Pink gradient nail tutorial

Pic #1

Pic #2

 Sorry guys, once again I didn't take any pictures while I was doing my nails. Reason being because I had no idea what I was doing at the time, and was just making it up as I went. I didn't know how it would turn out.

These nails were very difficult to photograph. In real life the gradient effect is brighter pink.

Pic #3

The photo here that is the truest to the actual nails is  pic #3


Colors used in this look:
 1. Base coat: Sally Hanson Maximum growth plus in Pretty petal (#10).

2. Gradient: Sally Hanson Maximum growth plus in Dreamy pink (14)

3. Sparkle: Milani nail lacquer in disco lights (Most beautiful nail polish I've ever owned!)

4. Top coat: Sally Hanson Teflon Tuff extra strength nail protector

Ok, here's what I did.

1. Apply 2 coats of a light pearly pink nail polish.

2. Use a cosmetic sponge or paint brush to stipple on a very light layer of a deeper pink covering most of the nail and leaving a small gap between this color and the base coat.

3. Working your way up, continue stippling more layers of the deeper pink. When you're finished the pink should be darkest at the top of the nail, and then look as if it fades into the base coat.

4. Using a pink sparkly color, once again stipple it onto the nail. Focus on the top half.

5. Top it all off with a coat of clear polish and you're good to go!

Hello Kitty Nail art

I didn't take any pictures while I was painting them, so I'll try to explain how I did everything in order.

1. paint a half circle on the outer half of your nail and fill it in.

2.  After that has dried, use a nail art brush or toothpick to paint on ears. They're basically just triangles. 

3. Use a nail dotting tool (You can also use a toothpick with one end filed flat) and some black polish  to dot on eyes.

4. Use nail dotting tool and paint on a yellow nose. The nose should be shaped like a sideways oval. 

5. use a brush or toothpick and paint on whiskers.

6. Use a toothpick dipped in pink nail polish to fill in the inside of the ears. White should still be showing.

Don't forget her bow!

7. Paint remaining nails red. 

 For the bows: use dotting tool to paint two dots with a tiny space in between them. then make a smaller dot the middle

8. Paint bows on each nail.

9. Apply top coat.

Make a headband out of a T-shirt

This was not originally my idea. You can find the full tutorial here.

My headband

*Disclaimer* All pictures (except for the photo of my headband) belong to http://www.makeit-loveit.com/

How to: Newspaper nail art!

You will need: white (or light grey) nail polish, a page from a newspaper (I used a magazine), rubbing alcohol

1.  Paint nails white (or grey)

2. Once nails are dry, dip them in rubbing alcohol 

3. press newspaper or magazine page firmly to your nails

4. Apply a finishing coat 

You're done!

~Anna~