Floral Nail Art Tutorial

*kind of...

Hi guys, I've found myself with a lot of spare time since finishing my exams (woop!) so I've been able to dedicate time to things I enjoyed doing before I got sucked into the world of academia. One of those things is nail art I haven't done anything beyond a simple polka dot or stripe pattern for a while now, so I'm a bit rusty, but I hope this attempt at a tutorial will be helpful, or inspire you to come up with something even better. 

Set out your tools. I first removed the existing nail polish I had on, and moisturised my hands with Hand Food by Soap and Glory. The nail art brushes I used are from ebay. I have a selection of pinky-orangey-coral colours, as well as a plastic lid to use as a palette for the colours. You can see details of the exact colours I used at the end of this post.  

Step1: Choose your base colour. I chose 'All Nude' by MUA. You could also paint each nail a different colour - it's completely up to you! 

Step 2: Apply 'blobs' of each colour to your nail

Step 3: This is where this becomes less of a tutorial, as there was quite a bit of trial and error involved in developing a technique... apply a smaller 'blob' of a different colour onto the one you've just added, and using a thin nail art brush, swirl the colours together

Step 4: I used another thin brush to add accents with the 'All Nude' and 'Braziliant' nail polishes, before adding the leaves.

Step 5: Finish with a top coat, use some nail varnish remover to clean up the edges, and voilà!

It looks really good from afar - honest!

1. Collection Hot Looks 46 'Fruit Loop'

2. Jesse's Girl High intensity Nail Colour 'All Things Girly'

3. Collection Hot Looks 43 'Fruit Salad'

4. Essie 'Braziliant'

5. Sally Hansen Mega Shine Top Coat

6. Collection 2000 Hot Looks 38 'Mint Mojo'

7. Make Up Academy 'All Nude'

I'm sorry if this got a bit harder to follow towards the end, I kind of didn't really know exactly what I was doing until I had done it, but I promise I'll get better at tutorials! Let me know what you think of this design. Will you be rocking floral nails this summer?