Christmas Nail Tutorial

Hey lovelies, I'm finally getting into the festive spirit of things and so i thought i would do a christmas nail tutorial! I wanted to go for something fun and so i picked a few of my favorite christmas characters, i've done something different on each nail but i've shown the steps for each separate nail design so you can do five of the same/different or mix and match your favorites!

The Kit-

This is what i used for the nails designs,

Nail pens- Models Own nail art pens in, Black, White and silver.

Nail Dotter,

Topcoat- Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Topcoat.

Nail Colours- BarryM Matt White, Rimmel Black Out, Essie Not just a pretty face, BarryM Blueberry, Rimmel Sunshine, Nails Inc Jermyn Street, Nails Inc Bennett Street, BarryM Vanilla, BarryM Mango. 

Snowflake Nail

Step 1- Pant two coats of the blue polish and let it dry.

Step 2- Using the striper part of the white nail art pen (could also use a small makeup brush dipped in polish) draw a cross at the tip off the nail.

Step 3- Draw a line through the cross to make the six sided snowflake shape.

Step 4- Draw two small dashes coming off the end of the six lines.

Step 5- Using the nail dotter in white polish, dot on some snow across the rest of the nail.

Step 6- using the silver nail art pen make small dots in the remaining spaces.

Penguin Nail

Step 1- Paint on two coats of the black polish, allow to dry.

Step 2- Take the white polish and paint from the middle to the tip of the nail white, leaving the sides black, let it dry and go over again.

Step 3- Using a nail dotter dipped in white polish make two large dots for the eyes, let it dry.

Step 4- Using the smaller end of the nail dotter dipped in black polish dot on the center of the eyes.

Step 5- Using the nail dotter dipped in yellow polish dot on three dots in a small triangle and fill in the middle to make the beak. 

Rudolph Nail

Step 1- Paint on two coats of the brown polish, allow it to dry.

Step 2- Using a nail dotter dipped in red polish dot on a large circle for the nose.

Step 3- Using the nail dotter dipped in white polish make two large dots for the eyes, let them dry.

Step 4- Using the smaller end of the nail dotter dipped in black polish dot on the center of the eyes. 

Step 5- Using a nail dotter dipped in a lighter brown polish dot and drag two lines for the antlers with two smaller lines coming off them. 

 

Snowman Nail

Step 1- Paint two coats of the white polish, allow to dry.

Step 2- Using the large end of the nail dotter dipped in black polish dot on the eyes.

Step 3- Using the nail dotter dipped in orange polish dot on three small dots in a long thin triangle shape for the nose and fill in.

Step 4- Using the small end of the nail dotter dipped in black polish dot on the stones for the mouth in a semi circle shape. 

Father Christmas Nail

Step 1- Paint on one coat of white polish as a base to make the skin colour stand out, allow to dry.

Step 2- Paint on 1-2 coats off your pink polish, let it dry.

Step 3- Paint a stripe of red polish along the base of the nail.

Step 4- Paint from the middle of the nail down to the tip white, with two slightly longer bits at the side for his beard.

Step 5- Using the nail dotter dipped in white polish dot on a line of dots along the top of the red stripe to make the trim of his hat, and make a larger dot on one side for the bobble. 

Step 6-Using the larger end of the nail dotter dipped in white polish dot on the eyes, let them dry.

Step 7-Using the smaller end of the nail dotter dipped in black polish make two dots on the center of his eyes.

Step 8- Using the nail dotter dipped in pink polish dot on his nose

To finish apply a topcoat to seal in all together and your done!

I hope you like my festive Christmas nails, which one is your favorite?

Zoe 

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