Nail Art Tutorial: Collared Nails

A few days ago, I was challenged to create a nail art design that mimics a fashion trend. The challenge came from a nail art contest that megastyleph organized. I actually posted about it here.

Each participant was asked to browse the megastyle website for fashion trends and create a nail design inspired by that. I spotted a photo of accessorizing classic pieces to create a twist and I thought it was perfect to my style of nail art. This is what I came up with:


Collared Nails by Simply Rins

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Nail Art: Halloween Cupcake

October is on its last week and Halloween is almost upon us! Have you decided how you will wear your nails for the event? Perhaps this 7th installment for my Halloween nail art ideas series can inspire you. As you may already know, I am very fond of my cupcake nail design that I've recreated it to match several occasions. This is another cupcake design, this time, for Halloween. Instead of adding cherries on top, I added little pumpkins!


Halloween Cupcake Nail Art Design by Simply Rins

Base color is just a base coat. I used 3 coats of China Glaze Orange Knockout (Neon) for the cupcake holder, painted on the nail tips. For the cupcake itself, I used Lucidarling white shimmer nail polish. For the stems, I used China Glaze Tree Hugger.

All other details were painted using black acrylic.



This Halloween cupcake is a simple freehand nail art design. I didn't add the usual sprinkles because I wanted the pumpkins to standout. I also painted a smiley face on the small pumpkin toppings just to make the design more interesting.



Tutorials for the previous Halloween designs will be posted soon. My apologies for the delay. I just came back from a mini break with my mother and sister. For the meantime, I hope you find this Halloween nail art design inspiring. I wore this during our short vacation and I was really fond of them.

What do you think of this design?

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Nail Art: Ribbon Tips

I was cleaning my helmer the other night and it made me realize I still have a lot of unused nail polishes. I guess polishes that sit at the back are often ignored or forgotten. And so after that night, I decided to make sure to clean my helmer at least twice a week so I can rearrange my nail polishes and remember the gorgeous nail polishes hiding at the rear of other lacquers.

This ribbon nail art design is a result of finding an untried nail polish and grooming a dog named Mumay. You see, our dog is a Lhasa Apso and she has long hair. I often brush it and finish with a ribbon on her head. The night I was polishing my nails, I didn't have an idea what design I wanted until I saw Mumay and decided I should do ribbon tips!


Ribbon Tips Nail Art Design by Simply Rins

Base color is 2 coats of Lucidarling that doesn't have a code on the bottle. The color is somewhat bluish green. The photos are color accurate. Application is superb for a glitter nail polish.

I did something similar to this when I painted my Christmas Gift Boxes Nail Art. But this time, the ribbons were painted on the free edge that acted like french tips. I painted the ribbons white and added black outline for details.

Here's a closer image of the nail design:



This is one of my nail art designs that I would love to do in black and white. It would probably look amazing during a formal affair. It would look so classic and regal. Perhaps I can do a black and white series for a month of some of my nail designs. *light bulb!*



Please forgive the small wound on my middle finger. I really don't know where I get those most of the time.

Again, I'm not so sure if this shade complements my skin tone but I really do love it. I can think of other alternatives for this design aside from making it on black and white. Perhaps a glittered ribbon would look lovely or to paint the ribbon near the cuticle area instead. I'll be trying them in the future. :)

Are you fond of ribbons? What do you think of my ribbon tips nail art?


P.S. I have been receiving nail art suggestions and I would like to let you know that I haven't forgotten them. I will be trying to squeeze in requests. If you have other ideas in mind, please join us on Facebook.

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