how to do nail art at home
Step 1
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. The first step is to prepare your nails. So Properly file your nails Push cuticles with the help of an orange stick Buff nails Make sure that there is no moisture in your nails.
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Step 2
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. The second step to getting beautiful nail art is to apply your base coat.
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Step 3
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. The third step starts once the base coat dries completely. Apply a coat of pink polish and purple polish (on ring finger). Repeat this twice.
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Step 4
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. To create a chevron tip, Take the purple polish and stroke it in diagonal position from the left side of the nail. Fill in the remaining part of the nail below the diagonal Repeat the same stroke from the right side of the nail (as shown in right picture).
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Step 5
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. Now let it dry and if necessary, repeat the process to apply a second coat. Remember, on the ring finger, create the chevron tip using pink polish. This is what your nails would look like thereafter.
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Step 6
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. The next step is to use a toothpick and dip it in the white polish. Place some big white dots on tips of your nails. The picture below showcases how the dots would look.
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Step 7
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. Give a good finishing touch to the dots. Dip a toothpick in pink polish and draw a dot inside each white dot on all fingers except the ring finger. Use a purple polish for the ring finger. The picture below shows how the dots would look.
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Step 8
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. Now we are done with the creating part. For the last bit, use a polish remover with a thin brush to clean up the cuticle stains. This step is necessary to give a neat look.Arent you surprised? I am sure you are. A little patience and imagination can help you save a lot of your time and money. Doing nail art at home isnt that difficult after all. You can try various nail arts with different colours. You may also try and alternate the base colour f
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Use Effect Polishes
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. There are several effect nail polishes available in the market like Crackle effect, Croc effect, Magnetic effect, Colour changing polishes etc. You can easily use them for a quick and a different nail look.
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Water Decals or Nail Stickers
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. There are several ready to use nail art designs available in market like Water decals, Nail stickers and full nail wraps. Instructions for applying these are generally mentioned on them and are quite easy for beginners.
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Dotting Manicure
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. It is the easiest and let say first step towards free hand nail art design. Dots look simple and elegant. You can start by drawing dots on your nails to make flowers.
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Stripes Nail Art Design
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. Stripes look very attractive on nails. To create stripes, you need a nail art striper pen or you can even create stripes using a thin brush.
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Simple Flower Nail Art Design
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. Flowers can be created by connecting the Dots mentioned above.
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Animal Prints
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. Animal prints like zebra, leopard are very easy to do and look very cute on your nails.
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Rhinestones Nail Art
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. Adding some bling to your nails is very easy. Rhinestones are perfect for a party look.
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Cartoon Nail Art Design
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. Just use a stick and contrasting colours to get this design. Follow the instructions here for this simple Nail Art design.
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Newspaper Nail Art Design
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. This nail paint is easier than it looks. Follow the instructions for this newspaper nail art tutorial here.
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Pastel Burst Nail Art Design
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. Another simple nail art tutorial that you can get by doing more than one stripes on the nails.
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Bow Nail Art Design
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. You can do this design using Dotting tools and Nail stickers. Another great Nail art design for Parties.
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Caviar Nail Art Design
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. You can get the Caviar Nail art design by using beads and a fast drying top coat.
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Leaf Nail Art Design
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. Another nail arts design for beginners, create this Holy Leaf nail art design using Rhinestones and glitter.
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Christmas Nail Art Design
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. Use a Nail art brush to create the hat and beard to create this simple Christmas nail art. The rest of the nail paint is very simple.
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Polka Dot Heart Nails
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. You can do this nail art design by painting your nails powder pink except ring finger. Paint your ring finger white and put polka dots using toothpick in heart shape.
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Polka Dot Bow Nails
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. Bows are very much in trend and they look very pretty on your nails too. To get this look paint your nails blue and add polka dots using toothpick and make rhinestone bow on your ring finger. Stick rhinestones using nail glue. After it dries apply top coat.
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Braided Nails
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. Doing this look is quite easy and with little patience you can get this right on your nails. For this choose three fast dry nail paints and overlap each color as shown in the picture and allow enough time in between to dry the layers and you are done.
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Colored Rhinestone Half moons
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. Half moon nail arts always look classy!If you like this look, you can get it by painting your nails black and then adding different colors of rhinestones near the cuticle areas as shown in the picture and apply fast drying top coat.
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Chocolate Nails
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. They are very easy to do. All you need is brown chocolate color nail paint and some embellishments like hearts (you can use broken hair clips) and fimo pieces. Stick them using nail glue. Also add golden glitter nail paint on your thumb and pinky.
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Glitter Gradient on Tips
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. Glitter gradients look very cool! You can get this look by painting your nails black and adding fuchia glitter nail paints using sponge on tips. When it get dries, apply top coat.
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Glitter Gradient on Half moons
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. This looks so classy and chic. If you like this look, you can try this by painting your nails lavender and adding silver glitter using sponge on half moon area. You can also use dry glitter or glitter eye shadow by mixing it with clear nail paint.
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Water Drops or Few Drops Nail Art
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. You can get this look by making maroon to purple gradient and apply matte topcoat over it, let it dry completely and then add dots of clear nail paint using toothpick at one side of your nail. Do not apply any top coat on them.
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Digital Nail Art
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. These nail paint designs look very cool if done properly. To get this look paint your nails white and let them dry completely, now make black lines using black striper pen and fill some spaces with different colors and leave some spaces white. If needed draw black lines again to give neater look. When it dries completely apply fast drying top coat.
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Feather Nail Art
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. Nowadays adding real feather to your nails is in very much trend.For this, paint your nails and put feather on your nail when the polish is still wet and wait for few minutes so that it get set. After that, trim your feather in nails shape and top coat your nails.
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Alternate the Colours
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. Alternating nail polish colors on each finger or painting each finger with a different color is sure to grab attention. It is simple and needs very less effort.
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Nail Wraps
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. There are several ready to use nail art designs available in market like Water decals, Nail stickers and full nail wraps. Instructions for applying these are generally mentioned on them and are quite easy for beginners.
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