2, 3 or even 4 colours, but I've found that the more colours you try to squeeze onto your nail the less smoothly they tend to blend. I chose bright blue, turquoise and minty green colours for my nails as they would blend more naturally together into a gradient.

The easiest way to achieve this look is to use a small makeup sponge and paint your polish onto the skinny end from lightest to darkest, or darkest to lightest in my case, noting that the colour on the tip will be at the base of your nail. I painted a white colour onto my nails before sponging on the other colours so that they would be brighter. You may need to reapply the paint onto the sponge with each nail, and sponge some nails more than once to get a smooth blend between colours.

Base Colour: Sally Hansen - Whitewind White

Ombre Colours: ACO - Electric Ocean, Deep Green, Mint Cream

Top Coat: PRO FX Long Wearing UV Top Coat

. love&sunshine&nailpolish, Cait xo.