Nail Tutorial - Pimping Creative Shapes

Pimping Creative Shapes

This idea is inspired by nailsup_ ,an amazing nail tech that I follow on Instagram. Check out her nail art, it is impressive.

I tried to recreate the nail art, breaking it down into a similar form. So here's my simple version.

Things you need:

Base 

1. China Glaze - Pelican Gray (grey)

Shapes

1. OPI - Grape...Set...Match (purple)
2. China Glaze - Sugar High (pink)
3. China Glaze - Orange Knockout (orange)

Lines & Dots

1. Acrylic Paint Black
2. Acrylic Paint Titanium white

Tools

1. Medium size nail paint brush
2. Thin size nail paint brush
3. Dotting tool

Here's how:

 Preparation - Start off by doing your own basic manicure, cleaning your
                              cuticles and prep your nail ready. (Click here for my version)

 Step 1 - Apply your fav base coat

Step 2 - Apply 2 coats of Grey nail polish on all nails

Step 3 - Remove excess orange nail polish, leaving only a tiny bit on the tip
                  of nail polish brush

                 - Paint on a triangle at left side base of nail bed

 Step 4 - Remove excess pink nail polish, leaving only a tiny bit on the tip of
                    nail polish brush

                  - Paint on a rectangle at right side base of nail bed

 Step 5 - Remove excess pink nail polish, leaving only a tiny bit on the tip of
                    nail polish brush

                  - Paint on a square in the middle of nail bed

 Step 6 - Using orange nail polish to paint a long rectangle on left top side of nail bed

* you could attempt same shapes for other side or be creative and play with filling in shapes on your nail bed

* don't worry if your shape is not clear or the corners are not sharp, Step 7 will cover that

 Step 7 - Prepare black acrylic paint onto work station, diluting 1 drop of
                    acrylic paint with 1 drop of water. Mix it well , you do not want the
                    paint to be watery but diluted enough to glide onto nails smoothly

                  - Coat medium size brush with black acrylic paint and paint on lines
                    around shapes you have created

 Step 8 - Prepare white acrylic paint onto work station, diluting acrylic paint
                   with water. Mix well

 Step 9 - Using a dotting tool (preferably small dots dotting tool), dip
                    vertically into white acrylic paint and start dotting onto nail

                  - Choose maybe 1 or 2 shapes per nail to add white dots in

 Finish - Apply your fav top coat and you are set to go!

For this nail art, you could let your creative juices flow. I create shape nail art only 1 nail per hand but if you like you could explore different shapes on all nails, play with shape colours and dots.

I had fun creating this nail art, hope you will too!

Let creative shapes be your bestfriend

Faith.Love Feline