31 Day Challenge - Inspired by a Tutorial

For my tutorial inspiration I've decided to go with one from a lady I know via Instagram - @oxygennails - http://instagram.com/oxygennails. A little while ago she posted a pictorial of her 'Jewellery inspired nailart' on Instagram and I said at the time that I'd give it a go for the 30th day challenge.. so here it is! Nowhere near as neat or nice but it's as close as I could manage :).

I didn't have the right stud so I made a small alteration in adding the gems to each nail (tried using only one and it looked a bit odd!). The bit I struggled with the most was the lines in between where the striping tape is removed, it's really fiddly work. Some nails it went okay, others just went *splat*. I'll copy in the full details of the tutorial below so you can see what it should look like.

The Tutorial

1.Apply base coat on your nails.
2.Paint them white and let it dry completely!
3.Put nail tape on your nails criss-cross.
4.Paint the upper side of your nails gold.
5.Paint the lower parts silver, outer parts dark grey, inner parts light grey respectively.
6.Remove nail tape and draw a small black line using fine brush and acrylic paint(u can correct ur line with white acrylics)
7.Put a drop of topcoat on the center of the ring finger nail and place the square gold stud on it. U can do it on all your nails and priced it with topcoat. Or, for a lighter design
8.Draw white squares on the middles of the rest nails.
9.Outline them with black. Topcoat it and your ready!

Thanks for the tutorial @oxygennails!

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