Hello Everyone :)
Today's tutorial will show you how to create a fun mani using some neon studs and rhinestones as well as an ombré effect. This is a fun way to add a touch of girlyness (is that even a word?!) and some fun colour to your nails so let's get started!
What you need: Base coat, top coat, 3 polishes, neon studs, small pink rhinestones, chevron and nail vinyls, make-up sponge, nail glue, foil, earbud/q-tip, polish remover.
Start off as always by applying your base coat. Next paint your ring fingernails a mint colour and your other nails white. Apply two coats of both colours and allow them to dry thoroughly. The mint colour I used was Essence Cosmetics Colour & Go polish #146 That's What I Mint! and the white is a Sinful Colors polish called Snow Me White.
Next place one of your chevron vinyls over on your ring fingernail. Before you do this make sure that your base colour is completely dry so you don't end up pulling bits off when you remove the vinyl. I like to use tweezers to put my vinyls onto my nails as I feel I have better control with the placement. The vinyls I used are Chevron vinyls from Nail Vinyls which is owned by the lovely Linda, you can follow her on Instagram here.
Paint your third colour below your vinyl, I chose to use a purple. Quickly pull the vinyl off while the polish is still wet. I use my tweezers to do this too as it makes removing the vinyls easier, prevents smudging and stops you from getting polish all over your fingers! The purple polish I used is A Grape Fit! from O.P.I.
Next get your pink rhinestones ready and place a drop of nail glue on some tin foil. Using tweezers or any other tool you feel comfortable with, pick up a rhinestone, dip the backing into the glue and stick it on your nail, just below the point of your chevron. Repeat with the other stones and place a row of two stones on either side of your first stone, and then a row of 3 next to your row of 2 to create your rhinestone bow.
To create the ombre on your other nails you are going to need your make-up sponge. Paint a stripe of your white polish on the sponge and then a stripe of your mint polish below.
Now sponge the polish onto your nail, add more polish to your sponge when needed, until you are happy with your ombre effect. Your end result should look like the picture below.
Creating an ombre effect can get quite messy, as you can see. You can put tape around your nail to make clean up easier but I don't. I dip an earbud/q-tip into some polish remover and remove the polish from my fingers and close to my cuticles, I then use a brush to carefully remove the bit that is left on my cuticles.
Now you are going to add your neon studs. Place another drop of glue onto some tinfoil and using the same method that we used for the rhinestones, add your studs in a row down the center of your nails. The neon studs I used are from Painted Polish which is owned by the awesome Lexi and you can follow her on Instagram here. When you are happy with the studs, apply your topcoat, I used my favourite Gloss It top coat from Krafty Gurl Designs, and you're done!
Remember that you can follow me on Instagram @the_beauty_bag and if you recreate any of the mani's posted on the blog, hashtag them with #lookbeautybag so I can see them :)
I hope you all enjoyed this tutorial and I can't wait to see your recreations:)
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