How to: Hearts

I already showed you 2 manicure designs with hearts. Now I think that it would be good to show you how to make those hearts. There are a few methods but you can also invent your own way. To draw the hearts you can use a thin brush, bobbi pin, toothpick or really anything you can draw with.



The first picture shows how to make hearts with thin nail polish brush. The "thing" in the bottle is nail polish remover. It's there because everytime I dip the brush in it it's covered with nail polish and the nail polish remover cleans it instead me. So to do the heart you simply draw 2 lines in the shape of "V". I used this technique in my Heart Flowers Manicure.They look really sweet and are easy to be done.




For the second heart I used a dotting tool. I can't remember where I got mine from but you can find them everywhere and they're very cheap. To make the heart just make 2 dots near to each other and connect them. With this technique you can make fuller hearts but they are still cute and easy. I used one like these in my Valentine's Day Inspired Manicure.

Finally on this picture I wanted to show you how the hearts look when they're made with different tool. You can see which heart with which tool is made. From left to right - thin brush; tooth pick; bobbi pin; dotting tool. They are looking almost the same (for me) but on the nails they can look different, depending on the artist.



Hope you have fun and this post was usefull for you. Feel free to tell me what tools do you use to make little designs (drawing) on your nail. I'd love to learn something new. =]
                                                                                                                      xoxo Aleks

Heart Flowers Manicure

     Hey there my lovelies,
 Valentine's Day is in the past but that doesn't meant that the love is gone with it. We should love and show our love every day. That's why I have another love themed manicure today. You can put hearts on your nails no matter what day it is. They are symbols of love and a cute and easy design to make. Put on your creativity mood and lets get started !





Step 1: As always start with clean nails. Be sure that you've removed all of the nail polishes that you've had before. Shape and file your nails if you need to.

Step 2: Apply a base coat. I just finished mine so I'm using my top coat. It's ok to do that because yout base coat protects your nails from turning yellow because of  the color of the nail polish, that you're going to use later. Don't skip this step because i's very important for your nails!! 

The base/ top coat that I'm usig here is by Golden Rose and it has a maxi brush which really makes the applycation a lot easier ;p

Step 3: When your base is dry apply the nail polish. For this manicure I choose the base to be a nude color but you can use white, even green but don't use red ot pink ones because we want our flowers to stand out.

The color I've used here is Golden Rose 06 which is really nice nude.

Step 4: Make the heart flowers. I wanted them to look like someone has drew them so I just made the shape "V" with the red nail polish using a thin nail brush or anything you can draw lines with. After that just make a brown line to make the stalk. The last thing is to draw 2 small leaves on each flower. If you are not good in drawing with nail polishes you can draw your flowers with acrylic paint.

Step 5: Apply a top goat and you're done. Now you have a beautiful and feminine manicure.

Here are the polishes I've used to create this manicure: 

From left to right : Golden Rose 06; Golden Rose 23; Clasics 62 (brown); Catherine Arley Deep Green, Golden Rose Top goat gel look.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial. I had fun making this manicure because it's just so easy and it looks great on both short and long nails. I will get into more details in my next posts. If you haven't understood how I'm making the hearts or any other step feel free to ask me. I'll do my best to answer all of your questions ;p

                                                                                                                             xoxo .... Aleks

Valentine's Day Inspired Manicure

Hey there,
Valentine's Day is just around the corner so I think that It may be a good idea to show you some of my Valentine's Day inspired manicures. The design I'm going to show you today is really easy to be made and doesn't need any special tools or skills. All you need is 2 contrast nail polishes and a thin brush or even a toothpick ot bobby pin. So let's begin!



  Step 1: Begin with clear nails. Shape and file them if it's needed. Apply a base coat and wait till it's completely dry.

Step 2: Apply your base color ( it can be whatever color you want). I prefer to use the nude colour for basic because that will help the red hearts to stand out. I forgot to make picture of  this step but here are all of the color I've used.

From left to fight - Golden Rose 05 (my base color); Golden Rose 23 ( deep red for the hearts); Golden Rose Gel look top coat ( which I used  also as a base ;d).

Step 3 : Draw  the hearts by making 2 dots close to each other and than connecting them. 

Step 4 : Wait till it dries little bit and apply your top coat. Don't apply it right after you've made your design becaouse it cat smudge the hearts.

And here you have your easy and simple Valentine's Day manicure. Because of the basic colors these nails will go with almost everything. 

Hope you like this design. Be sure to write in the coments if you have tryed it. =]