Olympic Nails

Hey, guys! So the Olympics started on Friday, and it's time to celebrate that with some Olympic-themed nails. This design is easy, fun, and sure to draw attention. Keep reading to learn how to celebrate your country and the Olympics with pride!

You will need:

- Base coat

- White polish

- blue polish

- yellow polish

- black polish

- green polish

- red polish

- nail striper brush

- gold polish

- top coat

As usual, start of with a base coat. Next, paint your ring fingers and thumbs solid white, and the rest of your fingers with white french tips.

Sally Hansen - Timeless White

Now, place a small drop of the blue polish on a piece of paper. Dip the tip of the striper brush into it and use it to make a line on the nail, as shown. Do this for all french-tipped nails.

Sally Hansen - Blue Me Away!

Repeat this with all five colors. Start each color from the same point and spread it out at the end, to get a fan-like look.
This design is meant to represent the colors of the five Olympic Rings.

Yellow: Sally Hansen - Lightening
Black: Sally Hansen - Black Heart
Green: Essie - Mojito Madness
Red: OPI - Cajun Shrimp

Now you'll move to the fully painted nails. Use the blue polish to make a  V-shape on the nail. You can do this with the actual brush or with a toothpick/striper if you feel like it. Then Take the gold polish and make a small semicircle on the tip of the nail, like shown. This is how you'll achieve the look of the Olympic gold medals.

Sally Hansen - Blue Me Away!
China Glaze - Harvest Moon

And there you have it! Don't forget to finish with a top coat. 

So decorate your nails with a design that will take home the gold this year, and show off your Olympic pride! Let me know what you think about this tutorial by commenting below, and don't forget to follow my blog, 'like' Muffin Nails on Facebook, and follow on Twitter.

Thanks for reading!

Pink Polka Dots

Hello, nail world! Today I decided to go with something simple and sweet. In this tutorial I'll show you how to combine the fancy french tip with cute and fun polka dots. Enjoy!

You will need:

- Base coat

- Pink polish

- Dotting tool

- White polish

- White striper

- Top coat

As usual, paint all nails with a base coat. Next, paint your thumb and ring finger solid pink and paint just the tips of the pointer, middle, and little fingers. 

OPI - Sparrow Me the Drama

Next, use your dotting tool to create polka dots using the white polish on the thumbs and ring fingers.

Sally Hansen - Timeless White

Take your white striper and outline each of the french tips.

It's So Easy Stripe Rite - White

Cover with a top coat.

Thanks for reading! This simple nail design is easy, professional, and sure to be a hit.

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Black French Tip Mani

Hey, readers! So for this week's design, I decided to stick with a simple french tip. But instead of using the typical boring white french tip, I mixed it up a little with some darker colors. 

You will need:

- Base coat/ Top coat

- Any matte black polish (I'm using a more glittery polish, China Glaze's Stone cold, but any color that's matte will work)

- A shinier black polish

- Clear Tape

First use a base coat to protect your nails. Next, paint them two coats of the matte black polish.

Doing these next steps one at a time, place a piece of tape horizontally across the nail. Make sure the first polish has dried completely to prevent the tape from pulling it up.

Next, paint the showing tips in the second black nail polish. Quickly pull the tape off.

Repeat for the rest of your nails, and  you're finished! Cover with a top coat to give them a nice shine.

I hope you enjoyed this simple design! Thanks for reading!

- Muffin