I'm not really sure if there's some kind of secret bloggers code about how to lay out a blog...some kind of orderly system i don't know about? ..because this is going to be the biggest jumble of posting you'll probably ever see. I'm a bit of a jumbly person by nature...its a feature about myself that i like to consider endearing, others may disagree!
So over the last couple of months i've kind of been mad for doing my nails. Went online and checked out a few other blogs and videos on youtube and now i've just been working on some nail design ideas.
This is one of my favourites and was really popular amongst some of my friends..so i thought i'd share it with you..
Not surprisingly this is so simply to do and can be done using any colours, which makes it quite easy to personalise to an outfit! You will need: 3 nail polishes (these can be 3 completely different colours, or 3 different shades of a colour), clear nail polish and a sponge (this can simply be a sponge from the kitchen, or a make up sponge completely your choice).
Step 1 - Make sure your nails are completely clean and all previous nail polish has been removed.
Step 2 - Choose a base coat. This is going to be the main colour of the nail. Any colour is fine, just make sure that the other colours that you are using contrast so that they show up when they are added later. When i was doing this particular design i choose a dark purple colour.
Step 3 - Once the base coat has been layered on nice and thick and has been left to dry completely you can move on to the next step. Take the 2nd colour that you've decided on and dab it onto the corner of your sponge. Don't put too much on otherwise you don't get the speckled effect, and you can always add more later. In this case less is more!
Then gently dab the sponge on the nail starting from about midway down the nail working your way up to the tip. You can't really go wrong here, so if you are feeling that it looks a little messy, or you've put it on too thick, take a clean corner of the sponge and dab some of the nail varnish off.
Step 4 - After you have left that coat to dry also, take your third and final colour and do the same by dabbing it on to a new corner of the sponge. This time start from just about a quarter of the way down the nail and more gently and sparingly dab on the polish over the top of the previous colour. Although you don't want to cover up the colour underneath completely, when you are closer to the tip you can thicken up the coverage of the colour you are using to create a nice layering affect.
Step 5 - Leave all this to dry and finish with a top coat of clear to protect your nails.
Enjoy!
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