Casino Nail Art

If you follow me on social media you must have already seen these. I thought I'll post my Casino Nail Art here on the blog as well.

As part of my Twin Nails challenge at Those Nails Though Facebook group, I got paired with Jill Cowton. The theme was Las Vegas and when its Vegas you cannot leave behind the casinos!

Here is what we came up with. We decided to capture different elements of a casino on each nail. Going with our inspirational image we added some dice, playing cards, and a roulette.

The complete nail art was done free hand using polish, some acrylic paints and a fine brush. I hope you like what I did with my nails.

How To Do 3D Donut Nail Art

Hi everyone! This month's twin nail challenge (check the earlier ones I took part in at the end of this post) at Those Nails Though Facebook group was themed desserts. AND, I was paired with the super talented free hand nail artist Anita from StyleThoseNails.

Anu, as I lovingly call her, is amazing with her nails. She does some breathtaking free hand nail art (check out her instagram channel @stylethosenails). This time she wanted to try out 3D nail art and suggested we pick donuts as our nail art. I was sure she would do something amazing and sheepishly agreed to take up the challenge myself.

This is what I came up with.

How To Do 3D Donut Nail Art

And here is a look at both of our versions.

How To Do 3D Donut Nail Art

Anu used breakfast loops to create the donuts on her nails and has a full video on her channel. I, on the other hand, could not think of what came in loops and would fit my nails. I looked around, even dug into the nut bolt collection lying around the house but in vain. Finally an idea struck - I thought how about I create little loop structures with something myself. I have this little bottle of fabric glue that I decided to try out. I drew tiny loops on my nail art mat and left it to dry over night. Next day the loops actually dried out and I was able to lift them off. So finally I had something that would fit my nails and looked like loops. 

Diagonal Gradient Nail Art

 Hi guys! Today I have another nail art post for you all. This time its for a dual challenge.

I had to do a diagonal gradient technique challenge for #tnttech (part of the Those Nails Though group on Facebook) as well as the #tnttwinnails challenge. So since I'm super lazy I decided to combine both the challenges in one nail art.

As part of the Twin Nails Challenge I got paired with Krystal Moore (@queenofnails83 on instagram) She is one of the admins at Those Nails Though and is the one responsible for inspiring me to get back to nail art with her fun challenges!

 The technique challenge was to do a diagonal gradient. And the twin nail challenge was to replicate a nail art done by your partner. So here is the nail art that I did this week.

Diagonal Gradient Nail Art

The base was created using sponging with 3 different polishes. To create a diagonal gradient all you have to do is sponge the nail in a diagonal manner instead of horizontally. I used two color show polishes and one local polish in teal.

Twin Nails Challenge - Dragon Fruit Nail Art

After what seems like ages I finally have some nail art on the blog. I'm part of a nail art enthusiastic group on Facebook called Those Nails Though. This group came up with a twin nails challenge and the theme was fruits.

I was paired up with Xochitl Ayala who is famous on Instagram as gurlynailz - Xochitl does amazing nail art. I love her immaculately well kept nails and her eye-catching nail art. Do visit her on instagram to see her amazing nails.

So Xochitl showed me a few pictures that we could use as inspiration - and a picture of the Dragon Fruit caught my attention. Such bright colors that I instantly agreed to it. We decided on a rough sketch of how we will do the mani and left the rest to our imagination.

So the first picture is my attempt at this mani. I have captured the cut portion of the fruit on all nails except the accent finger where I wanted to add the bright green touch. I created little dry marbled decals to give a sort of 3D effect but they just stuck to my nails so there is no 3D effect anymore but I like how it looks merged into the base color.

Take a look!

Twin Nails Challenge - Dragon Fruit Nail Art

The polishes I used are:

Maybelline  ColorShow Hooked On Pink

Maybelline ColorShow Sunshine Yellow

Madam Glam Neon

A local black and white polish

Now Xochitl did the same basic design but a more neater version and I just love her long nails! You can tell that she is a seasoned nail artist!

Twin Nails Challenge - Dragon Fruit Nail Art

Overall I had fun doing this challenge. I have made so many friends from across the globe where we have connected due to nail art. And Xochitl is a really nice girl I've come to know through this #tnttwinnails challenge.