40 great nail art ideas:3 shades of green Mermaid dry marble nail design

Introduction

Good day darlings. My prompt for 40 great nail art ideas was scale/mermaid design. I decided to combine dry marble and stamping to create mermaid nails with 3 different shades of green polish. It was a first time I tried dry marble on top of the silicon mat and it definitely was easier than on the nail. Although I need to practice more, so that I can get consistent results for all nails.

Results

Figure 1. "Green mermaid".

Water marble nail design "Morning flowers" with Color club Safari sunset

Introduction

Good day darlings. I'm back to my water marbling phase, because it's so much fun and versatile. Here is classic water marble design with non classic choice of colors and finishes. I have neon green Frolic in the ocean, pastel blue with slight shimmer Bikini so teeny and super shimmery peach Safari sunset. I really love how this mix looks together. What do you think?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Morning flowers"

Stamping Saturday: Acrylic rainbow nail art with Mundo de Unas stamping using Marianne 67 plate "Summer rain"

Introduction

Good day darlings, today I wanna show "Summer rain", which I made for Russian challenge (#лакоавгуст2015), #clairestelle8august gradient prompt and #stampingSaturday.  I used acrylic paint to create background rainbow gradient using blob technique, because summer rain usually involves rainbow. And I stamped silhouette flowers and romantic couple under umbrella using black Mundo de Unas polish and some of my new Marianne plates. It did not turn out exactly like I imagined, but I love this bright and colorful nail design anyway. I used wet mirror as a prop to show this nail art at it's best. Do you have a feeling of refreshing midday summer shower  while looking at it, or it's just me? 

Results 

Figure 1. Nail art "Summer rain".

Double gradient nail art with square spiral vinyls from Emily de molly "Beyond colorful"

Introduction

Hello my dear readers today I have a double post for you with both left and right hands done using exactly the same polish, but different nails art techniques. No stamping though ;) I used cream/holo polish combo from my double color blocking post. For the left hand I did first layer of gradient using 4 different creams, applied square spiral vinyls from Emily de Molly and added second holo gradient with four matching polishes. These nails look wonderful and much more light, than with color blocking, exactly as I expected. And it's my entry for colorful #OMD3 prompt and vinyls prompt at 30 Days of Colour. On the right hand I did skittles nails with cream background and holo top, V shapes were done using stripping tape. Oh, and thumb had double gradient round spiral, just for fun. This was my entry for V-shape #OMD3 challenge. There is something magic about this colorful cream/holo combo, I simple love using it.

Results 

Figure 1. Nail art "Beyond colorful"

30 Days of Colour: Stamping nail art using plate EDM 08 "Mysterious Egypt"

Introduction

This is my last June post and it's an entry for pastel/stamping prompt in 30 Days of Colour challenge. This nail art was inspired by gorgeous nails created by super talented Nailzcraze. Just looking at them you might think of Katty Perry's Dark horse music video, and that's where original idea comes from. However, I was not super impressed, by this video, but I fell in love with Natalie's nails the moment I saw them. It took very long for me before I made my version of this look. First of all I had to grow unusually long nails and second there were 2 unsuccessful attempts, before I managed to create something worth showing. Gradient was created using dry brush technique with my favorite black - Licorice by Essie and frame was done using MdU black, because it's easier to apply with detail brush. All stamping images come from Emily de molly plate EDM 08. My photos are not as breathtaking as original, but I'm pretty happy with result.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Mysterious Egypt"

30 Days of Colour: Pond and waterfall nail art with Picture polish and Mundo de Unas stamping "Summer waterfall"

Introduction

The prompt was red/pond and I chose to do another pond mani this time combined with waterfall technique, which I never used before. For ring finger which represents waterfall itself my formula was: coat of white wedding+tint+(waterfall with various Picture polishes + tint)x 3. For other fingers coat of DIY jelly + (waterfall with various Picture polishes + stamping + DIY jelly)x3. Finally for the thumb I combined both and did not apply jelly of tint on top, that's why it looks so gorgeous on macros, we can see all textures mixed together. I think waterfall at every pond layer was really excessive one or two would be enough and just clear top coat without jelly to show structure better. I love these nails and wore them for 6 days, which is very long for me. Looking forward to use waterfall technique again. And how about you, did you ever make waterfall nails?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Summer waterfall"

Mani swap: Green yellow and orange gradient with MdU stamping "Golden lotus"

Introduction

Something different today - my very first mani swap with awesome Sumeet from Tales of coffee lacquer and beauty. If you follow her blog (and if not, what are you waiting for?) you know that she does outstanding water marbles and gradients. For this swap we decided to do stamping mani, but I new right away that it will be one of her stampings over gradient, because they are so beautiful. It was hard, we do not have too many similar plates and I love so many of her designs. Finally, when I saw this gorgeous green to orange gradient I could not resist, even though my lotus and leaves are pretty different. But this color combo is divine, it glows on my nails. I love everything about this mani, thank you Summet for this opportunity to swap with you.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Golden lotus".

30 Days of Colour: Color blocking with vinyls, pastel creams and holos "Holo undies"

Introduction

Two days later, but I want to post my cream/color blocking mani for 30 Days of Color challenge. I had an idea to make double color blocking and use some vinyls, which I bought at Emily de Molly website, it was way to ambitious for my level of this technique. The polish combo of paste creams and holos works together marvelous, but whole mani would look much better with gradient technique, rather than blocking. Needless to say it took ages to dry and looks very thick. I could not decide which bottle to hold, so I made a group bottle pictures instead :) My favorite is spiral on the thumb, that's why I plan to repeat this mani using gradients and spirals.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Holo undies".

Winter nail art challenge: Tinsel/Ornaments

Introduction:

Christmas is nearing end only three entries left. Today, I made christmas ornament using pastel colors peach and lilac. I really like how delicate this mani looks. I'm not super good with stamping placement, so I created decals and it really helped to center ornaments. Also, by making decals I was able to add background lilac color.

Results:

Figure 1. All five nails with christmassy ornament.

September Nail Art Challenge: Stamping Month! Day 5: Birds