Super Mario Nail Design

Hello everyone! Today on the blog we will be crating a Super Mario Galaxy nail design to celebrate the opening of the new movie. I have seen the new movie last week when it had just started, I liked the movie and thought it was very cute and I thought what would be better then to create a Mario nail design and I wanted to create a little more challenging design, it has been a little while since I created a little bit more challenging design. 

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this Mario nail design: 

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

Polishes- OPI Hawaii- Do you take Lei away, Zoya- Renee- Redbook trio, Sinful Colors- HD Nails, Sally Hansen- Hard As Nails- Hard to get, Sally Hansen- Triple Shine- Lemon Shark, and Nicole by OPI- That's Just Plain Nuts!

Acrylic paint- Black, white, blue (mix white and blue, to make a light blue), red, yellow and brown.

Nail art brushes- Thin striper, detail, and linear brushes, and a small dotting tool.

Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes.

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

Polish- 

Thumb and middle finger nails- a peach, skin tone color (OPI Do you take lei away?)

Index nail- a green polish (Sinful Color- HD Nails)

Ring finger nail- a brown cream polish (Nicole by OPI- That's just plain nuts)

Pinky finger nail- a yellow cream polish (Sally Hansen- Lemon Shark)

Let that dry. 

The Star on the Ring Finger Nail- 

First we will start off with the star on the ring finger nail, we will make an outline first of the star, this is so the yellow will show over the brown. Take a linear brush with white paint on it, in the middle of the nail make a star shape, buy first making a triangle near the cuticle, then make to more triangle shapes on the sides, lastly make to triangle shapes under the last two you just made, fill this in with white. 

Once the white has dried fill in the white with yellow. For The eyes make to small oval with black paint. 

For the bricks wall on the nail, just make three line across the nails, then make small line near the cuticle, making sure that the lines do not line up, then make some more lines on the next row, repeat down the nail. 

Question Mark Block on the Pinky Finger Nail- 

On the pink finger nail we will be making the question mark block that Mario jumps on, take a linear brush with white paint on it and make the question mark symbol, by first making a small square near the tip of the nail, then a small line going up the nail, a curved line, a short line going up, another curved and then a small line going down that line. 

Lastly make small brown circles on each corner with a doting tool.

Toad on the Middle Finger Nail- 

On the middle finger we will make the cute Toad. First we will make the curved line for his mushroom head, by taking a thin striper brush with red paint on it and make a curved line half way up the nail near the tip of the nail, then the top part of the nail all the way up to the cuticle fill that in with white polish. Let that dry.

Next is the red circle on his mushroom head. Take a detail brush with red paint on it and make two half circles near the sides of the nail and then a small circle in the middle of the nail, fill that in a few times to be opaque.

Lastly the final touch his eyes, make to black ovals and fill that in, then make two small dots in the ovals for his pupils.

 

Yoshi on the index Nail- 

For Yoshi we will start with his noes, take thin striper brush with black paint on it and in the middle of the nail make a curved line, in the middle of the curve we make two small ovals for the nostrils. 

For his eye make two ovals with white paint for his eyes above his nose, then once that has dried make two small black ovals in the larger white ovals, for a final touch out line the white ovals. 

Mario on the Thumb Nail- 

On the thumb nail we will make Mario. First we will make his hat, take a thin striper brush with red paint on it and make a curved line half way down the nail near the tip of the nail, then fill in the top part of the nail near the tip with red polish. Let that dry. 

For his facial features, we wills start off with his noses, make a large oval in the middle of his face. 

For his eye make two large white ovals on the top of the nose, then take a light blue and once the white has dried make two small ovals for the colored part of his eyes, then once that has dried make two small black ovals for his pupils. 

Next make is smile by taking a thin striper brush with black paint on it and make a curved line under his nose. For his mustache take a detail brush with black paint on it on both sides of his nose make a curved line, then another line going down from that line and two more curved lines on each side that will meet in the middle, then fill in this area for his mustache, hopefully that makes sense, it is kind of hard to explain how to make his mustache.

Lastly for his facial features we need to make his eyebrows, take linear brush with black paint on it and make to kind of thick curved lines above his eyes. 

Now for the final touches on his hat, take a thin striper brush with black paint on it and outline the curved line, then make a small curved line for the brim of the hat. In the middle of his hat make a small white oval, fill that in, once it has dried make a small red M in the middle of the circle. 

Once you are happy with your Mario nails, apply a top coat top to add a shine and to seal in your nails so they last through all of your game play and see the new Mario movie. 

Here is the Practice Version.

Hope all of you enjoyed this Mario nail design!

See you next time for more nail fun!

Ready for Spring- Flower Nail Design

Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a while since I posted anything, it was a busy month of February. Anyways who is tired of all this cold weather and is ready for spring? Well unless you live somewhere warm, I have heard that it has been hot in some places all ready, all I know is the weather has been crazy everywhere! So I thought for all of use that are tired of the cold weather we could use some nice pretty flower nail art that we can put on our nails. 

Here are the nail art tools and polishes used to crate this pretty spring flower nail design:

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

Polishes- OPI- Hello Kitty- Look at My Bow, Sally Hansen- Color Therapy- Mauve Mantra, China Glaze- Shades of Paradise-Boujee Board, Orly- Kell's Galaxy Trio- Kelli's Moondust, Orly-Melting Point- Alloy Matey, and Holo Taco- Chrome Collection- Trophy Life.

Nail art tools- Thin striper and linear brushes and a small dotting tool.

Other- Nail polish remover/ acetone and water to clean off your nail art brushes. 

Apply a top coat to clean dry nails. Let that dry.

Polish-

Thumb, index, middle and pinky finger nails- a light pink cream polish.

Ring finger nail- a rosy pink cream polish.

Let that dry.

This is a simple design (at least that is what I think ☺️)

For each nail you can put as may flowers as you would like, some of them I put two or three it kind of depend on your nail length or if you want a lot of flower or not. 

First we will start off with making the petals, you can use the three colors that I used a purple (Orly- Alloy Matey) and lighter purple (Orly- Kelli's Moondust) and a light pink toned purple (China Glaze- Boujee Board.) Take one of the colors on a linear brush, then for example if you want to make your first flower (like on the index nail) make a oval shape near the tip of the nail, fill that in, make two more oval shapes on the side of the first one you made and then fill those petals in. 

For the second flower repeat the same steps, make a oval shape near the cuticle, then make two more to the side of that petal, lastly make two more petals/ ovals under the last petals that you made. Also make sure to fill in each petal, you may need to do this a few times to be opaque. 

For each nail repeat this last step, you can make the flowers bigger or smaller, a whole flower or just a half. 

Lastly for the final touch the gold leaves or steams. Take a thin striper brush with a gold foil polish (Holo Taco-Trophy Life) and from part of your flower make some lines that can look like steams for leaves. You can also make a few line on other random parts of the nails as well.

Once your flowers are spring ready, apply a top coat to add some shine and to help your nails to last.

As always now, here is the practice version.

Hope all of you enjoy this flower spring nail design and hope that we start to see some nice weather, that will stick around.

See you next time for more nail fun! 

It's too cold outside- snowflake nail design

Hello everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying this super cold winter, just kidding! It has been way too cold this winter in the USA, even in the states that usually are not that cold, they are even having cold weather. I know where I live it has been way too cold and snowy and I am just ready for at least Spring time. Anyway we all may be tired of the winter weather, but why not have a pretty snowflake design on our nails, to somewhat enjoy the winter. 

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this snowy nails design:

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

Polishes- Zoya- Estelle, Holo Taco- Toppers- Scattered, and Holo Taco- Electric Holo Collection- Circuit Breaker.

Acrylic paint- White.

Nail art tools- Thin striper brush, a small dotting tool, and a makeup sponge for glitter gradients. 

Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes.

Apply a base coat to clean dry nails.

Let that dry.

Polish all of your nails with a shimmery blue (Zoya- Estelle.)

Let that dry.

Glitter Gradient on all of the Nails: 

First we will start off with a glitter gradient on all of the nails. Take a scattered holographic polish and polish a little bit on the tips of the nails. Now take a makeup sponge with the same glitter polish that you just used and apply some to the sponge, dab the sponge on to the tips of the nails, I did this two times over all the nails to have enough glitter. Then I usually with the polish brush will apply anther thin layer over the tip of the nails, to smooth out what we just sponged on.

Snowflakes:

For the Snowflake we will mainly be focusing near the tips of the nails. To make a snowflake take a thin striper brush with white paint on it and make a cross shape, then an X shape through that. On every line make two to three very small lines. Then to finish off your snowflake, make a very small dot on the very end of each line. 

For even more snow, take a dotting tool with a sliver holographic polish on it and dab the dotting tool on the random blank areas of the nail. 

On all of the nail you can do different amounts of snowflakes depending on your nail length. Some nails I did two snowflakes, some three and some just a half snowflake. 

Once your nails match the outside, apply a top coat to seal in your design and to help it last thought all the winter weather.

Hope all of you have enjoyed this winter snowflake nail design!

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Cookies for Rudolph- Christmas Nail Design

Hello everyone! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Today on the blog we will be creating a shinny and cute nail design for the holidays, a gingerbread man and Rudolph because even Santa's reindeer need some cookies too, but who would want to eat this cute gingerbread?

Cookies for Rudolph

Here are the polishes and nail art tools used to create this cute nail design:

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

Polishes- Holo Taco- Birthstone- September- Playing With Sapphire, Holo Taco- Toppers- Rainbow Snow, and Holo Taco- Magnetic Magic Collection- Twice in a Blue Moon. 

Acrylic paint- Black, white, red, brown, and peach. 

Nail art tools- thin striper brush and detail brush, and a small dotting tool.

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

Polish-

Thumb- a sapphire blue 

Index, middle, and pinky- a holographic glitter polish.

Ring finger nail- a shimmery blue.

Let that dry.

The index, middle and pinky finger nails will stay as is with no nail art on them.

Gingerbread Man on the Thumb Nail:

First we will start off with the gingerbread man, usually with this kind of design I jump back and forth between the two to let layers dry, when I am actually paint the designs, for explaining purposes I will just explain it all in two parts, not back and fourth like when you paint the design. 

Take a thin detail brush with brown paint on it, make a large circle near the tip of the nail and fill that in. Then make two arms, for his body and legs make a upside down heart shape, then fill in your gingerbread man with brown paint, you will need to go over the a few times to be opaque.

Once your gingerbread man shape has dried, take a dotting tool with black paint on it and make two dots for his eyes.

For his smile take a striper brush with black paint and make a curved line under his eyes. With that same clean brush, just use white paint make a few squiggly line on his arms and legs.

For the last final touches we will add a bow tie and some buttons. To make his small bow tie, take a thin detail brush with red paint on it, make a small oval, then make two symmetrical round loops on each side for the rest of the bow.

Lastly take your dotting tool with white paint on it, make two dots on his tummy for the buttons

He turned out so cute! 🥰

Also if you would like you can add some snow in the background, take the same holo glitter polish that you used on the index, middle and pinky nail on a dotting tool and dot some snow on random spots on the nails. 

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer on the Ring Finger Nail:

To complete this design we will be crate Rudolph on the ring finger nail. Take a small detail brush with brown paint on it and make a lager circle for his head near the cuticle. Then make a large oval for his body, two little arms and then two ovals for his feet, also make two small circles on top of his head for his ears. Once you have the shape fill that in with the brown paint, you will need to go over this a few times to be opaque.

For this face make a peach colored oval near the bottom of the head and kind of near the tummy, fill this in.

On his tummy make a heart shape with the same peach color, then lastly with the peach color make two small circles in his ears. 

For his facial features take your dotting tool with black paint on it and make two black dots for his eyes. For his noses make an oval in the middle of the peach oval.

On his hands fill in the tip of the hands with black and the feet make two small ovals.

For the final touch Rudolph's antlers, take your thin striper brush with black paint on it, on top of his head make two lines, with two smaller lines at the top coming out from the sides. 

Just including this to show the glow that holo glitter can have! 

Once your nails are Christmas ready apply a top coat to add even more shine and to help them last through all of your cookie eating. 

Hope all of you enjoyed this Christmas nail design, I really like how the gingerbread came out, he is so adorable and the Rudolph also looks cute too. 

Here is the practice version

Hope all of you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays! 

See you next time for more nail fun!