Not my nails, obvs.
Some (beginner-focused) tips for painting your nails:
Lighter colors and solid colors are easier to work with. Pick a good color or few, you don't need to start too fancy.
Don't shake nail polish, that can mess it up. Roll it slowly if you ever need to mix.
Don't just do the coloration and call it a day, put clear nail polish on first, and put it over the color. That will protect your nails.
Consider getting nail polish remover when you get your nail polish, mistakes are easy.
Put your nails down on a flat surface, clean your nails (maybe with that nail polish remover?), and apply the clear base coat (doesn't need to be perfect). Stroke from the base of the nail to the top, until the nail is covered. It might get on your skin, that's normal, anything on your skin can be dealt with at the end. Let it dry, like you would any other kind of base coat.
Now that it's dry, do like what you did with your clear polish for colors. Base to tip, going from the center outwards. If you can still see through after it's covered, wait for it to dry a little, then do another layer.
Then apply your top coat to make smooth, shiny, and somewhat protected painted nails. Wait for it all to dry (very important), which could as long as normal working hours + commute. Don't mess it up. If you do, you might have to restart on some nails.
Now that it's dry the polish on your skin should act sorta like glue, where you can just peel it off, but if it's stubborn you could use a cotton swab with nail polish remover to carefully remove it (don't let it touch your nails!).
Now you should have nice smooth nails.
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On the topic of nail polish, i have been salivating over mooncat nail polishes since i found out about them. Theyre terribly expensive but theyre so coooool!!! Like this one is just one of many but the colors and the black base idk its just very fun nail polish
holy shit those are awesome
oh that's sooooo pretty
Whoaaaa
ohh is this the one where they use a magnet? It's so cool!
Yeah! I think this is a magnetized one! I reaaallllyyyy want some but its so expensive, like i could feed myself for a while with the price of some nailpolish ;.;
I feel you on this, all of mine I've gotten from the dollar store and it's at least one of the reasons why I want a good job so I can evolve past the cheap stuff
I honestly dont do my nails nearly often enough, but like you say a good job is in order before i can get fancy nail polish like this
Less a good job and more like you learn how to hide your mistakes better each successive time you do it, don't give up and just keep expressing yourself
Oh i meant like a job that pays well lol, im actually kinda decent at nail polish
I misread because sleepy
for me I'm humble so I'll say I'm amazing at nails number 1, it would be cool painting someone else's nails though the designs I could try would be cool. I've also been considering getting like cut out shapes I could paint around.
I want to do nails with peopleeeeee!! Its such a fun bonding experience!
Same it do look like fun, my sibling and mom neither want their nails painted so I'm outta luck there. I even offered my training mates in the program I was in but they just got bugged eyed
one day
Aww, im sure youll find someone to do nails with! Just takes some time ^^
That's dope af ๐