40 Great Nail Art Ideas - 3 Shades of Purple

Along with the prompt being three shades of purple, I also had camouflage. 

Base Polish: Essie - Virgin Snow
Stamping Polishes: China Glaze - Grape Pop, Color Club - Pucci-licious
Stamping Plate: M61

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Orange, Purple, Green

ELF - Smoky Brown
Color Club - Twiggie
Color Club - Pucci-Licious
ELF - Mango Madness

Striping Brush

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Precious + Watercolour

Revlon - Facets of Fuchsia (Scandalous)
Leighton Denny - Girl's Best Friend
Color Club - Puccilicious
Leighton Denny - Crown Jewels
Leighton Denny - Crushed Grape

Nails: It's A Boy!

My friend recently had a son, this inspired these nails;

Base Polishes
Maybelline - Cool Blue 651
Kleancolor - Holo Blue 135

Decal Polishes
Color Club - Pucci-licious
ELF - Mango Madness
ELF - Punk Purple

Stamping
MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
Bundle Monster H21

Tutorial: Needle Drag Nails

Another tutorial today, this was requested as I did needle drag nails earlier in the year for the 52 Week Pick n' Mix nail challenge. I didn't have a needle to hand so for the tutorial I ended up using a opened up paper clip.

 

What did I need?
Two nail polishes (I used ELF Punk Purple, Color Club Pucci-Licious)
Sewing Needle
Top Coat

   

1) Paint base polish and let it dry

2) Paint a opaque coat of each polish over half of the nail

3) While the polish is still wet, using the needle drag it over the nail from side to side (hopefully the clip above will show this better than my description!)

4) Top coat the nail to smooth the design and finish off

1) Paint base polish and let it dry, ELF Punk Purple

3) While the polish is still wet, using the needle drag it over the nail from side to side

4) Top coat the nail to smooth the design and finish off

This was the original needle drag nails I did:

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Tutorial: Cloud Nails

I did some cloud nails for a nail challenge I was doing last year and someone asked for a tutorial. Cloud nails are very simple to do, and look more complicated than they are.

What did I need?

Two or three polishes (I used Yes Love - K033, Color Club - Pucci-licious)

Top Coat

   

1) Paint your base polish coat
2) Using a different polish, paint three 'clouds'
3) Using your base polish (or third polish) paint three 'clouds' leaving a small amount of second polish showing.
4) Top coat the nail art

I did originally try and do a tutorial on my nails but the colours I chose maybe weren't the best for showing the technique;

1) Base polish [A England - Crown of Thistles]

2) Using a different polish, paint three 'clouds' [A England - Lady of the Lake]

3) Using your base polish paint three 'clouds' leaving a small amount of second polish showing

Here are a couple of other colour ways I have used using the cloud nail technique;

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I think the cloud nails idea came originally from NailSide, if you know different do let me know.

31 Day Challenge: Blobbicure

Polishes Used:
Leighton Denny - Girl's Best Friend
Color Club - Pucci-licious
Leighton Denny - Purple Reign
Yes Love - K033