Buenos días fellow lacquer lovers! A few weeks ago I was rooting round Boots and came away with a stash of new polishes to try out. I picked out two particularly fabulous colours that I paired together for today's design and I absolutely love them...
I love the combination of this deep, mustard yellow and muted navy blue and I think it creates quite a vintage effect. The best thing about this design is that it's perfect for nail art newcomers as I did all of this only using the brushes that came in the polishes.
To create this exact design, here's what you need to do:
1. Get hold of a base coat, Maybelline's 'Electric Yellow', Mavala's 'Trinidad', Barry M's 'Matte White' and a top coat.
2. Apply your base coat to every nail and leave to dry.
3. Apply Electric Yellow to every other nail and leave to dry. Apply further coats until you feel the colour is opaque enough.
4. Apply Trinidad to the remaining nails and leave to dry. Again, apply further coats until you feel the colour is opaque enough.
5. Take your Matte White and get rid of excess from the brush. Dab the polish on to create the petals of flowers. You can create as many flowers as you like.
6. On the yellow nails, take Trinidad and dot it in the middle of your flowers. On the blue nails, do the same with Electric Yellow.
7. Leave the colours to dry a little then apply your top coat and leave to fully dry.
If you have any questions, you can leave me a comment below or tweet me @rachelizabethxo. I would LOVE to hear from you and find out your thoughts!
Happy painting!
Rachel xo
Buenos días fellow lacquer lovers! Now, is it just me or is there something strangely appealing about the colour combo of white, blue and red? Being British, the combo evokes a sense of patriotism and I'm sure it does in those of you all over the world with these colours as those in your flag too. Today's nails are simple, floral, patriotic and oh-so-pretty.
For this manicure, the staple colours you will need are:
- Patent/plain white
- Patent/plain light blue
- Patent/plain red
You will also need the following colours to add certain accents, such as the centre of the flower and leaf detailing:
- Patent/plain dark brown (black will suffice if you really can't find a dark enough brown, or of course you can experiment and choose any colour you like!)
- Patent/plain mid to dark green
Finally, you will need the following tool(s) to create the right shapes:
- Dotting tool (a cocktail stick/toothpick will suffice if you're new to nail art)
- Striping brush (for the leaf detailing, again, a cocktail stick/toothpick will suffice but it can be quite tricky to get the leaves accurate)
Et voila! Floral nails are always a massive hit amongst my friends and you'll be sure to receive a compliment or too when you wear these.
If you have any questions, you can leave me a comment below or tweet me @rachelizabethxo. I would LOVE to hear from you and find out your thoughts!
Happy painting!
Rachel xo
