Hey Cuties!
So…it’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted, eh? I’ve had this design ready for a few weeks now, but just have been so busy that I haven’t been able to finish everything to post it. Have no fear! It’s ready for this week and there are no Monday breaks anymore for the foreseeable future!
I’ve seen a lot of the nautical theme lately on shirts, and thought it would be neat to try it for a nail design. But anchors can get boring, so I had to add something fun and exciting to it to make it more interesting. (And it’s not glitter!) It’s a gradient anchor and background, reverse from one another, and hand-drawn. Ready?
Tools:
Nail Polish Colours: 4 Blues; Dark to Light (*I sometimes make the lightest colour for gradient white)
Nail Art Brush
Steps:
1.) Paint four horizontal strips down your nail, darkest blue to lightest blue, or vice versa.
2.) To reverse the anchors gradient pattern from the background, paint each section of the hand-drawn anchor with the opposite blue of the background.
Ex. Dark Blue(1), Light Blue(2), Lightest Blue(3), White(4).
Top 4th: Background (1), Anchor (4)
Top Middle 4th: Background (2), Anchor (3)
Top Bottom 4th: Background (3), Anchor (2)
Bottom 4th: Background (4), Anchor (1)
If this gets confusing, you can always check the photo, and of course you can reverse the gradient pattern I chose.
This is a bit of a tricky design, especially if you don’t have a steady hand to draw free-hand, and you aren’t to confident on drawn certain parts of the anchor in different colours on different parts of your nail. You can try nail art tape for this by taping the anchor shape on your nail then doing step one. If you try this you can then leave the anchor your natural nail colour, paint it one colour, or if you’re up for the challenge, do the reverse gradient.
I’m sorry I haven’t had the time to post this lately, but I promise there will be no more breaks, even with the summer ahead! Keep posted to Twitter, Instagram, and Vine for extra content and until next time, stay fabulous!
C.
