On to the manicure! Today I am wearing a purple nail polish gradient with a Lotus painted on it to show the victims of bullies that they’re not alone and that they too can grow past this moment. You see the ancient wisdom of the Hindus teaches that life has to be lived to evolve. Staying in deep slush if needed, like the lotus does, and using the same slush to evolve better and better, the mud the flower grows from slides off and will stay on the bottom as the lotus rises above it. The deeper the slush, better and stronger the flower.

My Tokidoki nails :)

My nails that I did for a Disney contest, you like? :D

1. These are the nail polishes I used. Apart from a base and topcoat of course. From left to right are: Essence  - Via Airmail!, China Glaze - Beach Cruise-R and China Glaze - Sweet Hook.
2. This is the pen and the inks I used for this little step by step.
3. First, paint your nail a base color and let it dry.
4. Create a gradient on a little make up sponge by putting a stripe of all three colors on it and dabbing it onto the nail like so.
5. Once the nail polish has dried you can start drawing on it using acrylic ink and a fountain pen.
6. Make the pattern as large or small as you want, I nearly stopped at this point liking this design very much already but deciding to push for more as I have a weakness for full nail designs.
7. This is the nail once I was finished drawing with white.
8. I’ve added some blue details to it to make it look extra special.
9. After all has dried I’ve topcoated my nail and hey presto, you have your very own portable piece of art at your fingertip!

Gradient and hand drawn nails by me :)

Braided nails for tutorial Tuesday.

My monochromatic nails :)

My first gradient, yellow, orange, neon red, pink and purple with a holographic topcoat <3

My gradient nails <3

sweetnailart:

apple nailart

click through for tutorial (in my korean blog)

Whooooooooooooo lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Learn how to make this cutie at my nailblog right here: www.nailingthis.com