Lets Talk Nail Art

So I thought I would share with you guys were my love for painting my nails and nail art came from.  

I was 12 and I was sat with my nana admiring her lovely long nails that were always painted a shimmering pink polish. I asked her how her nails had gotten so long, she told me that she looked after them and didn't bite them. At the time I was terrible for biting my nails, I had horrible stubby nails. I was young and didn't care how my nails looked, I didn't care much about make up either. I was young, I felt I was too young for that. That was untill this conversation. My nana told me that if I stopped biting my nails for a month she would buy me my first nail polish and paint my nails for me. Just like that I stopped. I visited nana every sunday and she would sit me next to her and she would inspect each nail, file them down so they would grow to a nice shape. A month later we both went shopping and she let me pick my first ever bottle of nail polish. I can remember it was a candy floss pink. I can remember saying I wanted to have pink nails like nana.
My collection grew from there really, both of my nanas would buy me a polish set for my birthday and christmas. I had so many colours to choose from, then I started secondary school and I went through the goth/emo phase untill I was 15. Then it was just black nails all the time, only problem was it was damaging and staning my nails. I still didn't bite them and kept them nice and filed down in a nice shape, I just hated the fact they looked horrible because of the black polish staining them.
I started to take an interest in nail art while I was pregnant with my son back in 2011. I had so much free time on my hands as I didn't work as much, it just tired me out. I was going through pictures on google one day looking at leopard print and seen the design on someones nails and thought to myself Im going to have a go. I had recently bought some nail art pens and they were still in the box gathering dust. I created a snow leopard design with a shimmering pink polish, reminded me of my nanas nails.
Since then I have created so many different designs and have recently started doing my friends and familys nails. I now do acrylic nails.
I think maybe one day I can have my own business at home.

Watermarble Nail Art Tutorial

So I was thinking the other day that I want something completely different on my nails, kinda bored with just plain colour or leopard print. I looked up watermarble nail art a while ago, but never got round to trying it out. I took the opportunity today to try it out. I thought it would be great for a first tutorial :)

You will need:
Nail polish (base & top coat, white, two different colours)
Small cup or bowl of water (at room temperature)
Toothpicks
Tape
Nail polish remover
Cotton buds

Step 1
Fill a cup or small bowl with water, make sure the water is at room temperature (this is to ensure the polish spreads easily)

Step 2
Prepare your nails for polish. First paint your nails with a base coat, this is so your nails don't get stained. Next paint two thin layers of white nail polish ( your design will stand out)

Step 3
Now comes the fiddly part, taking two or three small pieces of tape, cover the skin around your nail, this makes the clean up process at the end a little easier

Step 4
Here is the fun part. Take your two colours ( I chose pink and dark purple) and one at a time put a drop of polish on top of the water untill you get what looks like a bullseye

Step 5
Once you have your desired amount of polish, take a toothpick and quickly drag and swirl the polish, be sure to just touch the surface of the polish

Step 6
Next dip your nail into your design you have just created and ensure your nail is kept underwater. While your nail is in the water, blow onto the surface of the water for 10 seconds to dry out the remaining polish. Then simply pick the polish up off the water with the toothpick and remove your nail from the water

Step 7 Leave the nail to dry for a few minutes. Once it has dried completely, carefully remove the tape from around the nail. Dip a cotton bud into some nail polish remover and clean up around the nail where there is any polish on the skin around the nail. Finish with a top coat to protect and add shine to your design

Repeat these steps for the rest of your nails

And you are done. It does take a bit of time but it is worth it at the end. I love this technique as it let's your creativity out and you can have fun experimenting with different colours and designs I hope you have found this tutorial helpful. Let me know your thoughts in the comments :)

Welcome to my world of nails

Just a little introduction
If you have read my other blog you will know that one of my interests is nail art.
So this blog will be all about my nail art creations and maybe some tutorials.
Hope you enjoy :)