Summer Nail Art - Sea Creatures - With Tutorial

I finally captured pictures at different steps of doing my free hand nail art as requested by a lot of you. I hope you like it! Today's nail art is another one part of the Summer Nail Art series and the topic is Sea Creatures.

Summer Nail Art - Sea Creatures - With Tutorial

Summer Nail Art - Sea Creatures - With Tutorial

First lets take a look at the base. I used Maybelline Color Show Blueberry Ice (403) as the base. Once it dried up I used the GQ Professional Nail Color in White and number 310 from Tenno Color. Both GQ and Tenno are local Delhi based nail polish brands (that is what the shopkeeper told me - have never heard or seen these before but I liked the quality and bought a few of these).

Summer Nail Art - Sea Creatures - With Tutorial

Now to create the blue sea effect what I did was take the nail polish brush and removed all polish by brushing it against the bottle till almost all the polish is taken off (see the first pic in the collage above). Then I brushed the almost dry brush in a horizontal manner across the nail. First white and then blue. Once these dried up I did the same using the Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in shade Fairy Tale Ivory (02) to add some shine to the water effect.

Summer Nail Art - Sea Creatures - With Tutorial

Then using my favorite acrylic colors I created the little sea creatures. I've tried to capture the images as I was painting these. I used the black to outline everything.

Summer Nail Art - Sea Creatures - With Tutorial

Let me know what you think of these cute creatures. Don't forget to watch out for the giveaway that goes live at 9pm India time tonight (check the previous post for details)