WaterColor Nails

Hey sexy people! This design is one of my absolute favorites. The very first time I did it I got so many compliments. People kept on asking me how I did it. It looks complicated and it looks like it takes hours to do, but in reality its quite simple. Keep that on the down low though because we want people believing it took you forever when in reality it took a couple minutes. Lets get started. I usually do this on a white nail polish base, but I was out of white. Instead I attempted it on a black base and it turned out amazing. The only thing is that there aren't that many colors that show up on black so just keep that in mind. Black base or white base the process is all the same.

One main thing you need for this nail art is a zip log bag. Take the bag open it and take a pair of scissors and cut down until you reach the corner and then cut again till you reach the other corner. The bag should lay flat like a book if you opened it to the middle page. By doing this it is going to be easier for you to sandwich you fingers in between the two plastics.

Step 1: Base coat and then either a white or black base.

Step 2: Pick at least two colors. I recommend three. You can choose more if you want. Begin to place drops of these colors all over the nail. I chose gold, pink, and purple.

Step 3: Take your zip log bag and place your finger in between the plastic. Be careful to remain steady and gently take the top of your nail so that the drops of nail polish begin to spread. Once your whole nail is covered slowly take off the zip log bag.

Step 4: Grab a q-tip, dip it in nail polish remover and clean up. Top coat and you're DONE!

I honestly love the way it turned out. The gold, pink, and purple contrast well with the black. I thought that the white base looks the best but now I don't know. Both look incredible. I'll include a picture of the one I did my very first time with a white base and you can decide which one looks better.

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Floral Nails

Good hello beautiful people. This nail art is one of my favorite because lets be honest I'm OBSESSED with floral. Floral pants, shirts, shoes, nails I want it all. Plus flowers and summer are made for each other. I've been wanting to try this design for so long but I didn't think that I could do it. Let me just tell you that it was 100 times easier than I thought it was going to be. You can do what I did which was only have the middle and ring finger be the floral pattern or you can do all floral.

Step 1: Base coat obviously. The real first step is to paint your middle and ring finger a greenish teal color while you paint the others a pink color. Now you don't have to choose those colors, but in my opinion they look the best.

Step 2: Get a large bobby pin and start making little cloud like designs with the same pink color you put on the other nails on the fingers. Just space them out randomly so that there is enough, but not too much.

Step 3: For this step you need a lighter pink, but since I didn't have one that would go nicely I got a piece of paper and mixed the pink with a white nail polish. Now take a smaller booby pin or a nail striper and you are going to start creating the floral pattern. What I did was place a small dot with the lighter pink in the middle of the clouds and then make little lines along the edges. Mix it up give some flowers two light pink edges and others three. I forgot to take a picture with just the third step so I'll combine it with the fourth step. Next your going to take a green nail polish and make little leaves for the flowers. I gave some two and others just one. Once you like your design finish it off with a top coat.

I absolutely LOVE  this nail art you best believe that I'm going to be wearing it for the majority of the summer. Tag me on instagram (simplethings_blog) if you recreate the design.

Abstract Nails

Hello beautiful people! This nails design is simple and it looks like it isn't which is the best part. I didn't really know what to call this design so I went with abstract.

What you'll need:
3 nail polish (different colors)
Clear top/base coat
Scotch tape

First step is like always a base coat. Then you put on your lightest color. You're going to be layer the three colors so you have make sure the color you put on top is going to be able to show. Before you move onto the next step make sure the nail polish is dry completely.

Second step is take the tape and place it on the nails in various different styles. Once you've done that you can put on the second nail polish. Before you move onto the third step make sure the polish is dry.

 Third step is similar to the second one. The the third color that you use has to be the darkest one.                                          

This nail art is pretty simple and straightforward. The final product makes it seem like it was so much hard then it actually was. The key to mastering this design is patience. The nail has to be completely dry before you move on to the next color. If it isn't dry then the nail polish is going to come off with the tape. Make sure the lightest color is the on the bottom and go darker as you layer so that way the colors are still visible.

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Easter Nails

Guys Easter is in less than two days away. Today I'm going to show you various nails designs you can do. There is no step by step tutorial with this post because most of the designs are straight forward. My favorite thing about Easter nails is the pastel colors. You can choose one color or you can do multiple colors, whatever floats your boat.

For my thumb and my ring finger I did a simple Easter egg design. There are so many different ways you can do this. Zig zags, straight lines, diagonal lines, polka dots. The color combinations are vast so go wild and experiment.

For my index finger I did a little bunny. How cute is he?

My middle finger is contrasting polka dots. Very easy to do and if you decide to do this on all your nails, which I've done before, it looks super cute.

Lastly my pinky finger is a chick. Two black dots for the eyes and a triangle for a nose with little feet. That's all. I have to say this was the easiest to do.

Hope these ideas helped. I hope you all have a wonderful Easter.

Eye Shadow Nail Polish

We all have old eye shadow that that we never use. In this post I'm going to show you how to turn that eye shadow into a super cute nail polish.

Things you will need:

Eye shadow

A small container

Clear nail polish

Nail polish remover

A brush

Something to stir with

First step:

Scrap the eye shadow you want to use into the small container. 

Second step:

Add a couple drops (depends on how much eye shadow you have) of clear nail polish and about 2 drops of nail polish remover.

Third Step:

Use your stirrer, I used the end of a q-tip and mix it all together. You can add more clear nail polish depending on the consistency. You want something that is going to be easy to apply on your nails.

Final step:
Take a brush and apply it to your nails. The brush I used is a small old makeup brush. Finally add a top coat and you're finished!

Hope you enjoyed this! :)x

Santa Hat Nails

This one of my favorite holiday nail art designs. It's extremely easy and super cute. The best thing is that it doesn't take that long. It only took me about 5 minutes. The things you will need for this design are: a base coat, clear tape, red and white nail polish, bobby pin, and a top coat.

The first step like always is apply a base. Next you are going to place the tape on your nails so you form a triangle. Make sure you leave some room on the top. Follow the picture below.

Next step is to paint the triangle red. Wait about a minute or so before you take off the tape.

Now take the white nail polish and use the brush to make the bottom of the hat. You could use the brush to make the little ball at the top of your hat, but I prefer the bobby pin. Place a drop or couple on a piece of paper and use the bobby pin to make little fluffy ball on top. Add a top coat and you are finished.

Happy Holidays!!!

Candy Cane Nails

What is your favorite Christmas sweet? Mine is easily the candy cane. So in this post I'm going to show you how to create candy cane nails. This design is extremely festive for the holiday's, but its also super easy. All you are going to need is a red and white polish along with clear tape and scissors. You are also going to need a base and top coat polish.

The first step is going to be applying a base coat because from my experience red polish stains your nails so this will help protect them. Next you are going to paint your nails red. I used NYC's Madison Avenue and I only needed to do one coat.

The next step is to take some tape and cut it into strips of various width. Now you have to very PATIENT and make sure the red is COMPLETELY DRY. I painted the red nail polish and then went out to dinner with my family so it was able to dry for a couple hours. After you're absolutely positive the red is dry, place the strips on your nails in a diagonal like the picture below.

Once the strips are on securely take the white nail polish and paint over it. I didn't realize this till after, but I was completely out of my better white polish so I had to use my older one which is drying out. One to two coats is all you will need, just make sure the red isn't showing through. Wait about a minute or two and the gently peel off the tape. Take a cotton swab and clean up the mess around the nails. Add a top coat and your are finish. (Due to the fact that my white polish was drying out the tape didn't come off as smoothly as it should have, but they still look amazing)

Stay tuned for more festive nails.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Garland Nails

It's that time of the year again where the tree lights up your whole house and the snow is covering the ground outside. My favorite thing about the holidays is being able to decorate my nails all Christmasy. The design I decided to go with for the first week of December is festive garland or it also looks like Christmas lights.

The first step is to start with a base coat this helps protect your nails from the polish.Then you want to paint your nails white. I had to do two coats because one was too streaky. I guess you can use any color you want, but I'm going to give you the color combination that I think looks the best. (Don't worry about the mess because you can clean that up with a cotton swab later)

Wait for your nails to dry completely. I know waiting is the absolute worst, but fight through the urge. The next step is to take gold nail polish make sure it's the stripper and not the regular brush. You are going to make three curved lines, make sure they are connected, like the picture below.

The next step is to decorate the garland. I don't have a dotting tool so I use the next best thing a bobby pin. The decorations are going to be green and red, because well Christmas. Alternating colors in my opinion looks the best but feel free to use whatever colors you like. Open the bobby pin up dip it into the nail polish and begin dotting. The last and final step is a top coat.

Hope you guys like it. I'll post another festive design in a couple of days!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS