Diamond Winter Manicure

On this extremely gloomy day, I have decided to show you all a new manicure. In comparison to the simple yet elegant half moon design that was featured on this blog last week, this current design is full of glitter and glamour.

I have named this manicure the 'Diamond Winter Manicure' as I believe it is perfect for the Winter party season, as well as the fact that each nail is decorated with glitter particles and gorgeous rhinestones.

WORDS OF WARNING: The sponging technique in this manicure can be slightly messy around each nail. If you do not want to spend the time cleaning up each nail afterwards, then I suggest wrapping scotch tape or sellotape around the outside of each nail.

The products I will be using for this tutorial are the following:

• China Glaze First and Last: I used this multi-tasking nail varnish as both my base and top coat
• Revlon's Gray Suede Nail Enamel: A beautiful natural yet opaque nude nail varnish
• Revlon's Sparkling: An incredible glitter nail varnish, with both small and large glitters
• A Sponge: Used to create the gradient glitter effect
• An Orange Wood Stick: Used to pick up the rhinestones
• Rhinestones: I used clear rhinestones for this manicure

Ready?

Step 1: Paint your nails with a base coat. I tend to use China Glaze First and Last as it dries very quickly.

Step 2: Paint on two coats of a nude coloured nail varnish. As I previously mentioned, I am using Revlon's Gray Suede as it is a beautifully natural colour. 

 

 

 

 

Step 3: Find either a makeup sponge - or even just a kitchen sponge - and cut a small section which is a bit wider than the width of your nail. Using 'Sparkling' or a different glitter nail varnish, apply a small amount onto the sponge as shown below.

 

 

Step 4: Proceed to dab the sponge onto the nail, concentrating at the top of your nail and then using less nail varnish the further down your nail you travel. Only cover roughly two thirds of your nail in the glitter nail varnish. You should be left with a design similar to the images featured below:

 

Step 5: Repeat step four twice, only concentrating on the end of your nail. Be aware: You must let each layer of glitter dry before proceeding with the next coat. Using a hair dryer will speed up this process if desired.

Step 6: Using an orange wood stick or tweezers, pick up three rhinestones individually and place them randomly at the top of each nail where the glitter nail varnish is concentrated. This step adds intricacy and extra sparkle to each nail.

 

 

 

 

Step 7: Finish with a top coat and then once that has dried, use a cotton bud soaked in nail varnish remover to clean up the excess glitter from each fingernail.

 

 

 

 

Voila, one glamorous manicure to go.

 

Get painting!

 

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