Summer Fresh

Inspired by an H&M polish I got recently!  The colour is called Summer Fresh =P
The polish has very subtle shimmer and looks great on its own on short nails.  Unfortunately, it chips the next day but I wasn't expecting much from a $2 polish.  I still love the colour regardless.

You will need:

• H&M Summer Fresh 
• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On
• Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Tea Rose
• Rimmel Top Coat
• Fine paintbrush
• Toothpick/paperclip/dotting tool

 1.  Start off with Summer Fresh polish.

2.  Dot 5 white dots in a circle on one corner of the nail.

 3.  Make 'V' shapes from the dots until you get 5 V's in a circle.

4.  Now fill in the V's so you have triangles.  You have your flower petals =)

5.  Now dot from the opposite corner towards the flower getting narrower as you get closer to the flower.

6.  Dot some pink dots including the center of the flower.  Top coat =)

I dotted the other nails in a simple all over dot pattern.  You can leave them blank if you think there's too much going on.  This is a cute look and because the colours are all subtle, you can wear it with your everyday look.  I just wish it would last more than a day =(

Enjoy!

- SheNailedMe

Silver Bursts

This is a design where you drag a pin over wet nail polish on your nails.  You have to work fast before it dries but it gives a really cool effect.  You can doing different designs with this technique but I'll show you how to make "bursts".  Hope you like it!

You will need:

• Jordana Black
• Color Club Smoke & Mirrors
• Rimmel Top Coat
• Pin

1.  Start with a black base.  Remember you have to work fast!

2.  While the black is still wet, put 3 dabs of silver polish on the nail.

3.  Then dab with black on top of the silver.

4.  While it's still wet, drag a pin from one end to the other in different directions.  You should get something that looks like the picture above.

5.  Add a few small dots around the silver burst.

6.  Drag a few of the spots with a pin towards the burst.  Top coat the whole thing!

I suggest working on each nail one at a time.  Here's the final look:

It's quite pretty =)

Enjoy!

- SheNailedMe

Patches

Sew together some nail polish!  Well... sort of.  Overall this wasn't a difficult one to do but it does test if you can make short straight lines.

You will need:

• Joe Faded Violet
• Joe Orchid
• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On (not in picture)
• Color Club Matte Top Coat
• Thin paintbrush
• 45 mins

 1.  Paint a base colour (Faded violet from Joe Fresh).  I painted a matte top coat over it but you don't have to do this step.

2.  With the bottle's brush, just make square patches on the nails with a different colour.  I'm using Orchid from Joe Fresh.

3. With white, outline the square.

4.  Paint small perpendicular dashes (or "stitches") along the white line.  There you have it =)

I feel like I would have liked it better if I only painted the design on one nail only or kept the patches consistent with every nail.  Anyhoo, hope you like it!

- SheNailedMe

Louis Vuitton

I've never owned a real Louis Vuitton anything.  It's way too expensive and I could never justify paying over $200 for a purse that only fits my wallet.  But I love the pattern!  My favourite is actually Damier Azur but I thought I should give the original Monogram a shot.  Make your nails expensive!!

You will need:

• Revlon Chocolate Truffle
• Joe Butter
• Rimmel Top Coat
• Fine paintbrush
• 40 mins

1.  Start with a brown base.  The rest of the painting is done best when the brown base is completely dry.

2.  Paint a 'V' in the center of the nail with light yellow and a fine paintbrush.

3.  Starting from between the top of the 'V', make the letter 'L'.  The vertical line is supposed to be on a slight diagonal like that.

4.  Now paint 2 diamond shapes above and below the 'LV'.  There are also diamonds to the left and right of the 'LV' too.

5.  Now paint ' + ' on the 4 corners around the 'LV.

6.  There are circles on the remaining spots.  You can't really tell because the nail cuts off.

7.  Using the same brown as the base, paint ' + ' over the diamonds.

8.  Then add dots in the center of the yellow ' + '.

9.  Don't forget the ones that are cut off!  The circles have sort of the same brown ' + ' on them.  Just look at the pattern on google as reference.

10.  Use the yellow again, and dot the center of the brown ' + '.

11.  The circles too!  Top coat it all!

I only painted the thumb and ring finger because all fingers would take too much time.  I really like this one!  I guess it doesn't count as my own design since the pattern came from Louis Vuitton.  But hey, showed you how to do it =)

- SheNailedMe

Let's Go Sailing!

I love nautical stripes!  It reminds me of sunny weather on the water.  This nail design is easy to do as long as you have steady hands to make horizontal stripes.  Shall we?

You will need:

• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White on
• Wet N Wild Wild Shine Sapphire Blue
• Rimmel Top Coat
• Gold decorative beads
• Thin paintbrush
• Toothpick (to put the beads on)
• 45 mins

1.  Paint a white tip.  You don't need to use a guide.

2.  Paint on the navy horizontal lines over the white tips.  You need a steady hand but a good trick is to roll the finger you are painting on.

3.  For the ring finger, instead of painting just the tip, do the whole nail.

4.  Paint a top coat and add on decorative beads while it's still wet.  Make an anchor shape.  The go over it again with the top coat.

And there you go.  You can paint the whole nail for the entire hand instead of just the tips.  It might even look better.  I painted this before I went to LA.  Thought I would wear it but I'm a nail picker.  So I picked out the anchor while figuring out what to pack. =(

- SheNailedMe