The 'Jade Garden' Nail Art

Hello folks!

I hope y'all are doing fine. :)

It's been quite a long time that I wrote a post. Nevertheless am back with a super easy and beautiful nail art for all of you to try on.

NA#19

I call this design the 'Jade Garden' giving to the colors that I have used for this one. It is a very simple one to do and also looks great with different color combos.

I wanted to particularly try this out with a beautiful shade of green since it's really rare that we get to see green being generously used as a nail paint color.

So let me tell you the shades that I have used here.

If you have followed my posts then you would be well aware by now that I am a big fan of Maybelline nail paints. They really have a beautiful range of shades and quality nail paints. So even this time, the nail paints are from Maybelline range.

For the base coat, I have used two shades.

1. #301 Tenacious teal (although it's called teal, it has a warm jade green hue)
2. #102 Porcelain Party (a beautiful opaque white)

For drawing the flowers and the creeper, I have used two nail art pens from a local store. One of them being a white shade and another one being a lush jade green color.

To start of with, apply two generous coats of  green on all the nails except for the nail on the ring finger. Now onto your ring finger nail, apply two coats of white polish. Let it dry completely.

To draw the flowers

This one is pretty simple to do, since I have not used much of technique here. These are simple 5 petal'ed' white flowers.
If you don't have a nail art pen, then you can just pick a tooth pick to dot these flowers

You can start off from the top corner of your nail and just go along a diagonal line across your nail towards the tip. This pretty much makes it look like a bunch of flowers on a creeper.

To draw the creeper

Now to draw the creeper on your ring finger nail, use the green nail art pen/green polish to draw a horizontal line towards the edge of the nail leaving some space to fill up the leaves on either sides.

Now the creeper need not have that perfectly shaped leaves. Just stroke the pen to get pointed lines on either sides of the horizontal line for the leaves.

Let it dry completely.

Finally secure the design with a coat of clear polish and you are good to go! :)

Hope you enjoyed reading the post and will try this design yourself.
Have a great week ahead!

P.S: You could reuse this design for St. Patrick's Day just by replacing the flowers and creepers with clover leaves :)

CupCake NailArt

Hello people!

Hope you'll are ready for a super weekend.

To add a little creativity to your weekend, here I am with a super cute nail art.


NA#18

This super cute design is a very easy one to try and will look super cute on your nails!

Let's get started then!

Colors used:6

1. Feisty Fuschia (sober pink) #213 from Maybelline New York for half the base coat
2. Choco Sin (hot chocolate shade) #014 from Maybelline New York for the cupcake base
3. White shade for the cream
4. Teal shade for the cupcake base creases
5. Red shade for the cherry on top
6. Blue shade for the toppings on the cream

You will also need some strips of cello tape for doing the duo-toned base coat.

First, stick on some cello tape strips to cover the bottom half of the nail, so that you can paint the pink shade on top half portion of the nail.

After the paint dries up, remove the cello tape strips carefully. Now paint the bottom half of the nail with the chocolate brown shade as shown in the picture above. Allow it to dry. This forms the cupcake base.

Now once both the colors dry and set completely, take some white nail paint using a bobby pin/ a dotting tool and try to fill the top portion above the brown shade(cupcake base) to create the cream on top of the cupcake. Allow it to dry.

Once this dries up completely, take some teal nail paint shade on a thin brush/nailart brush to draw the creases on the cupcake base so that it looks like the cupcake base paper.

Now to add the toppings on the cream, place some tiny dots using a tooth pick/dotting tool with some blue nail paint.

Now to add the cherry on the cream, place a considerably larger dot on the white cream with a bright red nail paint using a dotting tool/tooth pick.

Allow it to dry completely, secure the design with a coat of clear polish.

And you are done!

Cupcakes anyone?? :)

Geometric Nail Art

Hello Folks!

It's been a long time that I met you guys through my posts.
But here I am with a new nail art to make up for the absence!

NA#17

Geometric Nail Art

It's extremely easy to do and looks great for the fall season with the warm orange shade!

I will tell you guys about the shades that I have used here for this design.

For the base coat, I have used a very warm orange shade from Maybelline Newyork ColorShow range of nail enamels(Yeah! you know me now! A great fan of Maybelline :P), #214 called 'Orange Fix'.

Two good coats should do for the base coat. Just the plain shade itself makes your nails look so attractive!

Now for the design, I have used a black shade.

Just pick up any good dark black shade. Also you would need few tools if your gonna use the bottle nail paint to draw the designs, like a thin brush. But I have used a nail art pen to draw the designs here.

For the index and pinky I have done a tiny traingle at one of the edges of the nail. Just swipe the nail paint brush at one of the edges of the nails diagonally to draw the traingle.

For the thumb and middle finger I have done tiny rings with the nail art pen. This one looks super cute and you could actually do this design on all the nails if you'd wish to!

For the ring finger nail, I have done a zigzag tape at the edge of the nail with the nail art pen. Just draw a thin zig zag line at the extreme edge of the nail using the nail art pen and fill up the space with the nail paint brush itself.

To secure the design, I have used a clear coat polish.

Tadaaa....your nails are super ready for this fall!

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!