"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."
-Marilyn Monroe

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Fierce Sexy Claws.

This week, we'll take a break from the tedious mascara process and focus on something fun! Let's do some nail art.
 Today we're going to be learning a simple, sophisticated design perfect for any occasion!
Let's get started.

For this tutorial you will need:

At least 1 striper nail polish. They can be found at any Wal-Mart or drugstore, for this tutorial I use white and a sliver glitter polish but the accent glitter is completely optional if you don't want to get too complex. They can be distinguished from regular nail varnishes by their unusually thin packaging. These are used for precision lines, an absolute must have for this tutorial. The brush will look something like the photo given.



this photo is not mine or of my nail art, I will be later uploading
a photo of my own nails later
Full credit to whoever created this as I have no idea
who did it.


1 regular colored polish of your choice, my only piece of advice is that if you want the color of your design to be light (such as white or a pastel color), choose a dark polish to put underneath it. Reverse if you chose a dark striper color, chose a lighter base color. This will help your design to stand out as much a possible.

1 Top coat. This will add a beautiful shine to your design and help it stay in place without chipping. Base coat is optional, as it is hard to find one that will apply well without becoming so thick it just peels off of your nail the next day, it's only perpose is to protect your natural nail, but if you take breaks in between wearing varnishes, you'll be fine.

Let's begin by placing our first coat of our base color directly onto our nail. Make sure you wipe the excess lacquer off the brush and stem before applying it onto your nail. Don't worry about it not being completely opaque, another coat should be applied using the same discarding technique that we used for the first layer. This ensures that our varnish doesn't bubble, dries more quickly, and has less of a possibility to get damaged.
once both coats have completely  dried, take your striper, wipe the extra product off, and begin your design! Start at any corner of the nail you like and start with the bottom flair. You can create the flair by simply guiding the brush in a swooping upward motion, until the line becomes very fine, seemingly disappearing from view. Continue making the flairs until you have three, all swooping out a little above one another (make sure you have enough space between them to create another flair, this step is very important), make sure that they all connect in the corner so they appear organized.
Now you have the option to create two more flairs with your glitter striper. In between the first and second flair, place a glitter flair. Now create one in between the second and third and you're done! This simple design can be created with any colors, and suits any and every event. Have fun cuties!

Until next week,

                  God Bless.


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