Summer Floral

I've really been into floral lately, but I haven't actually gotten around to doing floral nail art. It all just looks so beautiful but a little more time consuming than I wanted. But, I figured I would do it because my last mani was meant to be a palette cleanser. 

I started with a base coat of Nail Envy, of course. Then I decided to use one of my new polishes, Essie - Tart Deco. It's a beautiful peachy coral creme. I got it at Shoppers Drug Mart for $6.99, yay for sales! (Essie is usually $11.99 at the drug store and $9.99 at Walmart.) Tart Deco dried a little darker than in the bottle but I still love it. I decided to do purple flowers because I think they look great with peachy colours. I used white for my lines and dots because, well, isn't that the classic floral mani? 

Essie - Tart Deco, unnamed Love & Beauty, Essie - Playdate, Beauty Treats - White, Zoya - Midori 

I used a dotting tool for the dots, and a thin brush I bought on eBay for the stripes. 

For the flowers I used a few different sized dotting tools. To see a video tutorial on this flower technique I learned from trendypolish on Instagram, click here. Her flowers are a little bigger than mine, and so are the leaves. These flowers are so easy and pretty, you have to give them a try if you love floral :) 

After seeing how easy floral really is, I'm definitely going to be trying a lot more of it! 

XO Natasha 

Grown Up Floral

Hey guys! So today I want to share with you this absolutely gorgeous design that is definitely one of my favourite designs yet! I saw a tutorial for this on YouTube. Click here to watch the video by MrCandiipants. I apologize for the staining around my pinky! 

This design is all freehand, something I need a little more practice with. I'm great with dotting tools but I find brushes a little more difficult to work with. That's what practice is for! The polishes I used are: Zoya - Jacqueline, L'Oreal - Devil Wears Red. 

The parts of this design I found most difficult were creating the centre of the flower and getting the little branches smooth. (They're not branches but I don't know what else to call them.) I couldn't get smooth dots with the brush, and I thought it was a little too thick but I couldn't be bothered to look at my other brushes to see if I had a thinner one. I think I do so I'll try that brush next time I do this design. 

I'd love to try this design with more contrasting colours! What are some of your favourite floral designs? 

XO Natasha