Roses inspiration

I've seen many nails with these 'swirled' roses and today I decided to try it myself, with the help of this and this tutorial. I used a dotting tool for the dots and a toothpick for the swirling (watch the tutorials if you don't know what I'm talking about). I did a few different designs, just for your inspiration. Nobody (except for my family) will see my nails anyway, since I'm barely leaving the house these days (I have to study for a few exams).

Unfortunately I have to say that it was harder than I thought! It's not as easy as it might look to get nice swirly roses. But hey, in the end it doesn't matter: when you add leaves they'll look like roses no matter how ugly or undefinable your blobs of polish were. This is actually just one way of painting roses, I definitely will try some other ways in the future! I like cute designs!

Which nail do you like the most?

Dots all over

I really like allover patterns on my nails, for instance (and especially) polka dots. It isn't hard when you use a dotting tool, it only takes some time. I always start with a dot in the middle of the nail, and then add the other dots around it. Here are a few pictures of polka dot nails I made in the past.

This was the first time I tried it, and it worked out suprisingly well. I adore these colours. I only really dislike the fact that I included my cuticles when painting my nails! Ulgh. I'm older and wiser now. (This was a few years ago.)

Dark purple with matte dots! I had to take a photo with flash, or you couldn't see the dots. Off topic: I think the shape and length of my nails are absolutely perfect on this picture!

And this is the most recent one, I made this on my cousin's nails a few days ago. It's an attempt to an artistic picture, haha.

The clue for nice polka dots: be patient and precise. Good luck!

Pink roses

I made this cute design with pink roses for my younger sister. I think painting roses is overestimated, cause it's actually quite simple: a rose consists just of a few lines around a central point. I did it with a striper and I love how it turned out!

(Oh, I let her do the topcoat herself, not quite pleased with how thát turned out...)