Ocean Gradient- Blue Gradient Nails

Hello everyone! Today on the blog I felt like do another gradient, that is kind of summer like an ocean colored gradient. The polishes from the Starrily Northern Light collection were just calling to me to create an ocean like gradient, with a touch of gold glitter in the gradient, or that I just thought it would look pretty. Since trying the a liquid latex around my finger for gradients, it has been so much easier to do and I feel like I have gotten much better at gradients, if you are not allergic to latex and are having trouble with gradients this is a great way to improve on them, it's a game changer. 

Also if you if you have seen my other post this color combo might look a little familiar, I did create a tropical design this summer with a similar color palette, the dark blue was near the cuticle and the light was near the tips of the nails. If you missed that post and would like to check that out here is the link ocean-view-tropical-nail-design

Anyways back to the creating the nail gradient. Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this ocean gradient.

Base and Top coat- Not shown, I have been trying out the Orly Bonder Base, 

The CND Stickey base has been a go to for many years. Top coat- CND Super Shiney Top Coat.

Polishes- Starrily- Northen Lights- Polar Lights- Magnetic, Starrily- Northen Lights- Polar Lights- Magnetic, and Starrily- Northen Lights- Golden Starlight. 

Other- Makeup sponge for gradients and Liquid latex. 

Apply a top coat to clean dry nails, let that dry.

Polish all the nails with a light blue/ shimmer (Starrily- Polar Lights)

Let that dry.

Once your base polish has dried, we can create the gradient. First we need to apply a liquid around the fingers to help with clean up and to make doing gradients much easier. 

For the gradient part take a makeup sponge and first polish your dark blue (Starritly- Oceanic Moonlight) and then slightly over lapping the polish the same color you used as your base color the light blue/ green (Starrily- Polar Lights.)

Then dab the sponge on to each nail, you will need to repeat this step at least two times to be opaque.  

Once you have finished your gradient peel off your liquid latex with some tweezers. 

For an added touch you can apply a gold reflective polish (Starrily- Golden Starlight.) This polish I did only apply one coat, which made it all little to subtle and I wish I would have a least applied two coat so it would be more visible. Above is a photo that I got the gold to show at  a certain angle. 

Once you are happy with your ocean gradient, apply a top coat to add a shine and to help your nails last.

Hope all of you enjoy this ocean blue gradient nails.

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Colors of Paradise- Tropical Sunset Nail Design

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be creating one more tropical design for the summer season, see how Monday September 22 is the first day of fall. We will be creating a beautiful sunset with five different colored polishes for the sky. 

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this sunset tropical nail design- 

Base and Topcoat- CND Stickey Base Coat and CND Super Shiney Top Coat.

Polishes- ILNP- Under the Sea Collection- Sandbar Magnetic Polish, Color Club- It's a Sauna Out Here- Mood Changing, OPI Hawaii- Is Mai Tai Croooked, Zoya- Splash- Kristie, Zoya- Splash- Jessica, OPI- Hello Kitty- My Pal Joey, and Holo Taco-Vacation collection-Beach Please. 

Acrylic Paint- Black, white, and yellow.

Nail art brushes- Thin detail and striper brush.

Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes, makeup sponge, and liquid latex to make clean up easier.

Apply a base coat to clean dry nails, let that dry.

Polish-

Thumb, middle and ring- a sand like color (ILNP- Sandbar.)

Index and pinky- cream color pink (Zoya- Kristie.)

Let that dry. 

 Pink and Purple Gradient on the Index and Pinky Nails- 

First we will start off with the easy part the simple gradient on the index and pinky nail. For the two colored gradient take a purple and pink, polish the purple first on to a makeup sponge and then the pink. Then dab the sponge on to the nails, you will need to do this a few times to be opaque. 

Once your gradient is opaque enough apply a top coat right away to help the gradient to look more blended. 

Tropical Sunset Gradient on the Thumb, Middle and Ring Finger Nails-  

For the sunset gradient we will be using a lot of colors this time, the sunset will be created on the thumb, middle, and ring finger nails. 

For the gradient part, we will be using a lot of colors so make sure to polish each color thin on to the sponge. First take a makeup sponge and polish your a bright pink (Color Club- It's a Sauna Out Here) if your nails are long all the colors should show on the nails, for me on the middle and ring this color did not show up, it only showed on the thumb nail. 

Next polish a light orange (OPI Hawaii- Is Mai Tai Croooked), a pink (Zoya- Kristie), a purple (Zoya- Jessica) This will be the colors of the sky, then add a blue (OPI- My Pal Joey), lastly (ILNP- Sandbar.) Also make sure the polishes slightly over lapping. 

Then dab the sponge on to each nail, you will need to repeat the last step for each nail, also you will need to go over the nails at least three times to be opaque. 

For an added touch for the sand, take a clean sponge and dap a glitter sand colored polish on where the sand should be (Holo Taco- Beach Please.)

Once you have finished your gradient peel off your liquid latex with some tweezers. 

Then apply a topcoat to smooth and blend your gradient together. 

Sunset on the Middle Finger Nail: 

For the sunset on the middle finger nail, take a thin striper brush with white paint on it and make a thin line where the purple and blue for the ocean meet. Then take a thin detail brush with white paint first (this helps for the yellow to stand out) and make half circle on the white line in the middle. Once the white paint has dried paint yellow right over the white for the sun. 

For some small waved make two small wavy line on the blue part of the nail. 

Palm trees on the Ring Finger Nail:

On the ring finger nail make two palm trees one tall on the right side and on that is a little bit shorter on the left side. Then take your striper brush with white paint on it and make a few wavy for some ocean waves.  

Palm Trees on the Thumb Nail- 

On the thumb nail make three palm trees, two tall palm trees on the sides of the nail and a small one under the larger one, on the right side.

Once again for an added touch make a few wavy lines in the water for some small waves.

Once your tropical nail design is sunset ready apply a top coat to seal in your design and help it last through all of your sunsets.

Here is the practice version. 

Hope all of you enjoyed this beautiful tropical sunset nail design!

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Pineapple & Hibiscus- Tropical Fruit & Flowers Nail Design

Hello everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying the somewhat end of summer. I still say it is summer until I think end of September and as long as it is still warm out. Anyways I still have a couple/ few tropical designs that I would like to make, this week we will be creating a pineapple, hibiscus flower design. In Hawaii I personal think the pineapple is the best it tastes so sweet and yummy and the hibiscus flower is one of the tropical flowers that can be found in Hawaii, that why I decided to make a tropical fruit and flower design.

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this Tropical fruit & flowers Nail Design-

Base and top coat- CND Stickey Base Coat and CND Super Shiney Top Coat. 

Polishes- Sally Hansen- Insta Dri- Peeps Blue, Glam Polish- Aloha State of Mind- Aloha Spirit, and Glam Polish- Beauty and the beach-Sandy toes anything goes. 

Acrylic Paint- Red, white, green, yellow and brown. Mix red and white to make a medium pink and a light pink, then mix green and yellow to make a light green.

Nail art brushes- Thin striper and liner brush.

Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes. 

Apply a top coat to clean dry nails, let that dry.

Polish- 

Thumb- Bright light blue (Sally Hansen- Insta Dri- Peeps Blue.)

Index and pinky- Teal with iridescent flakes ( Glam Polish- Aloha Spirit.)

Middle and ring- Light blue with iridescent flakes (Glam Polish-Sandy toes anything goes.)

Let that dry.

Pineapple on the Middle Finger Nail-

We will first start off with the pineapple, for the pineapple I first make an outline of the shape with white paint, so that yellow would pop more. First take your liner brush with white paint on it, on the middle of the nail make an oval shape and fill in your oval with white paint. Let that dry, this is where I would go to another nail and start that nail, for this tutorial we will stay on this nail. 

Once the outline has dried, fill in your oval shape with yellow paint. For the crown of the pineapple, take a light green paint first and make a few thick lines and then take a darker green and repeat.

For the lines on the pineapple take a thin striper brush with brown paint on it and make a few lines on the pineapple.

Hibiscus Flower on the Ring Finger-

Next we will make a pink hibiscus flower, for the petals we will make five heart shaped petals, starting with the petal on the left side of the nail and then two on the side and then two under those petals, you will need to fill in the petals with pink a few times to be opaque. 

This step is optional because it is a little hard, you can take a light pink on striper brush and outline your flower petals, also add a few lines on the petals for some depth. 

For the center part of the hibiscus first make the outline with white and then go over it with yellow, first make a long line from the center of the flower and then make a few small dots at the end.

The last step will be to make some green leaves, starting with the light green, then the dark green make a few thick lines from the top of the flower, the side, the part near the tip of the nail, and bottom part of the flower neat the tip of the nail.  
 

Pineapple and Hibiscus on the Thumb Nail-

On the thumb nail we will be making smaller version of the design that we made on the middle and ring finger nail. For the pineapple repeat the same steps just make the pineapple more off to the side of the thumb. 

For the hibiscus, we will make a red version of the flower and much smaller. Once again follow the steps that we did for the larger pink flower and make their flower slightly over lapping the pineapple on the lower left hand corner near the cuticle. 

Once your nails are good enough to eat, or not apply a top coat to seal in your nails and to help them to last. 

Hope all of you enjoyed this tropical fruit and flower nail design! 

As always lately here is the practice version. 

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Golden Hour- Tropical- Sunset Nail Design

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be creating another tropical nail design, it is still summer time, even though for some reason this year stores have started fall stuff way too early in July. Anyways this summer even more so I have really been wanting to create beautiful tropical nail design, because of the trip to Hawaii that I went on. Hawaii is know for there beautiful sunset and sunrises, we did get to see one really nice sunset on the beach. To remember this sunset we will be creating a golden hour nail design.

   Here are the polishes and nail art tolls used to create this tropical sunset nail design:

Base and Top coat- CND Stickey Base Coat and CND Super Shiney Top Coat. 

Polishes- Finger paints- Legendary Lore, Orly- Melting Point- Erupt To No Good, Orly-Melting Point-Cesium The Day, Holo Taco- Chrome Collection- Trophy Life, Zoya- Ziv.

Nail art brushes- thin striper brush.

Other- make up sponge for gradients, liquid latex for around your fingers, water and acetone to clean off your nail art brush, and tweezers. 

Apply a top coat to clean dry nails, let that dry.

Polish all of the nails a pink with a gold shift. (Finger paints- Legendary Lore)

Let that dry.

Sunset Gradient- 

For all of the nails we will be creating a sunset or sunrise nail gradient, First if you have liquid latex you can apply it before we start to make clean up easy.

For the gradient part take a makeup sponge and first polish your pink with a golden shift (Finger paints- Legendary Lore) the same polish as your base color, then a shimmer orange (Orly- Melting Point- Erupt To No Good), lastly a yellow polish.(Orly-Melting Point-Cesium The Day) Also make sure the polishes slightly over lapping. 

Then dab the sponge on to each nail, you will need to repeat the last step for each nail, also you will need to go over the nails at least three times to be opaque. 

Once you have finished your gradient peel off your liquid latex with some tweezers. 

Then apply a topcoat to smooth and blend your gradient together. 

Palm Tree on the Middle and Ring Finger Nails-

On the middle finger nail make a palm tree on the left side of the nail. On the ring finger nail make a palm tree on the right side of the nail.

For the sand take a sponge and polish a little bit of the sponge with a glittery gold (Zoya- Ziv) and dab that on the tip of the nails for a golden sand look.

Palm Trees on the Thumb Nail- 

On the thumb nail make two palm trees on the right and one on the left side of the nail, make one palm tree taller than the other as well.

Once again with a sponge and gold glitter polish, dab a little of that polish near the cuticle for the sand.

Palm Leaves On the Index and Pinky Nails- 

On the index and pinky nails we will make one palm leaf. On the index nail make on palm leaf starting from the left hand corner near the cuticle. On the pinky nail make a palm leaf starting from the right hand corner of the cuticle. 

Once your nails are ready to see a sunset or sunrise on the beach apply a top coat to seal in your design and to help it last.

Here is the practice version, this one turned out to have more pink in the background which I kind of like better.

Hope all of you enjoyed this tropical sunset nail design!

See you next time for more nail fun!