Zipper Nail Design

This design is really quick to do, and you don't need a lot of colors.

1. Paint all the nails with one or two coats of black nail polish or another base color, until opaque.

2. Using a small paint brush or nail art brush, paint the "zipper" on using a white or silver nail polish. Make small dashed lines going back and forth on opposite sides to create the zipper. On another nail, start off the same way, but then mid way through the nail separate the two sides of the sipper with diagonal lines to create an opened zipper effect. 

3. Fill in the triangle at the tip of the nail, the open part of the zipper, with a color of your choice, with a nail art brush or very carefully with a regular nail polish brush applicator. 

4. You can do this design on as many nail as you want. I chose to do a closed zipper on my ring finger and open on my pointer on my left hand, and the reverse on my right hand. You can finish off the look with a topcoat to protect your design. 

Penguin Nail Design

This is a really easy, quick design perfect for the colder months.

1. First apply one to two coats of a black nail polish, until it is an opaque black color. Clean up any smudges on the edges of the nail with a Q-tip dipped into some nail polish remover. 

2. With a white nail polish carefully make a small, rounded half circle shape on the tip of each nail. The half circle/ovals should be slightly more vertical then they are wide. 

3. Drop some white nail polish onto an index card. Using a toothpick make two small dots above the white rounded tip. These are going to end up being the eyes. Make sure the dots aren't to far apart, otherwise the penguins end up looking a little bit crazy and hypnotized! 

4. To finish off the eyes, wait for the white dots do dry. Then add a smaller black dot (more towards the bottom otherwise they can look a little hypnotized again if they're too much int eh center). Add another even smaller white dot again onto the black. 

5. Using an orangey yellow (or a yellow-gold which is what I used because I didn't have a yellow/orange) make little half circles at the ends of the white part. Also, using a nail art brush, make a small triangle with the point towards the white and the straight edge below the eyes, to create the beak. 

6. Wait for all the polish to dry, add a top coat, and your done!