Nail Art: Swirls

I was laying late last night, waiting for inspiration to come. But my mind went blank. So in hope that it will visit me sooner or later, I polished my nails with one of my all time favorite polishes, China Glaze Side Saddle. I still wanted to create a Valentine's inspired nail art design. After I finished polishing my nails, I still didn't have a clue what to do. So I went back to bed and stared at the ceiling. A few minutes after, I was preparing for another nail art session with myself.

Hypnosis is the inspiration for this nail design. It hit me when I was staring blankly at the ceiling. I simply called this Swirls and I'm sure you know why. ;)

Swirls Nail Art Design
Swirls Nail Art Design by Simply Rins


Swirls are often how hypnotized characters in cartoons are drawn and that's what came into mind when I thought of using hypnosis as inspiration for this nail design. I wasn't sure how it would look on my nails but I decided to just start painting and follow my instincts. I painted swirls that would cover the entire nail bed and used thick lines instead of thin because I figured that would be easier to paint.

Swirls Nail Art Design


I still wanted this nail art to be fit for Valentine's so I decided on using a pink acrylic color for the swirls. I originally wanted to use red but it would not show well with the base color.

This nail design is quite bold, I think. It may attract a lot of attention to your nails as the lines are prominent. Overall, I think it is a fun and very flexible nail art design. I'm thinking this would look amazing in black and white. It is confusing and beautiful at the same time.

Here's a closer look:

Swirls Nail Art Design


I would recommend this for nail art beginners who would like to practice strokes and would like to get familiarized with their nail art brushes.

Do you consider this nail art a simple design?





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26 comments:

  1. I think this would be manageable for a beginner looking to try some nail art. I'm terrible at nail art and think I could do this after a little practice. Love seeing all your new mani's!

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  2. love all your creations! very pretty and creative :D

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  3. Very nice! I just painted swirls on some of my nails too last night! But I used toothpick instead of brush so the result is not as nice. The rest of the nails I painted with daisies learned from your tutorial.

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  4. You are getting very sleeeepy. :) I like this, and using the bold lines is a great idea.

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  5. You are one very creative person Rina!!! You always come up with these really cool designs that no one has ever thought of! The swirls are a really cool idea! If I look at them long enough, they actually start moving...Lol!

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  6. hynotizied already!!! its soo neat

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  7. I love the two color combo, I think they're from the same family, well I dunno but I love it!!!!! As usual Rina, you totally rock!!!!

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  8. Loooook at my nails, concentrate - your eyes are heavy, your body relaxes...... LOL - great name and mani :)

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  9. Wow!
    Great mani!!
    I really love it!

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  10. @A Polished Touch
    I think so too! This design is a good practice for nail art painting because the strokes to create the swirls will go in all directions. It would be perfect to get familiar with the brush strokes and learn personal techniques that would work for you. :)

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  11. @chegu carol
    A toothpick will do! One good thing about this design is that the strokes need not be too clean. I think your swirls look great. And thank you for getting inspiration from my daisies nail art. :)

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  12. @Anita
    Haha! I think this nail art can help me fall asleep faster ... zzz...

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  13. @Nail Stories
    Your comment made me smile up to my ears! Thank you. And yes, they do seem to move when stared for a long time. I could probably test this if it could really make a person fall asleep or something like that. :P

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  14. @Kejal
    Thank you. I always try to make my nail art as clean and neat as possible. :)

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  15. @EllaLan
    The base color is sort of a reddish brown but I covered its beauty with the pink swirls. I'm a bad girl!

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  16. @Marias Nail Polish Blog
    Haha! Now if only I actually know how to hypnotize somebody, I could probably get a date for Valentine's day!

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  17. Neat and sooo nice! I like it and I would like to see it black & white! I don't know if it is easy, I always have less problems with straight lines than with something that should look "curly" :-) But, I will definitely try it! :-)

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  18. This looks real cute. The nails kinda look like candy.

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  19. I actually thought the pink was the base color and you did the swirls with the darker color :p haha.. I guess I got a bit hypnotised by the mani :p This is an awesome idea and it looks very cute :) It could be very fun trying to do it in black and white!

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  20. @Raggio di Luna
    I might do this in black and white one of these days. I also have less problems with painting straight lines. I guess that's why I made the curls in this swirls thick. If you do find time to try this, let me know how it turned out. :)

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  21. @funkiichiicka
    Come to think of it, the nails do look like candy! Lollipop?

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  22. @Swååfie
    Your observation made me think that looking at the photos of this nail art, one can probably see how it was made in different perspectives. Thanks for liking it. :)

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  23. i'm hypnotized... but i love it :-D
    i have a couple of awards for you, check it out on my blog :-D

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  24. (PS: I tagged you with two awards which are posted on my blog if you would like to check them out and do them too!)

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  25. hi ate rina? can i ask u something? where can i find those nail art brushes that u use? i want to buy one! i have a nail art brush but it's not as thin as yours..it ruins my work! help me :)) thanks! :))

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  26. @Anonymous
    Please check my FAQ page. :)

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