Hello lovelies!
I want to share with you my black and white feather manicure. This is the first time I make such design just because I thought it would be too difficult to draw the feather detail free handedly. I have been so wrong! This nail art is gentle and sophisticated but at the same time easy to make. This feathery manicure can take some hand flinch or some imperfections because the feather detail is meant to look a little fluffy and airy, if this makes any sense :)
I know I promised a post dedicated to my Liebster award nomination and it will be here soon. I just need some more time to think it over so that I will be able to really contribute to this great initiative. Until then, the feather nails :)
First, paint your nails white.
Make sure to use a thick white shade to a sheer one. This will make the perfect canvas for some drawing.
How to add feathers to your nails?
For this feather nail art I used a regular stippling brush from a nail art polish. Aim for a slightly curved line rather than a straight stripe. Start adding short lines from top to bottom of this line, making the strokes slightly longer as you are getting close to the bottom. Do this for the two sides of your feather. At this point it may not look too much as a feather, but it will :) Now add some more strokes to both sides but this time try to make them with a different angle to the main line, slightly crossing your previously created lines. This will create a little depth and motion to your feather.
I think this nail design can easily make a great wedding day manicure.
Last, add a mat top coat.
We all know feathers are not gel-look-top-polish shiny so for this nail art tutorial I picked a mat top coat.
Products:
White: Essie Blanc
Black: Golden Rose nail art in black
Mat top coat: Flormar matifying top coat
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed!
Nina
This looks great :) Follow me, I already followed you via Bloglovin :) Kiss
NailCentric Post author
Thanks Nina!
awesomelyoz
Wow that’s so pretty – I don’t feel I have the artistic detailing or patience to do that :) Nice work you are very good at it! Have a great one Yana! -Iva
NailCentric Post author
Thanks so much! I did not think it would work for me too until I tried and found out it was not as difficult to make as it seemed.
Adrian
Very pretty! I have naturally long nails – they run in my family luckily! So I love to do fun things with them. Today I am rocking red, white, and blue polka dots for the 4th. I’ll have to look around and find more ideas. Happy SITS day!
Yvonne @ Sunnyside Up-Stairs
How neat! Inspired to take better care of my nails. Visiting from SITS. :)
NailCentric Post author
Good luck in your resolution to take better care for your nails, I am sure results will come soon and be worth it.
JoAnn
Gorgeous! Visiting from SITS :-)