Spider-Man Nails

My boyfriend doesn't understand my nail art haha, I'm not sure many guys understand why we girls love nail polish! I created these Spider-Man nails to show him how awesome nail polish can be!

Spider-Man Nails

For this mani I used:

• red, blue, black and white nail polish
• small nail art brushes

I couldn't get the Spider-Man mask to fit on one nail so I decided to spread it across to 2 nails.
Start by painting your thumb, middle finger and ring finger nails with the red polish and your other 2 nails with the blue.

For spideys mask, start with the eyes. To do this, use the black polish and paint a pointed oval about half way down your 2 red nails.

Then you need to create the web look. Using the black polish again paint thin curved lines across your nails. They all need to start between spideys eyes and spread out across to each side of the nails. Try to match up the lines on each nail.

Next paint a few curved lines between each of the lines you've already created to get more of a web look.

Then when all the black details have dried you need to add the white to his eyes. To do this use your white polish to paint over the black ovals. Don't completely cover the all of the black, leave an outline.

Now for the spider on the thumb nails. Using the black polish again, paint a thick line with a pointed end towards the tip of your nail.

For the legs, paint 8 little lines coming out of the body, then from the end of each line paint another longer line towards the edges of your nail.

There you have it. Spider-Man nails! I added webs to the blue nails too but with the blue polish being quite dark the webs don't stand out that well.

 The polishes I used in this mani were:

• Nails Inc. - Luminous Red
• Models Own Artstix - Betty Blue
• Boots Natural Collection - Nail Tip Whitener
• Miss Sporty - Black

I hope you enjoy trying out this mani. My boyfriend was quite impressed with these nails, he still can't see why I need to keep buying more polish though.

Rachel x

Disney: Minnie Mouse Nails

3 weeks from today I'll be in Florida!!! I'm so excited, I really can't wait. Today I've created a Disney themed mani using Minnie Mouse as my inspiration.

Minnie Mouse Nails

For this mani you will need:

• red, white black and pink polish
• a dotting tool
• a small nail art brush

Start by painting all of your nails with your red polish. Use two coats so that it's a bright and solid base.

Now, use your dotting tool and your white polish to put dots on 4 of your nails. Don't put any on your ring finger, this is going to be saved for our little Minnie mouse. Try to space your dots out evenly to replicate the Minnie mouse look.

It's time to create our little friend now, to do this you will need your small nail art brush and your black, white and pink polishes. Start by drawing a black circle on your ring finger nail with two either side for ears.






















The next part is really fiddly so if you don't think you'll be able to do it without messing it up then just leave the ring finger as Mickey Mouse! If you're feeling brave it's time to paint on the bow. Get your pink polish and start with a little dot between the ears, then on either side of the dot paint a triangle to create the bow. When the pink has dried, paint tiny white dots onto it.

The last step is to paint round the edges of the pink with the black. This will make the pink stand out on the red and will neaten the edges of the bow.

There you have it, Minnie Mouse nails. I'm really happy with how this turned out, especially the little bow on Minnie's head. It is really fiddly but the results are worth it. Now get me on that plane to Florida!!! 3 weeks to go!

The polishes I used in this mani were:

• Nails Inc. - Luminous Red
• Boots Natural Collection - Nail Tip Whitener
• W7 - Matte Black
• Max Factor Glossfinity - Marshmallow

Have fun with this mani!

Rachel x