Newspaper Mess

What makes it special: The way I messed everything with this design. My impatience ruined the good idea.

How long it lasts: One hour.

To cook this look you need:

• Three kitties
• Base coat
• Top coat
• Newspaper (Japanese)
• White nail polish
• Blue nail polish
• Blue glitter nail polish
• Decoration - Flakes
• Anything else you find in your nailart box
• Rubbing alcohol - 70% 
• Cotton
• Scissors
• French tips
• Nail polish remover (essential)

Steps:

1. Apply the base coat
2. Apply the white nail polish
3. Here you have to wait to dry (which I didn't)
4. Cut the newspaper into pieces
5. Rub gently your white nail polish with the rubbing alcohol (I say gently because the alcohol is very strong and in my case it ruined my white nail polish so I had to start over again)
6. Place piece of newspaper on your nail and press it for a few seconds. Remove the newspaper. This should result in letters from the newspaper imprinted on your nails. 
7. Apply top coat and wait to dry (if you don't wait to dry, you'll screw on the next step the same way I did)
8. Put the French tips on your nails and apply the blue nail polish. 
9. Give it a few seconds to dry but not to dry completely and remove the French tips. (if you haven't waited the top coat to dry, removing the French tips on this step will remove the nail polish and you will have to start over again as I did)
10. At this step I was already absolutely dissatisfied with the result so I just decided to push it to the limit: I added the decoration flakes, then applied the blue glitter, then to make the things worse I even added a few blue flower decorative figures. 
11. Take the nail polish remover and take off everything from your nails.

Sticky Love

What makes it special: The hearts combined with this way too neutral nail polish make it ok for any casual occasion.

How long it lasts: I didn't like this design so I stayed with it three days. The nail polish was good enough to keep it for two days more but I couldn't stand the design any longer.

To cook this look you need:

• Three kitties
• Heart shaped stickers
• Natural or close to natural neutral nail polish 
• Base coat
• Top coat

Steps:

1. Apply the base coat
2. Apply the nail polish
3. Wait to dry 
4. Apply the stickers
5. Apply top coat

Pinky Dream

What makes it special: The pinky fresh combination is ideal for the summer months.

How long it lasts: Four days.

To cook this look you need:

• Three kitties
• Base coat
• Purple nail polish
• Fuschia nail polish
• Coral nail polish

Steps:

1. Apply the base coat
2. Apply the purple, fuschia and coral nail polishes

Grainy Teal

What makes it special: The sandy effect texture. The key is: do not put top coat!

How long it lasts: With this nail polish I lived for a whole week

To cook this look you need:

• Three kitties
• Base coat
• Teal nail polish with sand effect
  

 

Steps:

1. Apply the base coat
2. Apply one or two layers of nail polish

June Pirates

What makes it special: The selection of water tattooes

How long it lasts: Two day at its best. This depends highly on the quality of the top nail polish.

To cook this look you need:

• Three kitties
• Base coat
• Top coat
• White nail polish
• Water tattooes 
• Scissors
• Water

Steps:

• Apply the base coat
• Apply two (or more) layers of the white nail polish
• Wait to dry
• Select the water tattooes and cut them with the scissors in smaller pieces - big enough to cover the nail
• Apply the water tatttooes (as instructed on their pack)
• Apply top coat

Vintage Tequila Sunrise

What makes it special: The tequila sunrise vintage effect

How long it lasts: This depends on the quality of the nail polish you use. Three days for me.

To cook this look you need:

• Three kitties
• Base coat (optional - white colour will allow the nail polish to pop out)
• Top coat
• Small sponge
• Yellow nail polish
• Orange nail polish
• Red nail polish
• Blue or green nail polish
• (optional) Tape, cream or something to wrap your fingers and protect the skin around the nails from getting messy

 Steps:

• Apply the base coat. Wait to dry.
• Apply one line of each nail polish colour on the sponge
• Start tapping on your nail. Three of four times will be enough to mix the colours and get the gradient effect.
• Repeat this with the rest of your nails.
• The sponge might have left you with grainy effect. While the nail polish is still wet, apply top coat to smooth it. Wait to dry.

Marble Glitter

What makes it special: The discrete marble

How long it lasts: If your base is good, you can easily live for a whole week with this design.

Bonus: One of the pictures is not taken with my cats but with a baby yorkie. Can you guess which one?

To cook this look you need:

• Three kitties
• Base coat
• Gray nail polish
• Dark red nail polish
• Glitter nail polish
•  Cup of water (room temperature)
• Toothpick
• (Optional) Hand cream, glue or tape to wrap your fingers and protect your skin from the nail polish

Steps:

• Apply the base coat
• Apply one layer of the gray nail polish. Wait to dry.
• Full the cup with water
• Put drops of the nail polishes in the water - red and glitter
• Before the nail polish starts drying, quickly draw lines with the toothpick 
• (Optional) Wrap your hands in tape, cover the skin in hand cream or do whatever you do to prevent the mess that will follow
• Dip your nails in the cup (one by one or the whole hand)
• Use the toothpick to collect the rest of the nail polish floating in the water
• Take your fingers out of the water
• Clean the nail polish from the skin
• Repeat with the other hand
• Apply top coat while it is still wet because it will smoothen the bumps (if you have any)
• Wait to dry