Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - 3 - Delicate and Elegant - Floral French Tips Tutorial

So this is the third week of the Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge and the theme this week is Delicate and Elegant. I know stamping would have been a good choice but since I had never tried using a paint brush before I thought let me try it this week.

So my nail art design is a Floral French Tip. And this week I have a tutorial for it as well!

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Delicate and Elegant - Floral French Tips

Before you take a look at the pics I am extremely sorry for the unclean edges - I did not notice them until it was too late and I was watermarking the photos!

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Delicate And Elegant - Floral French Tips

Things that you need for this nail art

• Two nail paints of your choice - I have used Lotus Herbals Colordew nail paint in white, and Sally Hansen Salon Manicure nail paint in a deep mehroon color
• A stripping nail art tool or painting brush - this has to be the thinnest possible - what you see in the pic is a number 0 brush and I have snipped off the bristles to reduce it to a very thin shape (will do a tutorial on how you can create your own stripping nail art brush sometime later)
• Top coat - used here Orly Top 2 Bottom
• Dotting tool (or a tooth pick)

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Delicate And Elegant - Floral French Tips

Floral French Tips Tutorial

Now coming to the steps. The nail art is basically free hand drawing creating a flower with 3 petals on the tip of the nail and then creating a dotting pattern.

1. Paint your nail with the base color.
2. Using the paint brush paint a petal of the flower on one corner of the nail tip.
3. Draw the second petal touching the first one but centered on the nail tip.
4. Draw the third petal touching the second one and towards the other corner of the nail tip.
5. Now draw a very thin line covering the edge of the nail tip.
6. Next just shade in some nail paint in the inner tips of each of the petals (at the point where they join).
7. Take the dotting tool and dot out a pattern on one side of the nail emanating from the flower.
8. Cover with a top coat once the nail paint in completely dry.

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Delicate And Elegant - Floral French Tips

 I hope you found the tutorial helpful and liked this simple floral french tip nail art.

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge - Delicate and Elegant - Floral French Tips

I hope to do something with brighter summer colors next time and also to do a neater job with the brush!

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