Are you missing nail art?

I know I am! At least I’m missing creating fancy nails for my lovely clients. It seems to me a bit cruel to keep showing you my nails all gelled and manicured so I thought i’d show you a very simple nail art idea, with nail polish, to keep you going untill we meet again one day.

Ive actually taken my gel off now and I havnt worn any for about a week. My nails are actually doing really well and i’m quite surprised to be honest that Im enjoying not having anything on them. That being said I will be putting them back on when we eventually get back to work.

Here’s the deets:

What you need is any nail polish you have at home and a pencil/curvy grip or dotting tool if you have them. I used Seaweed base coat (treatment base coat) and Knights Armour Gemini Polish to create mine but you could do this in so many different colour ways.

The way i’ve done mine makes for a long lasting manicure because the base is sheer you can’t notice the chipping. The dot is at the bottom of the nail and with a good layer of shiny or matte top coat you could get a week out of your DIY mani.

1. Use nail polish remover to remove any oil/old polish from the nail plate.

2. Push back your cuticles, shape and buff your nails if needed.

3. Apply base coat. You can skip to step 5 if your using this as your base.

4. Apply your colour coat and wait to dry until you can touch it with out transfer.

5. Use your desired dotting tool to pick up some colour from the brush of the polish. There's no need to decant, just take it straight from the bottle. Dot each nail and wait to dry. You will need a contrasting colour dot if you’ve applied a colour on the base.

6. Once dry apply your top coat. It’s as simple as that.

Enjoy and let me know if you give it a go.

Try different colour ways or with a Matte Top coat to achieve different looks.