Nail art ideas for Christmas

Nail art ideas for Christmas

Newspaper Nails Manicure

How To :
- Apply a thin layer of your favorite base coat. Then, apply two coats of any polish in a light to medium shade.
- Find any newspaper on-hand. Cut ten 2" x 1" strips (one for each nail), and set aside.
- Dip the whole nail into a small bowl of rubbing alcohol. Then, dip one newspaper strip into your small bowl of alcohol and shake it out.
- Overlay that newspaper strip directly on the nail bed and don't move!
- Take an alcohol-dampened paper towel and apply light pressure on the nail like a temporary tattoo.
- After 10 full seconds, slowly peel off the strip and you'll see the ink imprint. Repeat this process for each nail.
- Allow nails to dry again for five full minutes, then seal the deal with your favorite top coat.

Source : NEWSPAPER NAIL TUTORIAL

The Split Nails

How To :
- Start by painting nude polish on the bottom of your nail in a rough triangle.
- Then, taking a thin, black brush, draw two criss-crossing hatch-marks over your nail. You should be drawing over the nude polish, but not leaving any bare nail exposed below the triangle.
- Then, fill in the rest of the nail with black.
- then paint a topcoat on your nails to protect. and your done!

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Cute Ombre Stain Mani

How To :
- Start by painting the darker color in a rough U-shape. Don't forget to lay it on thick!
- Next, fill in empty space with the lighter color. Wipe off the excess polish, and start swirling where the polishes meet.
- A layer of topcoat will help blend the colors together more!

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Ombre Stain Nails

How To :
- First Paint your nail with your light colored nail polish. and Let it dry completely.
- You’ll need a makeup sponge. Soak it in water and wrench most of the water of it. Keep the sponge a little moist – the wetter the sponge is, the slower the polish dries on it. Then Apply a generous amount of each colour onto the sponge.
- Sponge the colour onto your finger nails. Don’t worry too much about getting it on your skin; you can clean it off with remover afterwards.
- then paint a topcoat on your nails to protect.

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Colorful Nails Stripes!

How To :
- get yourself some striping tape. eBay sells rolls of 10 for about $3.
- paint whichever colors you want to show through the stripes, it can be one color or various. Let dry very well.
- lay down your striping tape. You can create lines in whichever direction you want.
- apply your second color all over the nail, make sure it's an opaque one coater.
- immediately remove your striping tape whilst the polish is still wet.
- Apply your top coat and you're done!

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 The Floral Mani Art Tutorial

How To :
- Take your dotting tool, dip it into the color of your choice and create small little blobs of paint. These will be the base of your flowers.
- Take your striping brush and carefully paint an inside circle of each flower a darker shade. Let dry.
- Dot small black circles in the middle of each flower.
- Add leaves to each flower. Let dry, then complete with a top coat. And you're done!

Source : DIY Floral Mani

Colorblocks Manicure

How To :
- Paint your nails white, then let dry. Add nail stripes in a boxy fashion to your white nail.
- Take your nail pen and fill in select boxes you created with the nail stripes. We stuck to three colors, but you can add more if you’re feeling daring!
- All finished! Make sure to add a top coat, and enjoy your new mani!

Source : DIY: Colorblock it!

Striping Tape Nail Tutorial

How To :

• - Make sure your nails are completely clean. If there's any oil or dirt on your nails, the tape will have a hard time sticking properly.

• - Place strips of striping tape across your nail and double up a few to make thicker lines. Try to make sure the tape is stuck down all the way to the edges.

• - One nail at a time, paint on your colour. Try to choose one that only needs one coat to be opaque.

• - While the polish is still wet, peel off the tape in one smooth motion from one side to the other.

• - Wait until the polish is completely dry and apply your top coat. I didn't wait long enough and you can see the smudges!

• - Use a small paintbrush dipped in acetone to clean up around the edges and there you go!

Source : Christan Dior AW12 Fashion Nail Art Tutorial

Nail Art Tutorial With Tapes

How To :
- First, paint your tape and then get some decorative edge scissors.
- Paint your nails while you wait for your tape to dry.
- When your tape and your nails are both dry, take your scissors and snip the edge of the tape - and then move your scissors a bit until it makes the design that you want, and again, cut it.
- Be careful - cutting these can be a bit tricky, you actually want to use the sharpest part of your scissors.
- Anyway, stick that on to your nail - I find it best when the nail polish is dry but still a bit soft, as it doesn't make much of a protrusion.
- Snip the excess, top it off with a top coat and then you're done! Easy as pie.

Source : Nail Polish: Fancy Schmancy Nails

Super Easy Nail Tutorial

This tutorial So easy, it doesn't even need instructions.

Source : Nail Polish: Sassy Nails and An Awesome Haul~

Snowflake Nail Tutorial

How To :
- Start by painting your nails white.
- Grab a newspaper Right now, your newspapers are loaded with cute little winter images, like snowflakes and other festive goodness which makes this really easy. then Cut out the images you want.
- Soak the images you cut in rubbing alcohol.
- Press the image onto the nails and hold. let the polish dry completely before doing the transfer.
- And Sea the transfer with a topcoat.

Source : Snowflake Nail Transfer Tutorial

Chevron Nail Art Tutorial

How To :

• - First, paint your base colour.

• - After the base layer is dry, stick tape on top of the base layer in your desired Chevron shape.

• - Then, paint the top shade from the taped area to the ends of the nails.

• - Then peel off the tape, and viola! Chevron nails.

Source : Nailed: Chevron Manicure

The Floral Mani Tutorial

How To :
- Take your dotting tool, dip it into the color of your choice and create small little blobs of paint. These will be the base of your flowers.
- Take your striping brush and carefully paint an inside circle of each flower a darker shade. Let dry.
- Dot small black circles in the middle of each flower.
- Add leaves to each flower. Let dry, then complete with a top coat. And you're done!

Source : DIY Floral Mani

The Chevron Manicure

How To :
- First, paint your base colour.
- After the base layer is dry, stick tape on top of the base layer in your desired Chevron shape.
- Then, paint the top shade from the taped area to the ends of the nails.
- Then peel off the tape, and viola! Chevron nails.

Source : Nailed: Chevron Manicure

Christmas Tree Nails Design

How To :
- Paint your nails a plain base color. Let dry. Using tape, create a small triangle on your nails. Paint the inside of the triangle with green polish. This will create the look of the Christmas tree!
- Peel the tape away from your nail after you’ve painted the middle. This reveals your little trees!
- Using glitter polish, create the look of little Christmas lights! Add a star on top by placing a small gem at the end of your tree.

Source : Christmas Tree Nail Art Tutorial

Scotch tape zigzag Nails Tutorial

How To :
- Use your pinking sheers to cut out ten strips of tape. You're going to want the tape to have been cut on both sides so it has zig zags.
- Paint your nails one solid color, and let dry completely.
- When your nails are 110% dry apply the small piece of tape across your nail in the middle so that there are equal areas not covered on the top and the bottom.
- Using which ever color you'd like next paint the bottom portion of your nail. It's easiest to start from the bottom of your nail and paint slowly and steadily up to the tape.
- Now paint the top part of your nail starting from the top of the tape to the tip of your nail.
- As soon as you get done painting take the tape off quickly in one solid pull. If you do it slowly it might pull up some of your newly painted polishes. Now repeat with the rest of your fingers and after that's all dry seal it up with a top coat.

Source : Nail Tutorial // Zig Zags!

Strawberry Inspired Nails

How To :
- Paint your nails red!
- After the base coat is dry cut ten strips of tape using your pinking sheers. Firmly apply one piece per nail.
- Apply the green polish on the area you left un-taped for the leaves.
- Gently, and slowly pull of the tape. I find my nails turn out best if I take the tape off immediately after painting instead of waiting until my whole hand is done.
- Using your nail art pen or a tooth pick and black nail polish randomly place polka dots on your nails.
- After everything is dry, add a top coat!

Source : Nail Tutorial: Strawberry Nails

Polka Dotted Nails Tutorial

How To :
- Begin by painting your nails in black, and the ring finger in red as an accent. Let them dry well elseyou’ll end up getting smudgy polka dots, and that’s not what you want.
- Take a few drops of white nail polish on a piece of plastic. Its easier this way than reaching for the bottle of nail polish every time. Dip the tip of the pin into it and start dotting away.
- For the smaller dots, use the tip of the toothpick. Create patterns on the black nails with white and on the red nail with black.
- Don’t forget to finish off your nails with a nice glossy top coat. It’ll not just make them look good, it’ll also make your efforts lang longer.

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