A Few Summer Nail Designs!

Heyy everyone! Summer is a great time of year for nail art. There is so much to choose from! From soft pastel colours to bright, bold neon colours. Pretty florals like cute daisies. Cool patterns, Tribal and Aztec patterns are always popular in summer. As well as the beautiful sunsets, that grace our skies at the end of every day! It's all very inspiring, and now we want to inspire you!

So, because we still have plenty of summer left to go, here are some nail design's we've already done, why not try them out!                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                        

               

 Pastel Rainbow Gradient                  
These are simple summer nails. The pastel colours make it subtle, rather than a loud or very bold look, but they are still very colourful for summer. Its super pretty with its gradient affect, and they really aren't too hard to do!

           
Summer Neon Striped Nails
Here's a bright, neon design. I used striping tape
for these, to get the neat lines. They almost remind
me of a stick of rock or sweets you get from the
summer fair!






                                                                               



Konad Stamping: Pastel Argyle Nails
 I used Konad stamping for this design. I thought the pastel colours would work really well with the argyle pattern. These look great in spring and summer!





                                                                   

                       


Neon Blend with Black Border Summer Nails
Here's another bold neon design. I love bright colours for summer! It's easy to create this look, simply use little pieces of sponge to dab the different polishes on the nail blending the colours together. The black border is a perfect contrast making these statement nails super bold.

Summer Daisy and Ladybird Nail Art
Here is another summery design that was inspired by a pair of shoes I own. I couldn't wait to do this pretty daisy nail art and the lady birds make the design so cute! I had to use a yellow background, it's the perfect summer colour!

Sunset Inspired Water Marble Nails 
Sunsets are one of the most stunning parts of summer, the reds, oranges and blues are beautiful, and the breaks in the clouds give amazing lines and shapes which inspired me to incorporate them into a water marble nail design. This way you can bring the beauty of a sunset to your nails!







Summer Pastel Tribal Nail Art
Tribal designs are popular during the summer time, I decided to add an extra summery element by paint each nail a different pastel colour. I chose to use pastels, because the black polish would stand out better against a paler background, plus I love pastel polishes for summer!

Our Nail Art Channal has tutorials on all of these design. If you want to learn how to do any of these designs, check it out! www.youtube.com/user/sirensbeauty

Harry Potter Book Charms!!

Hii! You will soon find out that me and my sister have a bit of an obsession with Harry Potter, and yes I'm proud of it!
We're planning our second trip down south to The Making Of Harry Potter Studio Tour, and we got way too excited. It sparked some inspiration to make some home made Harry Potter charms.




I used polymer clay to make these cute little book charms. They make great little keyrings, or nice Harry Potter trinkets. I have mine on show in my room!







I made them with the side and back cover on so they really do look like mini books, especially with the pages, which I made by slicing the clay with a craft knife. I made sure to do them different thicknesses to make it look really authentic.

This is a great idea for a personal gift, especially since they are hand made. If you would like to see how I made these I have a tutorial on my craft channel, linked in the top right corner.

Pastel Acrylic and Floral Nails!

Hi! We've been doing a lot of floral nail art recently, and I've also been working on applying my own acrylic nails. I'm far from perfecting them, but I had a go at using colour acrylic powders and I ended up with these cute marble acrylic tips.

  These are the acrylic powders I used. I love the pastel colours: pink, green, blue and purple. There is nothing better than finally being able to add a little colour into your style for spring after a long winter.

            After finishing the acrylic tips, I couldn't resist adding a little glitter polish and some hand painted flowers to finish of the look. For this, I used acrylic paints and sealed the design with a top coat. I feel this design screams spring, colour and general prettiness! What's not to like? 

Can you tell I'm excited for spring? (It's not like I've mentioned it already, right? :P)

If you would like to see how I did this I have a tutorial on my YouTube channel linked to the right. :)

Spring is here!

So the weather has finally started to get slightly warmer, nature is starting to look alive again, and I'm feeling very inspired lately!

Taking my dog for a walk in the pretty little village by me is becoming very beautiful, full of colour and lots of potential nail designs, which obviously excites us!

So, of course, we've been taking lots of photos of these lovely flowers, and as our first post, we though what better than pictures of the beautiful season of Spring!

The yellow and pink contrast in these are amazing, they are bold, bright and beautiful, perfect for a floral nail design!

These simple little flowers are so cute. I love how white they are, and they look very pure. Perfect for wedding nails!

You know its spring when the blossom tree is in bloom! This is just beautiful, and my absolute favorite of all the pictures I took. There are so many different shades of pink, and I love that there are still a few buds waiting to bloom, it makes painting this much more interesting!