August 2014 Nail Art Recap

Here's my recap of the nails I did in August.

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Salt + Watercolor Nails

Hi lovelies! A couple of days ago I saw a tutorial on how to do salt + watercolor nails on Instagram by Spektorsnails. Right when I saw it I knew I needed to try it out but didn't know what design to do with them. It wasn't until Sunday when I was at church that I got the idea (thank you Lord! haha). So when I got home from church I started drawing out the design and how the koi fish were going to look. I then realized that koi fish are a little hard to draw but I think I got it, the next problem was painting them on my nails, especially on my Cinderella hand. But I think mine aren't so bad.

Anyway, click here to watch her tutorial on YouTube. I followed that tutorial but made a couple tweaks. On her video she used a mixture of coarse and fine salt, and I used just plain rock salt. Also, instead of waiting for it to dry completely and wash it off, I decided to remove the salt with the use of pointed tweezers. But as for everything else, I followed the tutorial step by step.

I think I'm in love with how my nails look even though it's getting harder and harder to type because they're so long now. Haha. I think it took me between 3-4 hours to finish this, so I hope you like them as much as I do!

Here are the nails before the koi fish....

Bright Watercolor Flowers

Hi my loves! The other night, I wanted to do floral nails but I wasn't sure how to. So I ended up with watercolor flowers. I'm not sure what kind of flowers these are, but I just went along with it. Also, I recently bought nail art brushes on eBay because my cleanup brush was way too big and I tried to use the elf Concealer brush but it was horrible and got ruined almost immediately. If you'd like to check out the cleanup brushes I got, click here. Anyways, I hope you like these nails cause I've got a bunch of pictures of them!

Watercolor Flowers

Hello there lovelies! Today I gave watercolor flowers a shot and I think they turned out pretty well! I found a picture & a video tutorial on Instagram by @littlemisspolish. (Btw, she's amazeballs so go check her out!) So always, this mani was pretty easy and I like it because it doesn't have to be 'perfect' for it to look nice. This kind of design can be a bit messy but yet still look well done, and I love it! You don't have to make perfect lines or perfect shapes, you just kinda go with the flow of the whole wild watercolor look. Makes my life so much easier too! Haha, sorry I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to lines, not that I'm great at it. But I do try my best. Now let's move on to the pictures! I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed painting them and taking pictures!