the illustrated nails 2014 no: 6 | crosscuts and roses

Hey,

                      Care for some update? Hihi. Here's my NAOTW :D

I did a stop video tutorial for you guys ;)

COLOR(S)

 white nail polish as our base color  | L.A COLORS NP164 French White  |

 iridescent / fine gold glitters nail polish  | SASSY COLORS Sparkling Gold  |

 pastel grey nail polish or acrylic paints  | FOCUS PHERMA White &nd Black Acrylic Paints  |

 pink &nd violet nail polish (roses)  | PAINT BOX Italian Plum &ND NERDS Grape Scented Naul Polish  |

 green nail polish / acrylic paint (leaves)   | FOCUS PHERMA Chrome Green Acrylic Paint  |

TOOLS

 fine point and large point dotting tools

 detailing brush

 stripping brush

IMPORTANT!

 base coat

 top coat

 patience! :)

1.) clean and buff nails.

      apply base coat to protect natural nails

     apply a coat of white polish.

     LET DRY.

2.) apply 2 to 3 coats of your iridescent gold glitter nail polish.

     LET DRY.

3.) grab your pastel grey nail polish / with your white and black acrylic paint...

    make sure to put white paint first and gradually add the black paint, stir until the paints are well mixed.

     with your striping brush, begin by drawing slant lines from the upper left to the lower right then vice versa to achieve your crosscuts! :)

     LET DRY.

4.) once your crosscuts had dried, paint it with a thin layer of top coat.

     LET DRY, then with your large point dotting tool, draw circles with the violet and pink nail polish

    these will be our roses (see picture as reference)

     LET DRY.

5.) now, with the fine point doting tool and green nail polish or acrylic paint, draw a leaf or leaves next to each rose.

     LET DRY

6.) now we come to the fun part! :)

     with your detailing brush and white nail polish or acrylic paint. start drawing small "Cs" or squiggly lines at the center of each circles that we've drawn. then more "Cs" or squiggly lines around the "Cs" or squiggly lines Haha, 

make the "Cs" slightly bigger until you reach the edge of each circle.

    add shadows to the leaf / leaves 

(one side of the leaf / leaves only please...refer to the picture :D )

7.) easy as pie right? :D

    now, all we have to do is to wait for everything to dry and apply generous amount of top coat to prevent our designs from chippin' away! ^___^

thank you so much! ^__^

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much love and respect.