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! 

Cupcake Nails

I got inspired to try out this look from a picture on pinterest. The design is really cute and easy.

1. Apply one or two coats of a nails polish on all of your nails. I used Sinful Color's Oasis. 

2. After your nails are completely dry, apply a light pink tip on your ring finger. 

3. While you wait for the pink tip to dry, add white globs of "icing" onto the tips of the other nails. To do this carefully make circular tips on the nail and making uneven curves to create the look of icing on a cupcake. After the pink tip is dry, add vertical stripes using a a darker color with a nail art brush or toothpick, onto the pink tip. 

4. Drop some white nail polish onto an index card. Using a nail art brush, or an old eyeliner brush, carefully create a half circle, mound shape above the pink tip on the ring finger. Fill in the half circle up to the pink tip. Then using the tip of the brush and a small amount on polish, carefully drag the polish down over the pink tip, to make the illusion that the icing is falling over. 

5. Drop small amounts of pastel colors onto the index card. Using a toothpick, pick u the colors and create dots on the white "icing" on the nails. This will make it look like little sprinkles, and add more color to the design. Add a larger red dot on top of the "icing" on the ring finger, to look like a cherry. For this dot I used the back of the nail art brush. 

6. Wait for the nails to be completely dry, and add a top coat. Make sure the nails are completely dry because you don't want all of the colors to blend together. 

Patriotic Nail Design For the 4th of July

Products you will need:

Red Nail Polish

Blue Nail Polish

White Nail Polish

Thin Brush White Nail Polish

Toothpick

Start with polish free, filed nails

1. Apply  abase coat of blue to you pinky and ring finger on your left hand, and red nail polish to the middle, pointer, and thumb. On the right hand apply blue to the thumb and pointer finger, and apply red to the middle, ring, and pinky finger. 

2. Once the base coats of blue and red are dry, Use the thin brush white polish, to apply two stripes to the nails with the red polish. 

3. Put a drop of the white polish onto an index card, and using the toothpick pick up some of the polish. Then use the toothpick as a dotting tool to make white dots on the blue nails. 

4. If you want, you can add a top coat to all of the nails. Make sure that they are completely dry first so you don't smudge the design.