Colorful Confetti Nail Art

Heyy people!

It's a super weekend and am back with a super easy nail art.

Here it is,

NA#16

It's an extremely easy nail art, doesn't really require many tools to do it and its colorful ;)

So let's get started.

I have used 5 colors for this design. All the nail paints are from Maybelline Color show range of nail enamels. (I just so love these! Seems like I have become the unofficial brand ambassador of Maybelline Newyork :D)

The shades that I have used are (from left to right in the picture)

1. #213 Fiesty Fuschia (as the base coat)
2. #405 Sweet Sunshine (yellow)
3. #404 Mint Mojito (minty green)
4. #401 Constant Candy (candy pink)
5. #303 Shocking Seas (bright blue)

First paint your nails with the base coat. I have used Fiesty Fuschia, a very sober magenta shade from Maybelline as my base coat. You could even experiment with other colors since this design is just a burst of many colors. Just make sure that the base coat you choose compliments well with the other shades you choose for the confetti dots.

So once the base coat is dry, start dotting from the tip of the nails towards the cuticle.

I have used a dotting tool here, but you could even use a ball point pin or a toothpick.

There is no said order in which you have to use the colors to dot. Just pick the colors one after the other and dot it away. Concentrate the dots more at the tip of the nail and go on dotting till the mid length, slowly tapering the number of dots as you go up.

Make sure you don't put too many dots of just one or two colors that there won't be any space left for the other colors on the nail. Also you can overlap few dots here and there of different colors so that it looks like real confetti in the air.

Place just one or two dots toward the cuticle. This gives the look of the confetti just rising in the air.

Once the dots dry out, seal the design with a coat of clear polish.

That's it for today!

Have a great weekend!

XOXO :)

Peacock Feather Nail Art

Hello Folks!

I am back with a new nail art design.

I was just browsing through the web when I came across a beautiful picture of a peacock feather and it hit me that I could actually do a beautiful design inspired from it for my nails.
Also I always remember God Krishna (One of the most celebrated gods in India usually depicted with a peacock feather adorned in his crown) whenever I see peacock feathers. So to add a bit of tradition to the design, I just added a beautiful Indian pattern on the ring finger and thumb to match the peacock feather design.

So here it is,

NA#15

The design is a bit complicated since it needs a lot of colors to do the minute details. But I am here to make it simple for you guys.

Let's get started then.

I have used a beautiful blue color from the Maybelline Color Show range of nail enamels for the base coat. It's shade #303 called 'Shocking Seas'.

Next to do the pattern on the ring finger and thumb, I have used a beautiful design from stamping plate number 'm93' from Konad. (To know how to use a stamping kit, refer to my first post in the blog) I have chosen the leaf like pattern to match it up with the feather.

Now this pattern has some space in between the leaf borders. I chose to fill this space up with few colors of the feather.

To fill up the space first I have taken a sparkly muddy shade from Maybelline Color Show, #501 called 'Silk Stockings'. Since filling this up cannot be done with the polish brush, I have used the nail art brushes to do it. You guys could also use a toothpick or a thin paint brush to do the same.

You have to let this dry completely since you are filling this space again with few more colors.

Next I have used a golden polish nail art pen to draw an inner border to the leaf pattern. This goes for all the leaves in the pattern as shown in the picture. Allow it to dry completely.

Now meanwhile this dries, make a big leaf on the middle finger nail as a base for the feather.

To make this leaf, I have used a gorgeous minty green color again from the Maybelline Color Show range, #404 called 'Mint Mojito' using a nail art brush. Allow it to dry.

Now make two smaller leaf patterns at the centre of the green leaf, one using the muddy brown colored polish 'Silk Stockings' and upon that a smaller leaf with the golden polish nail art pen. This will give the peacock feather look. 

Make sure the polish is dry before adding another color else it will mess up the design.

Allow this to dry and revert to finish the patterns on the ring finger and thumb.

To give the feather look to the patterns, I have added a small dot of purple polish from a purple nail art pen at the centre of each leaf pattern in the stamped design.

Now for the peacock feather on the middle finger nail to look a little evident, I have drawn a freehand feather design on the overlapped colors using a black nail art pen just roughly outlining the colors. I have drawn it in a messy way so that it looks like a print. This has to dry completely.

Now to finish the design, add a bigger dot of purple polish at the centre of the feather.

Once the design is dry, secure it with a top coat.

Voila!