Water Color Nail Art - Rainbow Rain

Hi friends, today I'm sharing a recent nail art I did for the September nail art challenge in the STNChallenges. This month is all about learning new techniques. I have never done water color nails before and it was fun to create these rainbow nails.

Water color nail art is a technique where you thin out polish with acetone and apply it on your nails and before it dries out you lift off most of the color using a brush or a Q-tip (ear-bud). This leaves a ring of color with a pale hint inside. Depending on how you apply the thinned out polish you can get various results on your nails.

Water Color Nail Art - Rainbow Rain

In my case I used thinned out acrylic paints instead of polish to create a rainbow effect on my nails.


And later on I stamped over it using Mo You London Suki plate to create a rain effect.


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My Little Pony Rainbow Dash Nail Art Tutorial

Guest post by Nicky 
Nicky loves to do nail art and does an extremely good job of it! She sportingly agreed to do a post for OurExternalWorld where-in she has shared a lovely nail art that reminds me of Rainbow Dash from the My Little Pony collection - one of my childhood favourites! Nicky this is what I have named your nail art.

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

To achieve this look you will need 

1) 4 bright nail paints,
2) White nail paint
3) Black nail paint
4) Stamping plates (used here W111 and W117 from Winstonia)
5) Stamper
6) Sponge (makeup sponge works best)
7) Base coat
8) Top coat
9) Transparent shimmery nail paint like fairydust from China Glaze (optional)

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

Collect everything before you begin!

First apply the base coat of your choice and let it dry completely. Then take a sponge, here I used a makeup sponge. Regular sponge from kitchen could also be used to do this manicure. But the smoothness in blending colors could be different.

Now apply a base color and I used plain white. After that apply your choice of four bright colors on the sponge, here I have used orange, red, yellow and blue. Depending on your nail size you could use as little as two colors to achieve the same look.

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

Now dab that sponge lightly on a paper towel once and then dab it on your nail and keep dabbing lightly moving in an up and down fashion covering the entire nail. You can repeat this step as many times as you need to. Just make sure each layer is completely dry before sponging again otherwise you will start smudging the bottom layers and ruin the whole thing.

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

After that I added a coat of fairydust from china glaze but this is optional. This just adds some nice soft shimmer to the finished look. Sponging will make the nail little bumpy but applying top coat will smooth out the whole thing and will blend the colors better.

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

After this I cleaned up the cuticles and then stamped the images on the nails..

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

First stamp all the nails with the rainbow pattern using a white nail paint. Then once it dries off stamp the accent nail with the image of a horse.

My Little Pony Rainbox Dash Nail Art

Hope you all liked it.

About the author: I am Nicky. Currently taking care of my 3 year old son. In May 2012, I discovered a new hobby of nail stamping. Still trying to learn many new things. You can check out more of my work on my facebook account.         

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Thank you so much Nicky for sharing this awesome nail art! Girls please leave your comments for Nicky in the comment section below. Lets tell her what a lovely piece of work this is!

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