NYE Mani Made Easy: 3 Brilliant Manicure Hacks for Lazy Girls
#1 – For Cuticle Protection Outline your cuticles with Elmer’s Glue prior to polishing for a crisp, clean manicure… even on your “bad hand”. #2 – To Hide Chipped Nails When you’re a few days away from your next manicure your current polish may be prone to showing a few chips and nicks. A clever way to deal with this issue is to top your old polish with glitter polish. The glitter will act as a distractor and conceal your nail’s chips and cracks. #3 – Make Neon Polish Pop We’ve all bought a bright color polish only to...
How to Get a Graphic Line Manicure
Bella Breakdown Warning, this is going to get graphic… graphic for your nails that is! Manicures are almost as important as what you’re wearing, and this season, it’s subtle lineage and classy shades. We’ve brought you a tutorial that will have you right on trend. As with any mani, start with a base coat, seriously, if you think that skipping this step will save you any time, you’re wrong. You want your beautiful work of art to last as long as possible. Next apply two coats of a nude polish. Then with a black liner polish, draw thin...
How to Do an Underside Mani
Bella Breakdown Nail trends seem to be popping up left and right, but the flip mani is here to stay! Now there’s a way to double the impact of your manicure, by painting the underside of your nails in a fun and unexpected way. To pull of this look you’ll need to choose two complimentary nail colors. To start, clean underneath your nails to remove any excess oil or dirt. After applying a base coat, hold your skin taut while painting the underside of your nails, this keeps polish from getting on your fingers. Apply a coat or...
Wedding Fresh Manicure That’s Anything But Basic
Bella Breakdown Your wedding day is the one day that your nails have to be looking simply amazing. But just because you need something elegant doesn’t mean it can’t be interesting. This Fresh manicure plays with gloss, shape, and is a super playful topping on each nail with a white heart instead of a straight line. To create this simple twist on the French manure, do two coats sheer nude first, to add interest make the polish look frosted with a matte topcoat overtop. For the tips use a striping brush to get your outlines really sharp, then fill...
Animal Print Nail Tutorial
Bella Breakdown Nail art couldn’t be more on trend right now, so show your wild side with these fabulous animal print designs! This DIY breaks it down for your nail by nail, we think we might even be able to give it a try. Start the base coats by painting your little finger white, then, using your fingertip, dab light brown polish onto the ring finger to create a mottled effect. Paint the middle finger white, the index finger a bright yellow and the thumb nail black. On your little finger, make little clouds using a light pink, then...
