Olympic Inspired Nails
As you all know, the Olympics have finally come to London! I managed to get tickets to see the volleyball at Earls Court so I decided I would paint my nails with an Olympic theme to match the occasion. I saw a picture on Google and decided to try it out. Here's how I did it:
Equipment:
- Navy blue nail polish
- White nail polish
- Red nail polish
- Black nail polish
- Green nail polish
- Yellow nail polish
- Thin nail art brush
Step 1:
Using you favourite base coat paint on one or two coats. When that is dry paint both you thumb and ring finger with two coats of white nail polish (I used Barry M) and paint the other three fingers with a dark/navy blue polish:
Step 2
On your thumb use your nail art brush to draw the Olympic rings (the order is blue then black then red on the top and then yellow then green underneath). To get the paint on your brush you can either dip the brush into the pot or you can put a blob of nail varnish on a piece of scrap paper and then dip the brush in the blobs. Underneath the rings, use your nail art brush and black nail polish to write 2012.
Step 3:
For the union jacks use either a white striper or your nail art brush to draw a cross in the middle of your nail with an X on top. You will need to make these lines quite thick in order to be able go over the top of with a thin line of red polish to finish off the union jacks.
Step 4:
Lastly for the ring finger simply take you nail art brush and draw 5 lines in the order blue, black, red, yellow and green (this represents the colours of the Olympic rings). To finish go over every nail with your favourite topcoat which will help to make your design last for longer :)
NOTE:
If you are from a different country, you could try and replace the union jacks with your own flag or you could replace them with something else for example a medal. To do this you would need to paint your nail with a pale colour (I would use white) and then using a dotting tool make a dot of bronze, silver or gold nail varnish at the tip of you nail. Then use a striper or nail art brush and red nail varnish to make the straps of the medal.
I hope you give this Olympic design a go and have fun experimenting with the designs that you use e.g. you could have all union jacks or all Olympic rings. Thank you for taking the time to read this, please share it with your friends so they too can give this design a go!
Equipment:
- Navy blue nail polish
- White nail polish
- Red nail polish
- Black nail polish
- Green nail polish
- Yellow nail polish
- Thin nail art brush
Step 1:
Using you favourite base coat paint on one or two coats. When that is dry paint both you thumb and ring finger with two coats of white nail polish (I used Barry M) and paint the other three fingers with a dark/navy blue polish:
Step 2
On your thumb use your nail art brush to draw the Olympic rings (the order is blue then black then red on the top and then yellow then green underneath). To get the paint on your brush you can either dip the brush into the pot or you can put a blob of nail varnish on a piece of scrap paper and then dip the brush in the blobs. Underneath the rings, use your nail art brush and black nail polish to write 2012.
Step 3:
For the union jacks use either a white striper or your nail art brush to draw a cross in the middle of your nail with an X on top. You will need to make these lines quite thick in order to be able go over the top of with a thin line of red polish to finish off the union jacks.
Step 4:
Lastly for the ring finger simply take you nail art brush and draw 5 lines in the order blue, black, red, yellow and green (this represents the colours of the Olympic rings). To finish go over every nail with your favourite topcoat which will help to make your design last for longer :)
NOTE:
If you are from a different country, you could try and replace the union jacks with your own flag or you could replace them with something else for example a medal. To do this you would need to paint your nail with a pale colour (I would use white) and then using a dotting tool make a dot of bronze, silver or gold nail varnish at the tip of you nail. Then use a striper or nail art brush and red nail varnish to make the straps of the medal.
I hope you give this Olympic design a go and have fun experimenting with the designs that you use e.g. you could have all union jacks or all Olympic rings. Thank you for taking the time to read this, please share it with your friends so they too can give this design a go!
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