Tropical Hibiscus- Tropical Flower Nail Design

Hello everyone! If you are anything like me you are tired of fall being pushed down your throat in July and just want to enjoy summer. Then this tropical hibiscus flower nail design will be great for you! I don't know why the fall craziness has to start way to early, every year it seems like they start the fall stuff earlier and earlier and then the people that like summer, I feel don't get to truly enjoy it, but maybe because fall and Halloween are the money making holidays/ season so that why the have been staring it way to early lately. I remember when I was little they would actually let season be season, which I miss.  

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

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

Polishes- Finger paints- Legendary Lore, Loreal- Tangerine Crush, and Cover Girl- Glosstinis Bahama Mama. (I used to old polish that I know are no longer available, but these are polishes that you can easily find in another brand.)

Acrylic paint- Red, white, green, and yellow. (mix your green and yellow to make a light green and then mix your red and white to make a pink) 

Nail art brushes- Thin detail and striper brushes. 

Other- Water to clean off your nail art brushes.

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

Polishes- * I decided to use some really old polishes that I have in my collection.* 

Thumb and middle finger nails- a pink with a gold shimmer (Finger paints- Legendary Lore)

Index and pinky finger nails- a orange and pinkish cream polish (Loreal- Tangerine Crush)

Ring finger nail- a light orange polish (Cover Girl- Glosstinis Bahama Mama)

Let that dry.

Large Hibiscus on the Thumb Nail- 

First we will start off with the large pink hibiscus on the thumb nail. Take a thin striper brush with white paint on it and we will be making make a long heart shape for the each of the petals (this is the best way to describe the shape) the first petal will be the one in the center of the nail near the tip of the nail. The next one is on the left side of the nail, then the bottom near the cuticle, then make a rounded one next to that petal, lastly another heart shape petal next the rounded one and next to the first petal you made. Once you have the outline fill that in with white paint this will help the pink paint to stand out more. 

Once that has dried take a red and white paint with more red and mix those two together to make a pink. Fill in the white of all of the petals with that pink paint. Also you may need to re outline all of your petals with white, if you want to. For the center of each petal we will add some red detail by taking a red stripper brush and make a lot of line that are very close together, this will fill up the bottom part of all of your petals.  

Lastly we will make the long yellow part of the hibiscus that is in the center (not really sure what that is called.) First take your striper brush with white paint on it and make a long curved line in the center and then at the end make a few very small dots. Once that has dried go over that with yellow paint. 

For the final touch we will need to add some green leaves. With your thin detail brush make a leaf near the bottom of your flower on both sides and one leaf near the top of your flower. 

Red Hibiscus Flower on the Middle Finger Nail- 

For the smaller red hibiscus we will pretty much flower the same steps as the larger pink one we just made on our thumb nail, just red and with a pink outline, and just a little bit of a different shape it kind of had heart shaped petals, but kind of doesn't. Also this flower will only have two leaves on each side of the flower. 

Palm Leaf on the Ring Finger Nail- 

Lastly we will make a palm leaf on the middle finger nail, take a thin stripper brush with a light green paint on it and make a kind if curved line starting near the cuticle and going down the nail, with that same brush make a leaf at the bottom of that green line, then staring near the cuticle make a small leaf on each side and make then just a little bit bigger as you go down the nail. Once you have finished this you can add a little bit of a darker green to your leaves as well, even though the one I did you can't see the difference very well. 

Once your nails are tropical summer ready because here we don't want an early fall, apply a top coat to add and shine and to help your nails to last. 

Practice Nail Design 

Hope all of you enjoyed the tropical hibiscus flower nail design and that you enjoy the rest of your summer! 

See you next time for more nail fun! 

Aloha Flowers- Hibiscus flower Nail Design

Hello everyone! Today we will be creating a summer design, even though we are headed into fall. The design we will be creating is a tropical design, a hibiscus flower. During the month of August I wanted to create more tropical nail designs for all of you, but then I had a medical issue that prevented me from do that. So I thought it would still be fun to create a tropical flower design anyways. After all where I live it surprisingly still fells like summer, for now.   

 

Aloha Flowers Hibiscus Flowers

Here are the polishes and tools used for this tropical flower nail design:

 

Base and Top Coat- CND Stickey Base Coat and Revlon Extra Life No Chip top coat.

Polishes- Picture Polish- Salt Water- Nailstorming and Glitter Daze- Let's have a Waikiki.

Acrylic paint- white, red, green, and yellow.

Nail art tools- two thin detail brushes. 

Other- cup or glass of water to clean off your nail brushes.

Let's start this tropical flower nail design, even though summer is coming to an end. 

  Hibiscus flower on the thumb nail

As always start of with a thin layer of base coat to protect your nails.

Once your base coat has dried, polish all of your nails except your ring finger nail with a light blue polish, then polish your ring finger nail with a glittery pink polish.

 Hibiscus Flower Nail Design 

Then once your base colors have dried we will start our tropical flower design. On the thumb and middle finger nail we will make a big flower, then on the index and pink we will just make half of the flower, along with some palm leafs on all of the nails.

* For this design I used acrylic paint, I did not have all the colors so I just mixed a few colors to make my own. For the light pink I took mainly white paint and added a little bit of red, then for the slightly darker pink, I just added a little more red. For the green, I used the green I already had and then made a light green by adding some yellow. * 

First we will stat off with the big hibiscus, that we be on the thumb and middle finger nail.We will first make the outline of each petal, starting near the cuticle make two petal shapes, then make the two petals on the sides, and then one more in the middle at the top of the flower. Then fill that in with your light pink paint. You may need to go over this a few times to be opaque.

As we let that dry on to the next flowers, the half hibiscus on the the index and pinky finger nails. For this flower we will make it near the cuticles on opposite sides. Once again make a petal shape in the middle near the cuticle and then one on each side of that petal, their should only be three petals. Then fill that in as well with the light pink paint.

Now that your petals are dried we will add the darker pink to the center. On each petal just make a few line going from the center and going half way down the petal.

Once that has dried we will make the steam or the yellow part that is in the center of a hibiscus. With yellow paint make a curved line from the center of each flower going in different directions, with three small dots at the end. You may also have to go over this a few times to be opaque enough.  

 

  Hibiscus Flower Nail Design 

Now on to the palm leaves, on each nail I put one to two leaves going in all different directions and on different places on the nails. For the palm leaves with a dark green paint, make a long thin line that is straight or a little bit curved, then make a lot of small little lines for the leaves going down that long line, making sure to have a little bit of space in between each small line. In between the small dark green leaves, with your light green paint make some more lines to add some detail/ color different in the palm leaf. 

 

 Hibiscus Flower Nail Design 

Once you have your hibiscus tropical flower nail design the way you like and you have let it dry, apply a top coat to seal in your design and to help it last.

 

  Hibiscus Flower Nail Design, on my right hand

As per usual, I sometime will do the same design on my right hand that is a little bit more simple (or not.) For the design on my right hand, for the most part I kept it the same, with the large flower on my thumb and then on the index and middle finger nail, I just made the half flower, and on the pinky nail I just made a palm leaf.    

 

Hibiscus Flower Nail Design with Picture Polish Salt Water 

 

  Hibiscus Flower Nail Design with Glitter Daze Let's have a Waikiki

Hope all of you enjoyed this hibiscus flower nail design!

See you next time for more nail fun!