PART 3: Christmas DIY Nails with Kerri Lown

WE USED: Professional Nail Art Pen + Brush in black, white and gold, Nina Ultra Pro in Cobalt, Louise Gray by Topshop in Junkyard, Nails by Topshop in Panther and 17 Fast Finish in Knock Out Red

 

1. Paint 2 coats of a dark blue nail varnish on your little finger. We used.... Then paint 2 coats of red on the rest of your fingers.

 

 2. Once your base colours are dry, apply a glitter nail varnish to the tips of your index, middle and ring finger. We used

3. Next we will be adding details of Santa's coat to the thumb. Use your nail art pens to do this; gold for the buckle, black for the belt and white for the buttons and trim. 

 4. Fill in the belt with the black nail art pen.

 5. With the black nail art pen write 'Ho' on the index, middle and ring finger.

 6. Using the white nail art pen, fill in the trim of Santa's coat.

7. Add detail of snow to the little finger

8. Once everything is dry, apply a clear top coat.

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So that was the last design! Have fun with your nails this Christmas. Don't forget to take a snap of your Christmas nails and upload them to Instagram, along with the tag #HMOXmasNails. Also, thank you to Ella Turner for being my hand model, wasn't she fabulous? Will be doing more nail DIYs in the new year so watch this space :)

Merry Christmas everybody!

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THANK YOU!

PART 1: Christmas DIY Nails with Kerri Lown

For the next 3 days we have collaborated with the lovely Kerri Lown. Kerri will be taking us through her top 3 Christmas nail designs and showing you how to add a bit of Christmas bling to your nails with these easy step by step guides.

Today we will be having a look at how you can add pretty shimmery snowflakes to your nails. This is quite an easy design to-do and you don't have to be an amazing artist, but a steady hand does help!

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WE USED: Foil by Barry M, Tidal by Nails at Topshop and white holographic glitter from Primark

1. First of all prep your nails. File them to your desired shape and if you have a cuticle pusher push your cuticles back. (PLEASE NOTE: Never completely remove your cuticles as they protect your nails from germs and bacteria.)

2. Once you have prepped your nails apply 2 coats of a pastel blue nail varnish. We used 'Tidal' by Nails at Topshop. This will be the main background colour for our design.

3. Paint on snowflakes using a fine tip paint brush. We used Foil Nail Paint by Barry M. Start by painting a cross then add little flicks. 

 4. Sprinkle some holographic white glitter on to the nails. Try to do this when the silver detail is still wet so that it sticks to the snowflakes. 

5. Finally apply a clear top coat. This will make sure your nail design lasts longer.

TA DA! You have pretty shimmery snowflake nails!  You can experiment with different colours too. This is quite a subtle look for Christmas and is work friendly too. Tomorrow I will be showing you how to give yourself some super cute Rudolph nails.

Love,

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ALL IMAGES ARE SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT AND WERE TAKEN BY JENNIE DAVIES

PLEASE ASK FOR PERMISSION BEFORE USING
THANK YOU TO ELLA TURNER FOR BEING OUR HAND MODEL