Sour Watermelons

Hoping that the weather will warm up again, here's a DIY of how to do watermelons on your nails! Nothing says summer like a big juicy watermelon.

First I started off with a base colour of OPI You're a Pisa Work. It's the perfect pink for this.

Next I added OPI Alpine Snow to the tips of my nails. Apply this as you would apply a french manicure. As you can see this is starting to get messy. So make sure you have a good supply of q-tips and nail polish remover for when you're finished!

After adding the white, I used my Revlon Garden nail polish. I added this on top of the white, but made sure a little bit of the white was still showing (this is the rind of the watermelon).

After the green is added I took a dark green, Misa Nail Art Show me the greens, and added small lines on to the tips of my nails. This made my tips look like the outside of a watermelon.

And finally you want to end with your seeds! I used my Stripe Right nail art brush in black to add small dots to add the seeds to my watermelons.

To finish it off add your favourite top coat and voila! Perfect watermelons for that hot summer day.

Thanks for reading! Hope you find this helpful, I want to see all your nails too!

Lots of love,

Mackenzie xox

Spring Time Flowers

I started off with China Glaze Peachy Keen as my base colour. In person it's more of a light peach than an orange like in the photo.

Next I used my OPI Alpine Snow (it's starting to become a favourite colour of mine). I took my nail art brush and added small dots to my nails.

After adding the white dots, I took my teal and black stripe right nail colours to add the petals of the flowers. I used the black to outline them.

There you have it! Finish off with a top coat and you're good to go :)

I used the teal on the peach colour and it really stood out, I really loved this nail.

Thanks for reading!

Lots of love,

Mackenzie xox

Nautical Nonsense

One of the big trends of the past few seasons has been nautical! Here's how to get the perfect nail to match those cute striped shorts!

Step 1:

I started off with OPI Alpine Snow and Essie Mesmorized. This Essie colour is one of my favourite blues!

Step 2:
On the white nails I painted red strips, and on my pinky I painted white stripes.

Step 3:

Next I added two anchors and a top coat!

The only thing with this nail is the concentration and a steady hand. It's really easy to make stripes look... not so stripy, so take your time!

Thanks for reading!

Lots of love,

Mackenzie xox

Stripes

So if you guys don't know already, stripes are my favourite pattern. I have about 6 shirts with stripes on them...

I decided for this May long weekend to do a colourful striped nail, perfect for a summer weekend like this!

Step 1:

First you want to choose the colour pallet you want to use for your stripes. You can choose black and white, bright, neon, pastel, all of one colour, anything you want! I decided to use 5 bright colours.
OPI The "It" Colour
OPI Fly
OPI You're a Pisa Work
Misa Nail Art Relax Don't Do it
Essence Lime Up!

After applying the all important base coat, take a nail art brush (I bought mine from Sally Beauty Supply) and draw small stripes on your nails. I chose about two stripes of the same colour per nail.Try to keep the stripes the same size. This takes a steady hand to do, but once you get the hang of drawing the stripes it gets easier and easier.

Step 2:

This is what your nails will look like after your first coat of stripes. This is a time consuming nail, so make sure you have time to do this! Each stripe has to be individually painted... twice!

Step 3:

Add your favourite top coat and there you have it! Bright and summery stripes for this May long weekend :)

Enjoy!

Lots of love,

Mackenzie xox

Tribal Print

Now this nail is definitely one of the hardest and most time consuming I've done.

BUT IT LOOKS AWESOME! Let's jump right in...

Step 1:

Start off by painting your nails a base colour of white. I used OPI Alpine Snow. The white helps your other colours pop without adding numerous coats.

Step 2:

Now here's where it gets a little tricky. Take your black nail art polish and draw a few tribal outlines on your white nails. Tribal art is a lot of straight lines and triangles. If it helps, you can reference a picture like I've mentioned in earlier posts. You have to have a very steady hand to do this. Because you're drawing on white it's hard to erase your mistake.

Step 3:

It's time to add some colour! I chose bright colours for this because I feel that the colours should pop off your nails! Pick a few nails to put the colour on, you don't have to put the same colour on every nail! I used OPI The "it" Colour (which I just added to my collection). To achieve the small lines I took a small nail art brush and dipped it into the polish. Don't use the actual polish brush... it's WAY to big.

Step 4:

Next I look OPI Fly (from the Nicki Minaj collection) and did the same thing that I did with the yellow. Be as creative as you want! Nothing is wrong when doing tribal, it's all your own design.

Step 5:

Add the rest of the colours you'd like to use. I've also added OPI In my Back Pocket, OPI Panda-monium Pink and Essence Lime Up!.

Step 6:

Finish up by repainting your black lines to clean up your nail. Then add your favourite top coat and you're done!

Now for me this took about an hour, waiting for things to dry and being super careful. It takes a lot of practice to get a really stead hand (for both your right and left), but practice makes perfect! The more you do your nails, the better you'll get!

Thanks for ready :)

Lots of Love,

Mackenzie xox