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Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Sunset NOTD

These have got to be one of my favourite nail art designs and it’s surprisingly simple
(possibly not the best design to start with if you’re a complete beginner)

I can’t take credit for this lovely design as I’ve seen similar ones all over the place, just type sunset nails into google and you’ll end up with hundreds of slight variations on this look, some very simple and some crazily detailed!

1. Apply a stripe of gold for the sand at the bottom on your nail
(I used yellow and then gold over the top from barry m)
2. Once that's dry apply a blue stripe for the sea
3. Once that's dry apply a coral stripe
4. Once that's dry apply an orange stripe
5. Then apply a yellow stripe at the top just before the orange dries
(these two colours should hopefully blend a little)

7. Once it's dry, use a nail art dotter to slowly dot on the palm tree in black.
(alternatively you can use a cocktail stick or the end of a hair grip)
This is the hardest bit so take your time.
8. Once everything is dry apply a clear top coat and your done!

Hope you’ve enjoyed!! x


(you could do this on every finger or something similar, I chose to just apply a plain coat of coral to my other nails though so my thumbs remained the focal point)

31 comments:

  1. this would be so nice on toenails in the summer :) x

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  2. you always have such creative design! it looks great for the rainy days we are having in Puerto Rico.

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  3. that looks lush! i wish i could do stuff like that! i tried out the watermelon one you done (its on my blog- http://ceilyglanville.blogspot.com/) i found that quite easy, but they still looked a bit messy!!

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  4. This looks awesome, I might have to try it myself!

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  5. very tropical :) i like it x

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  6. OMG......LOVE! :D hehe! You can be certain I shall be giving this a go :) So tropical & summery!

    Love Aysh xoxo

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  7. How lovely and summery! Thanks for the tips! :) xx

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  8. ahhh that is too cute!

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  9. Gorgeous. I'll need to give this a try. xx

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  10. oh my gosh, how cool! i definitely enjoyed that! :D

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  11. So cute! I'm surprised to see how easy it is! xoxoxoo

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  12. Cute nails!

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  13. You come up with the most creative nail designs!
    xo Josie
    www.winksmilestyle.com

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  14. That's so cute! I'm definitely going to give this a try, thanks for the tutorial :) xx

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  15. @Joy and Ansa glad you like it, let me know if you do try it!

    @Sian and Josie thanks, glad you like this look :)

    thanks for commenting!! x

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  16. That's BRILLIANT :D haha, I love it! :)

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  17. that is amazing!
    it looks so good and super adorable.<3

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  18. This is a great vacation mani!:D So tropical!:D

    ***** Marie *****
    allthingsmarie.com

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  19. Awww that's such a cute idea! Love the way it turned out :D

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  20. Hey, I just got selected to be on a trendsetter blog group for a shop, and I put you as one of my top 5 blogs I read :)

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  21. oh.. this looks very funny!!


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  22. these are amazing!!!! Your hair colour in your last post looks fab too xxx

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  23. Very cute!
    Xoxo
    http://melminho.blogspot.com/

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  24. these are so good! why are you so good at these! im jealous :P x

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  25. Awwh man, you do the cutest nailart. My face is always like this ^___^ when you do nail posts.

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  26. Love!! I can maybe do the striped but so not skilled enough to do the palm tree

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  27. wow!!!!!!!!its lovely

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Thank you so much for commenting!! xx