Hi everyone,
For my first nail art tutorial I thought I'd do something that's simple and quick to do, and seen as the sun is deciding to shine today, I've gone for a pretty summer floral pattern which I hope you'll all like!
For this tutorial, I chose Models Own 'Lemon Meringue', my all time favourite 'Fuzzy Peach' and 'Aciiid'. These colours work so well together and are perfect to give this nail art pattern a vintage feel, but so many different colour combinations would work perfect for this!
Start by painting your base colour.. I find with most models own nail varnishes you only need 2 coats to get it fully opaque.
Once you've done this, select a second colour and using the brush that comes in the bottle (you can use a finer nail art brush if you find that easier) paint random blobs of colour onto the nail - just be sure to leave enough room the do the leaves!
Then, grab yourself a nail art pen that's slightly darker than the flower colour - for this I chose my red Rio nail art pen (if you don't have the colour you want in a nail art pen, then you can always dip a cocktail stick or thin brush into a nail varnish).. and using your pen paint on random flecks around the edge, and a couple of flecks in the middle of the flower to mimic the petals on a rose..
This step is optional.. if you prefer you can just stick to one colour for the flecks of the petals, but I always like to use my trusted models own white nail art pen just to add a couple more as I find it adds a bit more depth to the flower.
Grab yourself whichever green you like and paint a couple of leaves on each flower. Don't worry about being that neat for this part as I tend to find that the 'rougher' the leaves, the more realistic they look. For this I just used the brush in the bottle but use whatever you find easiest to work with..
Last but not least, if you have a green nail art pen then you can also add a few flecks to the leaves to add a bit more detail..
Once your done, seal with your favourite topcoat and your good to go!
I hope you all enjoyed this tutorial!
Thank you for taking the time out to read it,
Sophie x
(p.s. drop me a comment below with any suggestions, and tweet/instagram me a picture if you tried this pattern out for yourself!)
Gorgeous! 'Fuzzy Peach' is one of my favourites too :) I have a feeling your nail polish and nail art pen collection is pretty much identical to mine... xxx
ReplyDeleteAww thank you!! i love 'fuzzy peach' so much, i really need to wear it more aha!
DeleteYep i bet our collections are similar! I'll do a post in the next few weeks of my collection, so you can have a peek then :) xxx
Stunning, well done for setting the blog up, x
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteI was really nervous doing my first tutorial, i hope it looks okay!
Thank you for following me on GFC aswell, i really appreciate it! xxx
I love the design, it's a perfect first post Floral nails - the floral bandit :) And it's a gorgeous manicure too!
ReplyDeleteaha thank you! :-) xxx
DeleteThey look amazing, I really want to try this out - you make it look so easy, I'm pretty sure my unsteady hand would mess them up!
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aww thank you!
DeleteIt's so easy to do, i'm sure if you try it yours will look fab too! :) xx
I need your nails i'm so glad you started blogging
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DeleteThey look gorgeous! Might give it a go myself aha :)
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thank you! :) xx
DeleteThose are ridiculous! They looks so good! I'm a nightmare with nail art :( I have jerky hands and they manage to just smudge everything haha, very jealous. I can't wait to see more from you xx
ReplyDeleteaww thank you so much!
Deletei'm sure you'd be able to do these (they look better when there slightly messy anyway ;) ) xxx
oh my gosh, these are so beautiful, I thought it was a professional stock photograph at first! If only I had the time and patience to do this! x
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aww thank you so much!! xx
Deleteaww, i love he colour schemes you used! have you thought of posing this too the models own fb page? im sure theyll love it too!
ReplyDeletethank you!! :-)
DeleteI haven't posted this one to their facebook wall yet, i've tweeted it to them, along with many others in the past aha!
thank you again!