Hello everyone! Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday's! Today on the blog we will be creating a Christmas cookie nail design, specifically a gingerbread man and house, along with Rudolph on the thumb nail, just in time for Christmas.
Here are the nail polish and nail art tools used to create this Christmas cookie nail design:
Base and top coat- CND Stickey Base Coat and CND Super Shiney Top Coat.
Polishes- Finger paints- Cubism Crimson, Nicole by OPI- That's Just Plain Nuts! and China Glaze- Dippin Dots- Arctic Confetti.
Acrylic paint- Black, red, white, and brown.
Nail art tools- Large dotting tool, thin detail and stripper brushes.
Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes.
Apply a base coat to clean dry nails.
Let that dry.
Polishes-
Thumb and ring finger nails- red shimmer polish
Index, middle and pinky finger nails- a cream brown polish.
Let that dry.
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer on the Thumb Nail:
First we will start off with the thumb nail this time. Take a detail brush with brown paint on it and make a large circle in the middle of the nail, then fill in the circle. Also make two triangle shapes on the sides of the head for the ears, fill that in as well. Then make two small triangles in the ears with black paint.
On top of the head make two lines and the two more coming out of the larger lines for antlers.
For the eyes take a large dotting tool with black paint on it and make two dots for his eyes.
Lastly with your detail brush with red paint on it make a large red oval right under the eyes for his red nose.
Gingerbread Man on the Ring Finger Nail:
Second we will make the gingerbread man on the ring finger nail. Take your detail brush with brown paint on it make a small circle near the cuticle then on each side of the head make two round arms and then two round shape legs. Fill in your gingerbread man with brown.
Then take a large dotting tool with black paint on it, make two dots for his eyes. Wipe off your dotting tool and then with white paint, make two dots on his chest for buttons.
Lastly take a thin stripper brush with white paint on it and make a cured line for his smile, then with that same brush and white paint make some squiggle lines on his arms and legs.
Gingerbread House on Middle Finger Nail:
Third we will be making a gingerbread house on the middle finger nail. Take a thin striper brush with white paint on it and make a long curved line for the door near the tip of the nail.
With that same stripper brush with white paint on it, we will make a small window. Make a small rectangle above the door and then a cross in the middle to make smaller squares in the rectangle.
For the final small details take a dotting tool with white paint first then red, and dot random dots all over your nail for small pieces of candy. Also make a dot on the door as well for your door handle.
Lastly for the dripping frosting, we will do that along with the other nails that only have the frosting on them.
Dripping Frosting on the Index and Pinky Finger Nails:
For our last two nails this will be very simple. Pour a small amount of your frosting looking polish on to a nail matte or a piece of foil (any surface that is easy to clean up), then take a large doting tool with that polish on it and dab it near the cuticle and then make three drips down that part that you just made.
Also if you don't have a frosting looking polish you can just use a white polish for your frosting.
Lastly on your gingerbread house repeat the same step, just make sure you don't cover up your window.
Once your nails are ready for Santa, apply a top coat to help seal in your nails and to help it last through all of your Christmas celebrations.
Hope all of you enjoyed this Christmas cookie nail design and have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday's! Also Happy New Year!
See you in the New Year with more nail fun!
