Nail Designs for Short Nails - 3 Steps to Fourth of July Manicure

Are you sick of waiting for your short nails to grow out? This design is perfect for creating the illusion that you have longer nails in 3 easy steps! Grab your favorite polishes and Lets do this!

THERE IS A VIDEO TUTORIAL - Click HERE TO WATCH

STEP-BY-STEP:

Step 1 -Create Chevron French tip on each nail

Simply take a nail striper created via at the bottom of the nail and fill it in with your nail polish brush

Step 2 - Create the inverse design at the cuticle

Taking a nail striper place a dot in the center of the nail as a guide create a triangle along the bottom and fill in the top portion of the nail

Step 3 - Finish off your design with a fast drying top coat

WATCH THE FULL TUTORIAL BELOW

Easy Nail Art for Beginners #2 - Summer Dry Brushing Beach Waves + NO TOOLS

Easy Nail Art for Beginners #2 - Summer Beach Waves

Welcome Back to the Easy Nail Art for Beginners Series - Check out the official Playlist with over 90 Simple Designs for Short Nails And Beginners - CLICK HERE 

Summer weather is officially here in Florida and after receiving that gorgeous tropical phone case from Lux Addiction I can help but want to decorate my nail accordingly.

See the review on the Lux Addiction phone case by clicking HERE

Today I am going to be sharing with you 1 of 3 Easy Nail Art Designs Methods that are ideal for beginning nail artist using step-by-step instructions/photos. 

 Watch the entire Easy Nail Art for Beginners's Playlist by clicking HERE

If you love this design and recreate it make sure to enter the nail art contest going on:

1. By posting a picture on Instagram & Twitter

2. Tag @Lancengi use the #LNGNailArt

3. Have some fun, make some new friends by checking out the other gorgeous nail recreations.

Lets get into the Step-by-Step Tutorial:

Step 1: Apply your favorite basecoat. 

My current favorite is Essie's Ridge Filling Basecoat

Step 2: Create the water.

Apply 2 coats of a blue sparkly polish.

taking a white polish and i'm going to wipe off the excess and paint the bottom half of the nail tip. 

Step 3: Create the sandy beach. 

Take Essies polish in cocktails and coconuts and wipe The excess polish off I'm going to apply this color to the bottom portion of the nail and allow a few white crashing waves along the middle of the nail 

Step 4: Add Beachy Details.

 Now to your your sand take a glitter polish you're going to take off the excess polish off the brush and apply it in a horizontal direction across the horizontal portion of your nail 
I'm using Milani nail lacquer in the color gold glitz

Here's what the finish manicure looks like you can choose to add a top coat which will smooth out the design or you can leave it as a textured design either way it'll make you feeling like you're at the beach enjoying the sunset

To watch the full video with a helpful voiceover - CLICK HERE (LIVE 06/15/15)

Water Marble Nail Art!

I absolutely Adore water Marble on the nails! When I fist became enchanted by water Marbling was back a few months ago on the MOST incredible Website... Pinterest! This website for those who have not heard is a website that anyone can access thought a request! basically openning up a work full of fun topics/ideas/and Images... Most of "pins" are linked to websites that will give additional details and information on the pin. One of the girls that I follow for inspiration pinned a Water marble nail design! I was completely in love with the flow of the polish and how each nail design was different yet felt complete and perfect! From that moment on I pledged myself to learn how to create this Nail look! Today I posted a video with all the tips and trick that I Have encountered though research and trial/error. I hope that through this video I will be able to inspire the feels that I felt when I first found this design! BTW you can use pastels and white to create a feeling of spring on your nails! Click here to Enjoy Video Tutorial!