How to make creative nail designs

 How to make creative nail designs

Looking for a way to style your look? A creative nail design can complement your outfit for a special event or add an exclusive touch to your everyday look. Although it is best to leave nail decoration with many details in the hands of a professional, there are designs that you can create yourself. Try double tones, glitter and jewels, polka dots, mixed colors, heather or stamping for effects.

- How to make creative nail designs and nail art accessories

Method one Prepare your nails

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Remove all traces of nail polish. Make sure you are starting from scratch by removing any polish that is still on them.

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Cut and file your nails. Shape them to get neat. Since you are decorating nails, try not to cut them too short. It is better to have more space to work.

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Apply a nail primer. Nail base is usually clear or bluish in color and can be purchased anywhere nail polish is sold. Protect nails from being stained or damaged by paint or other nail art materials. Apply a coat and allow it to dry completely before proceeding. Some nail foundations remain sticky after they dry. This texture is designed to help the next coat, the enamel, stay in place longer without flaking. Choose the nail base that you like the most.


Method two Designs for beginners

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Paint only the tip of the nail a different color. Choose two complementary colors, which will look great on the same nail.
Apply a colored or clear nail base. Let the polish dry.

Apply a French manicure adhesive to the nail, exposing the tip. If you don't have stickers for French manicure, use a sticker with a similar shape, such as stickers used to reinforce holes in sheets of paper.

Paint the tip of a color over the adhesive. Nothing happens if you paint the adhesive a little.

Peel off the sticker while the paint is wet, so you don't pick up paint chips with it when you remove it.

Allow the design to dry completely and finish it off with a top coat.


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Add a jewel or sticker to your nails. Start by painting a layer with your favorite polish and highlight it with a pretty decoration.
Apply a colored foundation or a clear one. Let the polish dry.

Put some nail glue or nail gel on the nail. Place it at the top of it, toward the tip, or at the bottom of a corner. Think about where it will be best.

Take the jewelry or sticker with tweezers and place it on the gel or glue. Use the tweezers to gently press where the decoration will go. Let the glue dry.

Apply a final coat of clear polish ("top coat") on the nails, to prevent the adhesive or jewelry from falling off.


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Get a shiny effect. Try one of these techniques:
Mix some loose glitter with the nail gel or clear polish, apply it on the nails. When the application has dried, add a coat of clear polish to finish ("top coat").

Cover one or more of your nails with the gel or polish. Sprinkle glitter over them and allow to dry before finishing with a top coat.


Method 3 Polka dot design

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Create some simple polka dots. Choose two colors, one for the base coat and one for the color of the mole. If you prefer, you can use several colors for the polka dots.
Apply a colored coat as a base. Let it dry completely.

Dip a small brush, toothpick, or thumbtack into the nail polish you have chosen to make the moles, and lightly rest it on the nail. Keep doing this until the nail has as many moles as you want. To achieve other effects, you can make polka dots of various sizes using a fine point or a thicker point. To achieve fading or trail-shaped spots, dip the utensil into the paint once and make multiple spots with that paint without re-wetting it. You can also use the fine-tipped tool to stretch paint from a wet mole to create rays, spirals, or any other design.

When the moles have dried, finish with a top coat.


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Make a flower design. A set of polka dots can look like a flower. Pick three colors: one for the base, one for the center of the flower, and one for the petals.
Apply the base color. Let it dry completely.

Use a fine-tipped brush or toothpick to make groups of five spots in a circle on the nails. These are the petals.

When the dots that make up the petals dry, you can use that color to paint a simple circle in the center of the petals. You can add extra details by placing a small white strip in the center of the petals or make some leaves using a green glaze. Be careful not to make too many flowers on each nail. Make sure the flowers are distinguishable from each other.

When the flowers have dried, finish them with a top coat.


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Create leopard footprints. To achieve this look, choose two colors: one dark and one light. Try fuchsia or orange and black.
Use the lightest color to stain your nails. The shapes do not have to be uniform, as leopard spots are not uniform.

When the stains dry, draw a "C" or "U" around the edge of the stains using a darker color.

When the leopard prints have dried, finish with a top coat or, for style, paint over the design with a clear glitter polish.


Method 4 Mixed color design

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Make a spiral. You will need three different colors: a base color plus two different colors that look good when they spiral over the base color.
Apply the color coat as a base and let it dry.

Put a coat of top coat to seal in the base coat and allow it to dry.

Make a point with the colored nail polish from the first spiral using a toothpick.

Use a clean toothpick to add a second stitch and make another spiral with a different color above the first stitch while the first is still wet.

Drag all the colors out and make spirals using a clean toothpick, a special nail art brush, or something else. You can also create a marbled effect by randomly placing several dots of the color of the first spiral, and then placing different dots of the color of the second spiral around and on top of the dots that you painted first. Go around the dots around and join them by moving your tool in a cross shape, an "S" shape or by making an 8.


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Make sloping nails ("ombre"). Ombre nails look best with colors from the same family, such as purples or blues. To achieve this look you will need three colors: a dark, a medium and a light tone.
Apply a coat of the darkest color and let it dry.

Wet a makeup sponge with a dark colored polish (the sponge only needs to touch the polish once) and apply the medium color to the end of the nails, starting from the end and working your way down for a gradient color effect .

Using a clean makeup sponge, dab the lighter color onto the nail following the pattern above, starting from the tip and fading towards the base of your nails. The end result should be lighted tips that fade to the darker colored base.

Apply a coat of clear polish ("top coat") while the polishes are still wet so that the colors blend further.


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Create a watercolor effect. In this case, you will need two or more colors: white and another color or two of your choice.
Apply the white polish as a base.

Before the base color dries, use a toothpick or other tool to place dots with another color or two colors on top of the base color.

Dip a large brush in acetone and run it over the polish drops. Use the acetone and the brush to make the points thinner and so that they are flushed over the white polish base. If you do it right, you will get an impressionist design inspired by Monet.

When the watercolor design dries, apply a coat of clear polish ("top coat").

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Make the acid washed nail design. To mimic the look of acid washed jeans, wear blue and white nail polish.
Use the color blue as the base. Let it dry and apply a coat of clear polish ("top coat").

When these coats have dried, paint a single coat of white polish over the base.

Dip a makeup sponge in acetone and use it to gently rub to remove and refine the white polish. Stop when the blue enamel layer begins to show, this will create the appearance of being acid washed.

When the acid design has dried, finish it off with a top coat.


Method 5 Water mottled design

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Gather all your supplies. Water marbling is a creative technique that uses water and a variety of colors to achieve a unique look. Have the following materials ready: a base color and two or three colors that go well together, such as light blue, yellow, and white. A shallow, wide-mouthed cup or bowl filled almost to the brim with room temperature water. Also petroleum jelly.

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Apply the base color. Let it dry completely.

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Add color to the water. Drop a few drops of nail polish into the water from a low height. Observe how a colored circle forms in the water

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Drop a few drops of another color in the center of the first color. Continue adding drops in the same way to the center of the color circle, alternating colors until you see a target or target shape.

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Use a toothpick to alter the design. Dip it into the water and drag it across the colored target to create the patterns. Cobweb designs are popular, as are flower and geometric designs. Do not go overboard with the toothpick, because if you mix too much the colors will not be distinguished from each other. If you created something with the toothpick and you don't like it, just delete the first try and start over.

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Apply the design on your nails. Put petroleum jelly on the skin around the nails up to the fingers. Carefully place the nails against the design you created and dip them in a bit. Remove water from nails. Blot up any remaining drops and use a cotton swab (covered with acetone if necessary) to clean the edges and remove the nail polish from your fingers.

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Let the design dry completely. Finish it off with a top coat of clear nail polish.


Method 6 Find sources of inspiration

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Take classes at your local nail salon. A few hours with a professional can improve your skills more effectively than years of practicing on your own.

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Read books on nail art. You can find them at the library or book store, or buy them online.

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Search the web. Web pages provide tons of sources, especially if you're looking for ideas. In addition to finding pages with photos or new designs, you can find forums in which people who like nail art talk about different techniques and learning experiences.

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Watch videos on sites like YouTube. These videos will show you step-by-step procedures to achieve many different designs.



Tips

• All nail art starts with healthy nails. Nails must be in good shape (they must not be bitten). Cuticles must be healthy and not raised.
• Reapply a coat of clear polish ("top coat") every two to three days to protect the design and keep your nails shiny. Apply cuticle oil every day.
• You can share a professional nail art kit that includes all the marbling brushes, tools, and utensils you'll need. You can also improvise using a toothpick or hairpin to pinpoint the dots and make the colored spirals accurately, or you can buy a fine-tipped brush at an art store or hobby store. You can easily buy kits for more complex techniques, like airbrushes, on Amazon or other websites.
• Look for ideas in fashion magazines or the any landscape that surrounds you.
• Be neat and don't bite your nails!
• If one of your nails gets cut, start over and pair them all together. If you don't want to cut your other nails, use a solid color. French manicure will draw attention to your uneven nails.
• Have all of your supplies together when you start your project. Since enamel always dries, you work against the clock. You will need to have everything on hand before starting.
• Use different utensils for each color, or clean brushes or utensils every time you change color, just like you would clean a paint brush when you change color.
• Treat your nails gently, wear gloves when doing yard work or any other job, and be careful when doing certain tasks, like opening soda cans, as they could damage your nails.
• Apply a base color first. Now paint a thick layer of another contrasting color and using a toothpick make strange swirls and triples to create a marbling effect. This can be very messy.
• To be a state-of-the-art artist, do nail stamping. This technique allows you to apply a delicate image to your nails. It requires special tools that you can find in stores that sell nail supplies.

Warnings

• Do not wash the brushes with water. This will cause the enamel to harden. Instead, clean them with nail polish remover.
• Acetone and many nail polishes release gases and are flammable. Use them in a well-ventilated place and keep them away from fire, sparks and avoid smoking around these products or while nails are still wet.
• Some people may be allergic to some nail products. If you experience an allergic reaction to any product, wash your hands completely, if you need to use acetone to remove it and stop using that product.
• Make sure each nail design color is completely dry before you start using another color (unless you are trying to mix them together); if the first color is still wet it will stain and ruin your design.

Things You Will Need

• Nail polish
• Gel or nail glue
• Cotton balls
• Jewelry or nail stickers
• Tweezers
• Transparent enamel ("top coat")
• Brilliantine
• Adhesives for French manicure
• Fine tipped brush, hairpins or toothpicks
• Makeup sponges
• Cotton swabs
• Acetone
• A wide-mouthed cup or bowl
• Vaseline
• Stamping machine
• Scraper
• An imaging plate
• Stamping enamel
• Books, websites and YouTube for more ideas