Nails of Nature

After staring at work panels constantly pinning the colors of blue, pink, yellow and green on my screen and into my brain, I became hopeless infected. The brain starts to tick that way, and the colors take over every shred of common sense left until nothing remains.

So I decided to give myself a treat during the weekends and wanted to paint the town, I mean the nails red. Or the colors picked out below -

That's right! Those colors are haunting me! But I only realized it after finishing a 40 minutes nail-painting session.

What you need-
- Deep blue, Hot Pink and Sunny Yellow (all from FaceShop)
- Jade Green from Etude House
- Base Coat and Top Coat of your choice
- Cotton Sticks (ear-cleaning types)
- Nail polish Remover
- A4 Scrape Paper (except newspaper)



Beauty Regime:
1. Coat nail with 2 layers of Base Coat
2. Color the nails green, evenly
3. Add a French Twist of blue at the edge of the nails
4. Dab a swash of yellow on the paper and pick up some with the cotton stick
5. Dot the nails, at random positions for each nail to point where you would paint flowers
6. Dab another swash of pink and pick up some with the cotton stick
7. Using it like a brush, dab pink onto the nails to create the design of a flower
8. Don't wait too long before the green dries properly, or step 5-7 would prove to be difficult
9. Finish with 2 layers of Top Coat for each nail
10. You can refresh with another Top Coat after every three days if you wish to keep these nails for a longer period of time



And you're done! More photos here

French Twist

You've heard of a French Tip, but have you heard of a French Twist for the nails? This sweet design is inspired by some nail artists sharing their awesome works on Youtube, which is a wealth of inspirations by the way.



So how do you work the French Twist? First off, here's what you need.

Needed:
- 2 Nail Polish Colors (Pink from FaceShop and White from Chatmignon)
- Cotton Sticks (the kind you use to clean your ears)
- Base coat of your choice
- Top Coat of your choice
- Nail Polish Remover
- Cotton paper
- Paper you no longer need (except newspaper)

The Beauty Regime:
1. Check out how to prep nails for nail polish application here
2. With base coat properly applied in step 1, apply your first coat of base color (pink in this example)
3. Make it a double coat, you need a smooth coat for the other steps to work properly
4. Take out your white polish (or other colors if you wish to be more daring, but white is classic French and works nicely with many colors)
5. Position your working hand at a slanted angle, and once you feel your steady hand set it, lash your brush across the nail to create the slanted effect
6. Chances are you won't make a pretty coat with just one try, so make sure you do not have too much white polish each time you repeat step 5 till you have a nice proper coat of white tip
7. Take the base color you used, and smear some on the paper
8. Using the cotton stick, pick up some color and apply three dots across the slanted white tip
9. You can clean up any mess using another cotton stick or cotton paper to pick up some nail-polish remover and wipe clean the messiness
10. Once all is done, top it off with 2 coats of top-coat. Remember to refresh your top coat every three days or so if you want it to last



And you're done!

More photos here.