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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Water Marble Nails

This is by one of the coolest designs. You can you any color combination and because of that they can be spring, summer, fall, winter nails. They can be any occasion nails; Christmas, Easter, Fourth of July. Water marble nails takes practice. This was my second time doing this and it was a little easier, but still complicated. Let me start by saying a majority of the people say you have to use high end name brand nail polish, but you don't. I used the NYC nail polishes which were 94 cents. It took me more then a couple tries to for it too look semi decent. So please don't get frustrated or give up. You'll get the hang of it.

What you will need:

• Base/top coat
• White nail polish
• Two or three nail polishes of your choice
• Toothpick
• Small container for the water
• Chapstick
• Cotton ball

First step is base coat followed by painting your nails white.

Second step is to fill the small container with water. IT HAS TO BE ROOM TEMPERATURE.

Third step is to coat the surroundings of your nails with chapstick. You're going to sink about a little less than half your finger in the water. Any part that touches the water needs to be covered in chapstick. The reason for doing this is so that it's easier to clean the nail polish off. Trust me you don't want to miss this step.

Four step is to take the water container and begin adding drops of nail polish. One drop at a time alternating between the colors. The more drops you add the more intricate the design. I say 3 to 5 drops is best. I suggest that you keep the tops of the nail polish unscrewed because you have to move quite quickly. If the water is room temperature when you add the drop of nail polish it will spread out.

Fifth step is to take a toothpick and create a design.

Sixth step is to angle your nail so that it is almost horizontal to the water but not quite. Quickly stick your finger into the water and take another toothpick and collect the extra nail polish around your finger. Once all the nail polish is collected you and take your finger out.

Seventh step is to take the cotton ball and clean up around the nail.

Eighth step is to at a top coat and you're done.

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!