Who Says Nails Can't be Fancy

 

Hello world, got another lovely tutorial for you guys! I always enjoy seeing what Zooey Deschanel wears on the red carpet because of her fun, quirky and girly outfits. This year at the Golden Globes she did not disappoint in her custom made green Prada dress and tuxedo nail art. I loved her nails so much I decided to try it out myself.

Here's what you'll need:

• Base Coat nail polish
• White Nail polish
• Black Nail Polish
• toothpicks
• and a Top coat nail polish

Optional:

• Manicure tip stickers

I started off with removing my old nail polish with these OPI Nail wipes, I bought these quite a while ago and totally forgot I had them but they are amazing and I regret not using them before. These thin square wipes don't leave unnecessary lint on your nails and they perfectly remove nail polish without shedding after one use. I definitely recommend looking for these in stores (if they still sell them), or finding something similar.

After removing all dirt and old nail polish, put a base coat on your nails. I'm using Nail Envy by OPI  in "Sensitive and peeling"  which helps my nails stay strong and peel free. I also find that doing my nails on a straight surface helps (especially when your lazy and in bed) so I use an old notebook.

After applying your base coat, apply your first layer of white nail polish. Once it's completely dry apply a second layer. It's important to wait till it dries completely or you might end up with air bubbles or even worse, a super thick and impossible layer of nail polish to dry. I used Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear.

Once BOTH layers of white nail polish are completely dry you can begin with the nail design. Rather than using a black nail polish  I used OPI's "Baby it's 'coal' outside", which looks black when worn but has a subtle silver shimmer when in sunlight. You can however use a black nail polish like Zooey did.

You're going to want to have a clean sheet of paper so you can place a little drop of nail polish to dip your toothpick in.

You're gonna start of with placing a dot on the middle of your nail bar the cuticle.

From that dot you can paint two V"s in opposite directions of one another with the tip of the V starting at the dot.

You can now fill in the V's and round the outside to create the little bow ties

Add three dots going down from the middle of the bow tie, Zooey had the top "button" start small and then slowly get larger. I just made mine all the same size.

(Hopefully your bow ties and buttons aren't as messy as mine, ooppss)

Now just add the black tip as if you were to do a french manicure, I just swept my nail polish brush across but if you need help feel free to use nail tip stickers (only after everything else is COMPLETELY dry) or else you'll peel off all your hard work.

Allow it to fully dry and apply your top coat, I used D'Nails Professional System Finish coat

And now you're done! :)

Hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial! till next time!

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