Storm Gradient Nail Art

Hello lovelies! After a week of rain and storms and a load of work I found a little "me time" to dedicate to some nail art and my tv shows. I wasn't really inspired but I remember seeing this design by Cotton Coney, and it was perfect for the terrible weather of that day.

I decided to recreate her design giving my personal touches. I hope you like it. I did a gradient and some detailed design. 

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Challenge - Day 10: Night Sky

Hello lovelies! I hope Monday isn't beeing too hard on you all. My Mondays don't suck as much when I have a new design for the NAGG Challenge to share with you. Today's theme was night skies and I included a gradient in this mani! Me, doing a gradient!!! You can't believe it either? Check it out!

Abstract Nature

Hi guys! I'm trying my best not to take like forever to upload new designs on the blog. This week I've finished that job that has kept me so busy this month. I have managed to organize my time to show you this cute design.

31 Day Challenge – Day 13: Animal Print (Kiss The Frog)

Hey guys! It's been a while since the last mani for the 31 day challenge but I hope that in the meantime you enjoyed my last tutorial. The theme for today's design was animal print. I have to confess I had never done an animal print before, I mean I really don't like the typical animal print nails so I went with something different.

I got my inspiration from this colorful little frog. I felt in love with this little guy instantly while searching for something I could recreate on my nails, which wasn't the typical zebra or cheetah print. The colors were greate and those little black spots were adorable and I could really translate it to my nails.

The colors I used aren't really accurate but i think they look great even if they aren't exaclty the same as the frog. These are the two colors I used for the gradient:

What do you think? Is this frog good enough to be considered animal print? I hope it does because I love how they turned out. Let me know what you think on the comments and happy polishing!

Palm Trees At Sunset Tutorial

Hello lovelies! As promissed here's the tutorial for my palm trees over gradient design. It's been a while since I haven't done a tutorial and I wanted to ask if there's any particular design you would like to see a tutorial of. Just let me know commenting on this post or get in touch with me on twitter, instagram or my email: thenailartshow@gmail.com. That's enouhg of me talking let's get this show started.

 Things you will need for this design:

• White polish for the base
• 2-3 polish colors for the gradient
• Make up sponge
• Thin nail art brush or similar
• Black polish for the palm tree
• Matte top coat (optional)

1. Paint your nails with your favorite base coat and then paint one coat of white nail polish.
2. On the make up sponge paint the two or three colors you want to use for the gradient and tap the sponge on your nail. Repeat as many times as you need until you are happy with how it looks.
3. Add a top coat to the gradient to merge the colors together and let it dry.
4. When it's dry get your brush or striper and draw a curved line. This will be the trunk of the palm tree.
5. At the end of this curved line make the leaves of the palm tree. They have to be curved and irregular.
6. From the lines you made earlier make litte strokes so they look like the little leaves on the palmtree. They don't need to look perfect.
7. On the tip of your nail draw an irregular line and fill the tip, this will be the floor where the palm tree is standing
8. Add a regular shiny top coat or a matte top coat.

These are the colors I used for my design:

I hope you guys try this out and you show me your designs on twitter and instagram, just tag #thenailartshow so I can see your work. Happy polishing!

31 Day Challenge – Day 11: Polka Dots (Dot To The Top!)

Hey lovelies! I can't believe I'm already starting the second phase of the 31 day Challenge. I'm really enjoying this and it's really helping me get better at some techniques like gradient manicures. I'm so happy about my sponging techiniques that I couldn't help to slip another gradient into this mani with polka dots as a theme.

I wasn't really inspired when I did this but it actually turned out pretty nice, a bit too girly for me because I don't usually wear pink but I had to try these new pink polishes I bought.

It's a really simple and cute design I really love how the dots seem to appear from the gradient. These are the two colors I used for this mani. Two new shades of pink from Catrice.

Are you getting tired of this challenge? because I'm not! I hope you guys liked my design. I will be uploading a tutorial soon for my last mani so keep tuned. Happy polishing!

31 Day Challenge – Day 10: Gradient (Palm Trees at Sunset)

Hey guys! Today's design is the las mani for the first phase of the 31 day Challenge, this phase was all inspired by colors. The last mani for this part of the challenge was gradient, something that I suck at, well I sucked at. I am happy to inform you that I've actually gotten a bit better with my gradient with sponging technique and I would like to share my work with this simple gradient with some nail art.

I'm so happy that this gradient isn't a fail. I just need to get a little bit better with the direction I sponge because it came out a bit well... the colors werent blending straight they were kind of in diagonal but well practice will make perfect or at least decent.

I used three colors for the gradient and a make up sponge, I will be listing all these things on another post as I will be doing a tutorial on how to do this design, keep tuned for it. I hope you like this design and look forward for the tutorial. Happy polishing!

31 Day Challenge – Day 5: Violet Nails

Hey guys! Today's mani is a new design for the 31 day Challenge. The theme for today's nails was violet and as I didn't want to do something really detailed I went and did a cute gradient dotticure.

I chose a range of purples to create a gradient effect using dots of different sizes which I created with different dotting tools. The result was a cute and simple design.

What do you think? It's the first time I've done a gradient using just dots but I think it looks really nice. The gradient effect is more subtile but I like it quite a lot! Have you ever done a gradient dotticure?

These are the colors I used in order of application from the top of the nail to the tip:

I hope you enjoyed this mani for the 31 day challenge. To see more designs I've done for other challenges just visit my Challenges page. Have a nice day and happy polishing!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Singfònics!

Hey guys! I think most of you don't know that I'm into music, a lot. I sing in a vocal grup called Singfònics and today we have a concert in my city.  I would invite you all to come but well I think it's a bit far away for you all.

I did a special design for the concert and I've totally forgoten to do the day 27 challenge for the nail art june. I think I'll have to mash up day 27 and day 30, I don't really know how but I'll think something. Any idea on how to mix sunglasses and sea foam.. LOL

I did a light gradient that well didn't turn out that well... and an accent nail with our logo. Check out our web to listen to some of our stuff. Thsese are the colors I used for this design. I used the greens that represent us, we always dress in black and green!

I hope that you enjoy our videos, if you watch them... Well lovelies happy polishing and wish me luck tonight!

June Nail Art Challenge – Day 13: Sea Critters (Mermaid)

Hey lovelies! New mani for nail art june challenge today. The theme for today's design is ''sea critters''. I didn't want to do the tipical fish or seahorses or such things because I already did fishes for the ocean themed design, so I decided to make a mermaid.

This design consists on a really light gradient, yes me doing a gradient and not failing at it!!!! and the silhouette of a mermaid and I also added a little bit of glitter.  You are probably asking yourself ''Oh that gradient doesn't suck like all the other gradients she does, or tries to do''. The answer is I actually used another technique to create this gradient.

I painted all my nails blue and then on a paper painted two lines of polish with the colors I wanted to use: light blue and a darker blue. With a thick brusk just go over the polish, this is what you would do for one stroke flowers, then I just painted my nail horizontally and created this light gradient I actually really like.

These are the colors I used for this mani:

We are nearly half-way of this challenge, and I'm loving it. Check the other designs I did for this challenge here. What do you think of this design and this way of creating gradients. For people like me who aren't really a friend of sponging I think it's quite a good idea. Don't forget to share and like. Comment if you have any questions or just to speak out your opinion. Happy polishing!

June Nail Art Challenge – Day 8: Ocean

Hey guys. I know it's been a while since I posted my last design, i was just sooo in love with my Lord of The Rings nails I didn't want to take them off. But hey life goes on and I had to do my new Nail Art June Challenge design inspired by ocean.

Let me say that I wasn't really happy about these but they look better on camera so I just took the photo and saw that they actually looked pretty good and decided I wasn't gonna take them off and start again. As you see my gradient is a mess as always...

Gradients are usually what people start with when getting into nail art but I don't seem to get them right. I am pretty good at sponging well at least when it comes to galaxies but gradients... well not my kind of stuff.

The themes of this challenge are really cool, well next one is Saran Wrap and I have to say I have never tried it so let's se what comes out. You will have to wait to know if I failed.

These are the colors I used for this ocean inspired mani:

Hope you liked it guys. Don't forget to share, like and comment if you have any questions about the challenge, this design or any random doubt. Have a lovely day and happy polishing!

Cattails at Sunset

Hey guys! Well today I recreated this wonderful design by Chalkboard Nails. She did this perfect gradient recreating a sky at sunset and added these cattails. Well I think I didn’t quite well….. It sucks a bit. It isn’t that bad but I couldn’t get the transition of the colors right, the gradient effect. I can never get gradients right.

As you can see I’m not the best at gradients. I don’t know what I do wrong but they just look messy and I can’t really achieve that gradient effect. I guess I’ll have to practisse my sponging skills. Do you know any tricks or tips for a perfect gradient? It would sure help me a lot.
These are the colors I used for this design:

I also used my new nail art brushes from Bangood which you can find here at a really good price.

Well I hope you like this recreation of Chalkboard Nails design. If you don’t know her check her blog she’s an amazing artist. Don’t be to harsh on me. Don’t forget to share, like and comment if you have any questions. Happy polishing lovelies!