When you have 4 young girls as neighbors, sometimes its hard to come up with new designs and pattern for them as they have the tiniest nails! I do my best- but when each girl has her own favorite color, a mind of her own and neither of them wants the same design or anything remotely similar, things can get a little challenging! I do try to seek inspiration online, unfortunately, any form of nail art that I find are for adults with "normal" sized nails that you can really let your creative juices flow. So for the next person who need a little inspiration when a little girl wants "the prettiest nails in the world", this is the first design I am posting.
All the art that I do for the girls are done either hand drawn with a fine brush, using a dotting tool or nail tattoos.
The girl who requested these nails loves the color pink, she has initially wanted tiger stripes but her nails were too tiny. We compromised with the leopard print spots.
What I used:
1) LAKA #159 as the base
2) Sally Hansen #28 BlackOut
3) Orly Dazzle
First, I painted her nails with only one layer of LAKA color as the colors are very pigmented and you really don't need more than that. Then using a dotting tool (a toothpick may be used as well), I randomly outline leopard like shapes on her nails. There are no hard and fast rules about where they should be placed. I decided to use the Orly in Dazzle as the insides of the spots as it would add a little but of sparkle and fun to the pattern- which girl doesn't love that right? Again, using your dotting tool, fill out the spots which you have just made, again, it doesn't have to be perfect. If the nail is too bare, add some silver spots around. Finish off with Top Coat (I used Seche Vite Quick Dry-necessary when with kids).
 |
| End Result...and a happy little girl! |
Stay tuned for more posts on Nail Art for Kids!
No comments:
Post a Comment