Christmas Snowflake

Step 1
Use a base coat on all nails

Step 2
Paint all your nails a dark red

Step 3
On your ring finger, Use a white striper to create a cross. Then use the striper and create two diagonal lines through the cross to create a star shape

Step 4
Use a white dotter and create a dot in the centre of the star and dots at each end of each line

Step 5
On the rest of your nails use a striper to create a cross shape for smaller stars

Step 6
Fill in all the blank spaces on your nails with small white dots for snow

Step 7
Seal in with a top coat

Polishes Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
OPI malaga wine
Sally Hansen white tip
Essie good to go top coat

Merry Christmas

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Water Bubble Christmas Tree

Step 1
Use a base coat on all nails

Step 2
Paint all your nails blue

Step 3
Use a glitter polish and paint the top on the nail by the cuticle. Then drag the brush down half the nails to create an ombre affect with the glitter

Step 4
Mix a bit of white acrylic paint with a small bit of water.

Step 5
Dip a dotting tool into the acrylic and create dots on your ring finger in the shape of a christmas tree

Step 6
Use a dry brush and press it against the dots. The brush will soak up the polish leaving a bubble effect

Step 7
Place a dot of top coat on top of the tree and place a diamond on the nail for the star

Step 8
Seal in with a top coat

Polishes Uses
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen white tip
Nails Inc oxford gardens
Chanel bel-argus
Essie good to go

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Santa Suit

Step 1
Use a base coat to protect your nails

Step 2
Paint all your nails two coats of red

Step 3
Make one swipe of white down the middle of your ring finger

Step 4
Create a white horizontal stripe on the tip of your nail

Step 5
Use a white dotter to create dots along the stripe you just created for the wool

Step 6
Use a black striper to create a horizontal stripe half way down your nail

Step 7
Dip a toothpick into gold and create a square around the middle of the belt for the buckle

Step 8
Finish off with a top coat

Happy Christmas!!!

Products Used
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen all fired up
Topshop spilled milk
Sally Hansen midnight in NY
Sally Hansen coat of arms
Essie good to go topcoat

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Olaf Nails

Step 1
Use a base coat to protect your nails

Step 2
On your ring finger, paint one stripe of white down the centre of your nail, starting a small bit down from the cuticle.

Step 3
Gradually extend the edges of the head by starting from the stripe you just created and curve out the edges slightly until the tip of the nail.

Step 4
Using a toothpick dipped into black, create 3 small lines at the top of the head for Olaf's hair

Step 5
Make two black dots for his eyes using a black dotter

Step 6
Use a smaller white dotter to create two white dots on top of the black ones

Step 7
Use a smaller black dotter for his pupils

Step 8
Using an orange dotter create a circle for the nose

Step 9
Use a black striper to create a horizontal line just under the nose. Then create a semi circle connecting both ends of the line to create his open mouth and fill it in.

Step 10
Use a white striper to create a small line for his teeth

Step 11
Paint the rest of your nails white and add big black dots on all of them for Olaf's buttons

Step 12
Seal in with a top coat

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Topshop spilled milk
Sally Hansen midnight in NY
Revlon mad about mango
Essie good to go top coat

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Galaxy Nails

Step 1

Use a base coat to protect you natural nails

Step 2

Paint your nails 2 coats of black

Step 3

Cut a tiny bit off of a makeup sponge, pick it up with a tweezers and dip it into a small bit of white nail varnish

Step 4

Dab the sponge onto your nails

Step 5

Dip the same sponge into pink and dab that on top parts of the white

Step 6

Again, dip the sponge into blue polish and dab it onto your nails

Step 7

Dip a toothpick into white and create a few dots for stars

Step 8

Using the toothpick with white, I then created one or two cross shapes for stars

Step 9

Use a clear top coat to seal in your design

Products Used

Essie grow stronger

Sally Hansen midnight in NY

Sally Hansen white tip

Sally Hansen I pink I can

Maybelline ceramic blue

Essie good to go

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Spider Nails

Step 1
Use a base coat on all your nails

Step 2
Paint your ring finger 2 coats of white

Step 3
Use a black striper and create a line coming from your cuticle to the centre of your nail

Step 4
Use a black dotter to create a big dot at the end of the line for the spiders body

Step 5
Using the striper again, create three small upside-down V shapes coming out of either side of the body for his legs

Step 6
Use a white dotter to create two eyes ans then use a toothpick dipped into black for his pupils

Step 7
Paint the rest of your nails orange

Step 8
Use a white striper to create 4 diagonal lines in the corner of your nail

Step 9
Use a toothpick dipped into white and create horizontal lines between the diagonal ones to connect the up

Products Used
Essie grow stronger base coat
Revlon mad about mango
Kiss white striper
Sally Hansen midnight in NY

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Graveyard Nails

Step 1
Use a base coat on all of your nails

Step 2
Paint your nails two coats of white. This will make the ombré more opaque.

Step 3
Paint one stripe of black and one stripe on red onto a makeup sponge. Dab off the excess polish onto a piece of paper and dab the sponge onto your nails

Step 4
Using a black striper, create a thin line at the tip of your nail.

Step 5
Using the same striper, create a cross on each nail

Step 6
Use a black dotter to create a dome shape next to each cross. This will look like a gravestone

Step 7
To add more dimension to the cross and gravestone, use a toothpick dipped into grey and create a tiny line at the side of the gravestones and crosses (this step is optional)

Step 8
Clean up around your nails and seal in your design with a top coat

Happy Halloween

Products Used
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen midnight in NY
Sally Hansen all fired up
Kiss black striper
Essie good to go top coat

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Autumn Trees

Step 1
Start with a base coat on all of your nails.

Step 2
Paint all of your nails white. This will make the ombré more opaque.

Step 3
Paint one stripe of orange and one stripe of brown onto a makeup sponge, dab off the excess polish on a piece of paper and then dab the sponge onto all your nails except your ring finger.

Step 4
Use a fast drying top coat on all your ombréd nails to blend the colours even more. 

Step 5
On your ring finger, use a sponge with a small bit of the orange and dab it in a small circle in the middle of your nail.

Step 6
Use a striper to create a bare tree. At the tip of the nail, create a thick line. Then with the striper, create very thin lines for the branches. You can also create even thinner lines coming from the branches for smaller twigs.

Step 7
As an optional step, you can use a small dotter dipped into the brown or orange and create small dots around the tree to give the effect of leaves.

Step 8
Seal in your design with a clear fast drying top coat.

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Topshop spilled milk
Rimmel posh trash
Revlon mad about mango
Essie good to go top coat

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Autumn Leaves

Step 1
Apply a base coat to protect your natural nails

Step 2
Paint all your nails beige

Step 3
On your pinky, index and thumb fingers, create a red, orange and yellow ombre. To create this, paint one stripe of red, one stripe of orange and one stripe of yellow onto a makeup sponge and dab it onto your nail.

Step 4
Use a sparkly top coat on your ombréd nails...this will blend the colours together and add a bit of sparkle 

Step 5
On your middle and ring fingers, to create the round edged leaves, use a dotter dipped into orange and create one stripe with 2 other stripes coming out of it. For the pointed leaf, use a striper to create a curved triangle.

Step 6
To finish the leaves use a brown striper and create one stripe up the centre and one coming out either side

Step 7
Finish off with a top coat

Products Used
Essie grow stronger base coat
Chanel sahara beige
Sally Hansen all fired up
Topshop glitter
Max Factor mellow yellow
Revlon Mad about mango
Nails Inc caviar top coat

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Plaid Nails

Step 1
Use a base coat to protect your nails

Step 2
Paint your nails using two coats of a light grey

Step 3
Using a white striper, create two intersecting white lines, one vertical line slightly off the centre and the other horizontal line about one quarter down your nail.

Step 4
Outline both white lines with a black striper

Step 5
Create a thin black line down the centre of both white stripes

Step 6
Use a deep red striper and create 2 thin lines, one to the left of your nail, opposite the white stripe, and the other line towards the tip of your nail

Step 7
Seal in with a fast drying top coat

Polishes Used
Essie grow stronger base coat
Essie parka perfect
Kiss white striper
Kiss black striper
Nails Inc caviar top coat

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DIY Nail Stickers

Step 1
Paint a thick layer of a clear top coat onto a plastic zip-lock bag...this will be the base of your sticker.

Step 2
Once dry, paint any design you like onto the base

Step 3
Leave your sticker dry for 20 minutes

Step 4
Gently peel your sticker off the plastic with a tweezers...be very careful as it might stretch

Step 5
Place your sticker onto your nail and seal in with a top coat

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Peace Nail Art

Step 1
Paint your ring finger 2 coats of white

Step 2
Pick out 3 or 4 colours that you are going to use for the peace sign

Step 3
Use a dotting tool dipped into one of your colours and create random dots around the edges of your nail

Step 4
Continue to create the dots with all of your colours until you have a colourful dotted line around your nail

Step 5
Use your dotter again to create the dots coming from the top of your nail to roughly the middle of your nail

Step 6
Create more dots (I'm saying dots too much) coming from the end of the line you just created and out to both corners of your nail

Step 7
Once you are happy with the design, paint the rest of your nails with one of the colours you used in the design

Step 8
Finish with a top coat

Products I Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen white tip
Essie splash of grenadine
Essie mint candy apple
Sally Hansen I pink I can
Essie watermelon
Nail Inc caviar top coat

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Paint Splatter

Step 1
Start off with a base coat to create a smooth base

Step 2
Paint your ring finger two coats of white

Step 3
Choose 4 or 5 colours and get the same amount of straws. I used 5 colours so I used 5 straws

Step 4
Dip the bottom of one straw into your first colour. Hold the straw over the nail and blow into the opposite side of the straw...the nail varnish will splatter onto your nail.

Step 5
Continue doing Step 4 with your different colours until you are happy with the effect you have created

Step 6
Choose one of the colours you splattered onto your nail and use this colour on the rest of your nails.

Step 7
Clean up around your nails and seal in with a top coat

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen white tip
Essie mint candy apple
Sally Hansen I Pink I Can
Essie in stitches
Miss Sporty  no.320
Max Factor  cute coral
Nails Inc. caviar top coat

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Dry Brush Nails

Step 1
Start off with a base coat

Step 2
Paint your ring finger 2 coats of a very very light peach colour

Step 3
Choose your 3 or 4 colours 

Step 4
Get your first colour and wipe most of the polish off of the brush and onto a piece of paper so that there's only a tiny bit of polish on the brush

Step 5
Swipe the brush along your nail...dont worry if not much polish goes onto your nail, it is supposed to be like this.

Step 6
Continue to do this with all of the colours and you will be able to see the effect

Step 7
Place a gem stone on your nail

Step 8
Paint the rest of your nails a bright pink

Step 9
Seal in your design with a top coat

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen sheer me now
Essie mint candy apple
China Glaze hang-ten toes
China Glaze sun of a peach
Nails Inc caviar top coat

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Aztec

Step 1
Use a base coat to protect your natural nails.

Step 2
Paint your ring finger two coats of white

Step 3
Use a black striper on your white nail and create 4 horizontal lines

Step 4
Between the first and second lines, create 4 vertical lines. This will look like squares. Fill in every second square.

Step 5
Between the second and third lines, use a dotter to create black dots.

Step 6
Between the third and fourth lines, use a striper to create a zig-zag line.

Step 7
In the last space, create a few dots again

Step 8
Paint your other nails black and add a silver rhinestone to each

Step 9
Use a top coat on all of your nails

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen white tip
Sally Hansen midnight in NY
Nails Inc. caviar top coat

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1D Nails

This design is perfect for anyone going to a 1D concert or just anyone who is as mad about 1D as I am! I'm going to see them tomorrow night in Croke Park!!

Step 1
Use a base coat on all of your nails

Thumb Nail:
Paint your nail two coats of red. Fold some Scotch tape in half and draw the shape of half a heart on the folded side. Cut this shape out and unfold the tape. You will now have the shape of a cut out heart. Place this on your nail (make sure the polish is dry) and paint it white. Peel off the tape and you will have the shape of a heart on your nail. Using a dotter dipped into black, create dots all around the heart.

Baby Finger:
Do the exact same as the thumb nails but use white as your base and create a red heart.

Index Finger:
I made an Irish flag but you can change this depending on which country you are from. I painted my nail white and then used a green striper to create one side of the flag. I then used an orange striper to create to other side of the flag.

Middle Finger:
Paint your nail two coats of red. Use a white striper to create the number 1. Then use the striper again and create another straight line next to the 1. Create two horizontal lines at the top and bottom of the line you just created. Create a sidewards V next to the horizontal lines. Finish the logo by adding two lines above and below the 1D.

Ring Finger:
Paint your nail white and use a black striper to create three diagonal lines. Use a black dotter to create three dots for the music notes. Use the striper to create vertical lines coming out of the dots. Use a white dotter and create dots inside the black ones. I then used a dotter dipped into orange and created a dot on the white. (the white makes the colours 'pop' over the black) I then did the same with a green dot and left the other white. I used these colours to match the Irish flag.

Finally:
Finish off with a clear fast drying top coat.

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Ombre Animal Print

Step 1
Use a base coat to protect your natural nails.

Step 2
Paint all your nails two coats of white. This will make the ombre more opaque.

Step 3
Paint two stripes of polish onto a makeup sponge slightly over-lapping each other. You can use any colours you like but I used a mint and a coral.

Step 4
Roll the sponge across your nail. You may need to repeat this step a few times to make to colours more opaque.

Step 5
Once you are happy with your ombre, use a clear top coat to blend the colours together even more.

Step 6
Use a toothpick dipped into black polish and create bracket shapes and 'C' shapes. This effect will resemble the leopard print.

Step 7
If you feel that there are some blank spots on your nail, use the toothpick dipped into black again to create dots in the blank spots.

Step 8
Once this is dry, seal in your design with a fast drying top coat and you're finished.

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen white tip
Essie mint candy apple
Sally Hansen get juiced 
Nails Inc. caviar top coat

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Spring Flowers

Step 1
Use a base coat on all your nails.

Step 2
Paint your nails a light pink, except for your ring finger.

Step 3
Paint your ring finger a dark pink.

Step 4
Use a dotter dipped into the light pink you used earlier to create a few flowers on your ring finger. 

Step 5
Once this is dry, use the same size dotter dipped into the dark pink to create a circle in the centre of the flower.

Step 6
Using a smaller dotting tool dipped into the light pink, create small dots around the blank areas of the nail.

Step 7
Use a dotter dipped into the dark pink to create a few flowers on your middle finger. (Same as Step 4 but with the opposite colour.)

Step 8
Use the same size dotting tool dipped into the light pink for the centre of the flowers (same as step 5 but with opposite colour.)

Step 9
Using a small dotting tool dipped into the dark pink, create random dots around the blank spaces of the nail.

Step 10
Once your design is fully dry, apply a clear top coat.

Voila...:)

Products Used:
Essie Grow Stronger base coat
Essie Watermelon
Dior Vernis (no.470)
Nails Inc. Caviar top coat

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St. Patricks Day

Step 1
Use a base coat to protect your natural nails. 

Step 2
Paint all your nails white. You might need two coats.

Step 3
Use a green polish and create a diagonal line starting from half way down your nail, up to the top corner of your nail. You could also use Scotch tape to make your line straighter.

Step 4
Use a dotting tool dipped into green polish to create three dots in the shape of a shamrock. Then use a green striper to create the stem of the shamrock.

Step 5
Use a smaller dotting tool dipped into a slightly darker green to create random dots around the white part of your nails.

Step 6
I then used a glitter polish over the green to add a bit of sparkle. This step is optional.  

Step 7
Finish off by using a clear top coat to seal in your design.

Voila...:)

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen white tip
Topshop glitter polish
Essie sew psyched
Rimmel London green grass
Nails Inc. caviar top coat

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Perrie Edwards Inspired

These nails were inspired by Perrie Edwards nail strips collection.

Step 1
Use a base coat on all of your nails.

Step 2
Paint your ring finger red.

Step 3
Paint your remaining fingers with a black polish

Step 4
Use a toothpick dipped into a small bit of clear polish to pick up each rhinestone. You will need 9 for your little finger

Step 5
Use a clear coat with glitter on your ring finger and thumb

Step 6
Using a toothpick dipped into red, create small dots (they dont need to be perfect circles)  for roses on your middle finger. Use another toothpick dipped into green to create the leaves.

Step 7
Use a white striper to create a heart on your index finger.

Step 8
Use a toothpick again to create the roses all around the heart.

Step 9
Use a clear top coat to seal in your designs

Voila...:)

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Sally Hansen midnight in NY
Sally Hansen All Fired Up
Topshop glitter
Kiss white striper
Essie good to go top coat

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Valentines Leopard Print

Step 1
Use a base coat on all of your nails.

Step 2
Paint your ring finger a very light pink or lilac.

Step 3
Paint the remainder of your nails bright pink.

Step 4
Use a dotting tool dipped into the same pink that you used on your other nails, create a few heart shapes on your ring finger.

Step 5
Use a toothpick dipped into a dark pink to outline random parts of the heart. You can also create a few dots with the toothpick in blank areas to create a more leopard print effect.

Step 6
Once your nails are dry, use a fast drying top coat to seal in your design.

Voila...:)

Products Used:
Essie grow stronger base coat
Essie lovie dovie
O.P.I Panda-Monium Pink
Essie watermelon
Essie good to go top coat

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Valentines Ombre Love Heart

Step 1
Use a base coat on all your nails

Step 2
Paint your ring finger two coats of white.

Step 3
Paint the remainder of your nails pink.

Step 4
get some Scotch tape and fold it in half. Cut the shape of half a heart out with a scissors.

Step 5
Unfold the tape and you are left with a full love heart shape.

Step 6
Place this tape onto your ring finger nail over the white but make sure the white is completely dry first.

Step 7
Paint one stripe on pink and one stripe of red onto a foundation sponge.

Step 8
Roll the sponge onto your ring finger nail 

Step 9
Remove the tape while the heart is still wet. If you do this when it is dry, the heart could peel off.

Step 10
Leave the heart to dry and use a fast drying top coat.

Voila...:) 

Products Used:
Essie 'Grow Stronger' base coat
Essie 'Lovie Dovie'
Sally Hansen 'White Tip'
Sally Hansen 'All Fired Up'
Essie 'Good To Go' top coat

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Winter Aztec Print

 Happy New Year everyone!! To start the new year, here is a new nail art design!

Step 1

Use a base coat to protect your natural nails.

Step 2

Paint two coats of a grey polish of your ring finger. Leave to dry.

Step 3

While the grey is drying, paint the rest of your nails a bright pink.

Step 4

Use a white striper to create three straight, vertical lines on your ring finger. In two of the spaces, use the white striper to create a zig-zag shape.

Step 5

Use a small dotting tool dipped into white to create dots in the other two spaces on your ring finger.

Step 6

Use a clear top coat on all of your nails to seal in your design

Voila...:)

Products Used:

Essie Grow Stronger base coat

Essie Lovie Dovie

Essie Parka Perfect

Kiss white striper

Essie Good to Go top coat

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