Colorful Smoke Nail Art - aka Rainbow Hookah

Hi guys! I have some smoky colors for you today, aren't they gorgeous?! I really didn't want to ever take them off! This was a bit of trial and error for me and I practiced on some nail swatching disks for a while until I got it right. Well, let's get to it then!

What I used:

• Black Polish
• White Polish
• Small paint brushes
• Pink, Purple & Blue Permanent Markers
• Rubbing Alcohol

Start with a black base, top coated and completely dry. You'll need the top coat or when you put the acetone on to smudge the white, the black will come up as well. I painted thin white 'lightning like' lines with white polish and used acetone to smudge it up a bit. You could also probably put some white polish on a plate and water it down with the acetone before painting it on but I didn't try that so I'm not sure how it would work out. I drew my design out on paper beforehand because I wanted the lines and colors to flow together and that takes a bit of planning. After the white was dry I used my 'homemade' alcohol inks to color it in, overlapping just a little where they meet up. I made my own alcohol inks by taking the tips out of permanent markers and putting them in little containers with screw on lids (you can find these at drug stores by the hair/beauty supply stuff) and soaking them in a bit of rubbing alcohol. Don't overdue it with the alcohol though, otherwise the colors will be very watered down. It's really pretty cool and there's so many things you can do with them too, I highly suggest playing around with them. I have found that a few of my 'fast dry' top coats like to bleach the colors of the ink, so watch out for that and maybe even test on something else before doing it on your actual nails.

Well, I hope you guys like them and again, if you have any questions or anything, just drop me a line =) 

Grunge Nail Art

Blue/Purple and Blue/Green Grunge Effect


I am really loving this dry brush technique! Though, normally I am pretty horrible at most designs that are meant to 'random' because I'm such a detailed perfectionist...it's so hard for me to just be messy with it lol.

What I used:

• White Base Coat
• Blue, Purple and Green Kleencolor Polish
• Black Polish for the grunge effect

So, after your white base dries, you'll take your color polishes, one color at a time, and wipe them off on the lip of the bottle until there's barely any polish left. You want it to be very streaky, not much color going on at all. You will have to re-dip when it starts to dry up. Swipe down the nail like you normally would leaving streaks of color, you will want to randomize it, leave room for the other colors and definitely leave a good deal of white showing. My first time, I left almost no white and it didn't really look good at all. Basically just play around with it until you get it right, it's all about trial and error. I tend to actually dab the tip of the brush onto the nail where I need more color because sometimes the streaking doesn't quite cut it and I like being precise in my randomness (I know, I know lol). Here is a link to Chalkboard Nails YouTube video of the dry brush technique, go check it out and give her a follow cause she's awesome =) 

So, there you have it! I love to help and hear from you, so if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below =)

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