Short Nail Friendly

I hate seeing all these girls with longer nails and that they can do absolutly anything they want to them. But for me its harder because I bite my nails so they are always short. So finding a design that even I can do just makes my day! This was one of the easiest ones I have ever done. Seriously, its easy on short, long, medium, just anybody! these nails are my moms so they are a little longer then I planned on but I promise it will still work on short ones.
Things you'll Need: (I would recomend china glaze, or OPI for the nail polish brands)

1. Black nail polish
2. White nail polish
3. Yellow nail polish
4. Orange nail polish
5. Green nail polish
6. Red nail polish
7. Blue nail polish
8. Pink nail polish
9. Clear polish
10. Tooth picks (5-6)

Steps:

1. Take the black polish and create a think base coat. Two layers should be enough. ONLY ON THE THUMB NAIL!
2. Once dry take the yellow polish and make a big C shape kind of closer to the tip of your nail.
3. Cut out a V into the C shape so theres a black triangle at the top of the nail. This will be his mouth.
4. Next color in whatever order you want, paint your whole nail(two coats). Do this on your other nails with the other colors...such as red orange, green, pink and blue.
5. Take one tooth pick and dunk it in the back and on the tips of each colored nail make three little triangles for the ghost "feet".
6. Take a new tooth pick and dunck it in the white and close to the nail bed make two dots representing theire eyes. For packman(thumb nail) make his eyes with the black polish.
7. Then with the black tooth pick put a little dot inside the white eye dots like pupils.
8. Lastly cover with the clear coat.

Presious

Whimsical and just plain cute, is what comes to mind when I draw or paint a bow. So if I can draw or paint one on normal paper why not nails? I was trying to get a good idea for my cousins wedding that is coming up and this design just stuck with me. The best thing about it to me is the sparkles:) I absolutely love the shimmering, so the more the better!
Things you'll Need:

1. Light baby blue nail polish. (Can be substituted for any other pastel color)
2. Sparkly, Glittery nail polish. (I personally like China Glaze grey glitter)
3. Little nail jewels that can me easily applied.
4. Clear coat of nail polish.
5. White nail polish, for the bows.
6. Tooth picks. (5-6)

Steps:

1. Take the light pastel color you chose for the base coat. Go over each nail twice till you have an even and bright color.
2. Wait 5-7 minuets till the base color is completely dry.
3. Take the white nail polish and one of your tooth picks and just dip the tip into the polish and make a T shape across the nail. Over the T make two diagonal C's that connect in the middle. And then make two line coming out of the middle if the C shapes curving at the ends.
4. Do this next part fast when the white is still semi wet. Take one of the crystal nail jewels and place it directly in the middle of the C shapes with another tooth pick.
5. Once you repeated this to every nail put the clear coat over the nail and a little extra over the jewel to make sure it stays on.
6. Take the sparkly color and dip a tooth pick in and trace parts of the bow to give it the idea that is moving, or just to make it look prettier.

*NOTE* If you want to change it up a little bit you can take one of your nails and make it the sparkly color I listed in the Needed items. It gives the design a little pop and shimmer

Piggy Pollish

Summers right around the corner and I know that I'm going to be living in flip flops so the toes have to look pretty too! This is something simple and yet really fun. It doesn't take that much effort at all, and anyone could do it. I got this idea from my younger sister saying that she wanted something kinda silly, So here we go:)
Things you'll Need:

1. Red nail polish
2. Blue nail polish
3. Green nail polish
4. Yellow nail polish
5. White nail polish
6. Clear coat polish
7. Tooth picks (4-5)

Steps:

1. I do this for a brighter base color. Take the clear coat and create a nice thin layer before applying the color polish.
2. The colors can go in any order you wish. I started with red. Apply two coats of the color polish.
3. Continue with step three for each toe with a different color.
4. When fully dry take the white polish and tooth pick, and dunk the tooth pick in the white creating a good amount of polish on the end of the tooth pick.
5. Make a capital M in the center of each nail, making it look like little m & m's.
6. Finally take the clear polish and go over each nail ensuring for a longer lasting design.

Stripes!

Lets go a little out of the box with some more innovative ideas. One of my most favorite things to use when painting my nails is scotch tape. It allows me to tape off a certain area of nail that i don't want to paint. It gives a wide variety of designs, anything is really possible. One of my first attempts at a semi challenging tape design was racing stripes.
Things you'll Need:

1. Grey nail polish 
2. yellow polish
3. Sparkly polish
4. Clear top coat
5. Scotch tape!

Steps:

1. Take the base color you have chosen(grey) and create a think base layer. I personally wanted a darker scheme of colors but feel free to substitute my colors for your own.
2. Take your pre cut scotch tape pieces and tape off the left side of your nail.
3. With the brighter color(yellow) paint over the part of the nail that is not taped. Wait till dry to move on to next step.
4. Get another pre cut piece of tape and put it on the bottom half of the nail, covering one fourth of the brighter color from step 3.
5. Paint over the non taped section.
6. Take the sparkle polish and go over the section that doesn't have any color to give it some pzazz!

*NOTE* feel free to tape off however you would like, mine was just the way I chose to go. BE creative and try something new:)

Classic

There are so many girls at my school that I see having french tipped nails, and I think to myself I want mine to look like that too but I don't want to get acrylic nails put on. First there are not cheep second they would probably irritate me. So I just figured why not just make my own french tips at home. IT was the best idea ever! I absolutely love them, They look clean and nice and can be dressed up for formal occasions or just for everyday wear.
Things you'll Need:

1. Base polish /top coat
2. White or cream colored nail polish
3. Transparent pink or nude colored nail polish
4. Clear tape

Steps:

1. Apply the clear base coat to all of your nails. Allow this coat to dry completely, which can take between 1 and 5 minutes.
2. Place a piece of clear tape on each nail, covering the nail bed. Make sure the edge of the piece of tape ends just at or below the tip of the nail and that this edge is straight. This will allow you to paint on a straight tip. Start at the outside of your pinkie nail and use the white or cream nail polish and paint on the tip in one stroke. Repeat with the remaining nails. Allow the polish to dry completely (about 5 minutes) and remove the clear tape from your nails.
3. Apply a coat of transparent pink or nude polish to each nail. Allow it to dry for 3 to 5 minutes. Apply a second coat if necessary. Finish by applying the clear top coat and letting your fresh French manicure dry.

*Classic and Beautiful :)

Flower Power

My mom and I share the love for flowers so one day she asked if I would do something fun and flowery on her nails. I had absolutly no ide what I would do. But then like always google saved my life! I found some of the cutest and not so difficult flower designs. But this one was special because they werent perfect and yet looked so pretty. I just had to do them!
What you will need:

1. A Base Colour (I went for light blue)
2. A Light and Dark Version of the Same Colour (Pink for me)
3. A Green (Light and Dark if you have them)
4. A White Nail Pen
5. Glitter polishes (Optional!)

Steps:

1. Firstly, get a nice and even base coat on the go. Sometimes I’m tempted to leave them as is but I get bored after like an hour! Wait for them to dry before the next step.
2. Next, get the darker of your chosen colours and make round-ish blobs on your nails, remember you’ll be adding leaves in so leave some space for them!
3. So wait for them to dry again. And get your green and just do two little flicks from each blob. Don’t try and be too exact, no-one will notice if they’re a bit dodgy. Then once you’ve done that get your lighter flower color and just put three marks in each blob. Now wait to dry. Oh I put a second coat of glitter polish on that odd nail too, of you’re doing the same.
4. Right so you could just leave the nails as they are if you don’t have any pens because they actually look quite cute! But I just highlighted the edges in white and added some little pink glitter hints to the flowers and green glitter hints to the leaves. I then added some polka dots to the ring finger. Wait for it to dry and lastly, seal it all in with a nice, clear topcoat!

And tada beautiful!

Newspaper!

House hold items put to a good use:) Newspaper print nails! This design I came upon when just google searching and it caught my eye right way! Its a classic yet fun design for any day wear. The good thing about it too is that its so super easy! It only took me about ten minuets to finish all my nails. This is by far one of my most favorite designs to do.
Things that you will need:

1. Rubbing alcohol
2. Clear Base/Topcoat polish
3. Light Nail Polish (preferably White)
4. Black and White print Newspaper

Steps:
1. Put one layer of a base coat and one layer of the white. I recommend use a light color, preferably white or grey.

*NOTE* It’s important that nails dry completely, so instead of putting the second coat on a half-dry first coat, it’s better to wait until the first coat is 100% dry. After 2 completely dry coats of white, your nails should be all and even and complete shade of white.

2. Take a strip of newspaper. Make sure you have an area with just words, no gaps or paragraph breaks. Dip your nail in rubbing alcohol then place the newspaper strip over your entire nail. For complete coverage, I took an alcohol-dampened cotton ball and firmly pressed the newspaper strip to my nail. Hold down in a steady position for about 10-15 seconds.

3. Once you remove the newspaper strip and you’re happy with the results, put a clear and shiny topcoat polish on to protect the news ink