Saturday, 18 February 2012

First tutorial! - Shooting star manicure :)


Hey dolls!

When i started blogging i wanted to do tutorials but never got round to it and ended up doing hauls. This tutorial is a shooting star nail look that i created last weekend when i was spending some time on my nails, i had loads of people comment about them so i thought i would share :)


So the products and tools you'll need for this look are- (you can use other brands but these are the ones i used in this tutorial)
  • No7 So smooth base coat
  • No7 Stay perfect in Minty Fresh (light baby blue)
  • No7 Stay perfect in Sing the blues (Dark slightly metallic blue)
  • Seche Vite clear topcoat
  • Collection 2000 silver glitter eyeliner
  • Perfect 10 nailart stickers- stars
  • long thin nail art brush
Lets begin :)

Step 1: starting with clean, filed nails apply a base coat, here i used No7 So smooth but any will do.

 Step 2: Next apply two coats of No7's Sing the blues polish and allow to dry.

  Step 3: Using the thin nail art brush start at one of the lower corners of the nail and paint three slightly curved lines that taper off. These must all start from the same place the create the stars trail.


 Step 4: Using the Silver glitter liner start from the same lower corner as before and create 2 lines that go between the three you've already created, it doesn't matter if they aren't perfect lines as a more disbursed glitter line will make it look more like a cosmic trail :)

Step 5: Once the glitter is dry apply a thin layer of clear gloss this will lock the gloss into place. My advice wuld be to keep an eye on your brush as you may need to wipe any glitter that may transfer on to it. The last thing you need is to contaminate your clear gloss with glitter.

 Step 6: Once dry you can apply the star stickers at the lower corner where your lines start- make sure all corners are stuck down on to the nail.

Step 7: Apply a clear gloss top coat to seal in the sticker and give the nail a glossy finish.

  Step 8: Sit back and admire your super pretty shooting star nails.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial :)

Love Jo x x