Vintage Rose Nail Art Tutorial

2013 is coming to an end, it has taught us all something to live by in 2014 for sure. To end it on a floral note, here is a nail art inspired by Robin Moses and my tutorial to break it down for you. This will be the official last post of 2013.

Vintage Rose Nail Art Tutorial - Inspired By Robin Moses

For this nail art you will need a shimmery base nail paint - I have used a nail paint from Street Wear (can't remember the name - will update this later!). And for the floral pattern I have used acrylic paints in black, brown, red, and yellow. And a lucky find from the craft store was a super thin painting brush (thinner than the 0 number that I normally recommend) - it helped get those rose highlighting lines done.

Vintage Rose Nail Art Tutorial - Inspired By Robin Moses

And now for the tutorial. You first mix black and brown acrylic paints ( a drop of each is sufficient for one hand with nails my size) - don't mix them perfectly and let the randomness come in your lines - it gives that shaded effect.

Follow the steps 1 to 4 shown in the tutorial pic to draw the leaves pattern first. 

Simple rose nail art - with picture tutorial

After my stint with sponging I was waiting to get some time to try out nail painting with toothpick designs. I have been busy lately so finally today when I got 10 minutes free this is what I did

This isn't a very elaborate piece of work - and as I said I finished this in 10 minutes (yes I know its not all that neat but in the time I had this is the best I could manage)

First I will simply describe what I did - just look at the pictures - and at the end I will show you steps pictorially so that it is clear how to do the whole thing. (All pictures can be enlarged when you click on them)

The base of the nail is first covered in Diana of London Jasmine nail paint that I reviewed
here - Diana Of Londone City of Glamour - Jasmine

After that I draw small arcs using Lotus Herbals Color Dew nail enamel in Peach Perfect.
Use a toothpick to make the arcs.

I kept repeating the arcs until the flower was big enough for each nail. And finally I drew some leaves using simple arcs again. For the leaves I used a shimmery nail paint in green - NYC Big Money Front

And that's it - I was done.

And now for the steps - look at the picture I created using paint brush - it gives every step that you need to follow - simple arcs and you are done

Nail paints used:
1.  Diana Of Londone City of Glamour - Jasmine
2. Lotus Herbals Color Dew Peach Perfect
3. NYC Big Money Frost
4. Top coat - Lakme clear glass

I will try this again sometime later when I have a bit more time so that I can do it neatly. But I do hope you like the picture tutorial and can use this sometime. I have small nails but if you have bigger nails you can repeat the flower on your nails and can even try different coloured flowers. I have used the pointed end of the toothpick to pick up the nail color - you can use the flat end to draw thicker petals. You can also do the same piece of art using nail art tools.

I selected this post to be featured on Make Up Blogs. Please visit the site and vote for my blog!