ALL THINGS NAILS

Welcome to the 3^rd edition of All Things Nails. Things are going well so far. Thank you to everyone who has contacted me. It’s nice to hear from you and know that you enjoy the newsheet. Please keep your ideas coming. This month brings Valentines Day, which means we’ll all be busy that day when lucky ladies realise they may be going out and need to get their nails done, just in case! There are quite a few Valentines airbrush stencils around. Below are a few designs I have in my display case, I hope I’ve given you a few ideas. I’m not too hot with the free hand nail art (as you may have gathered all I know is airbrush!) so I don’t have many ideas for the non–airbrusher. If you did valentines day nail art by hand why not send me some pictures for everyone to see.

Valentine Nail Art by Melle

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I hope you all get a card (or cards!), I shall be expecting 50 (in my dreams!). Here are a few Valentines Day nail designs. Obviously the main colours of your designs will be red or pink. But it’s OK to go with something different, silver and black look really good together, especially if your client wants sexy not lovey. If you do offer airbrush try to use images from different stencils on the same design. Valentine stencils don’t usually have clouds but they are necessary for the best effect if you are airbrushing balloons (as shown). Layering hearts over each other creates a nice 3D effect. Use the smallest hearts first and spray the colour lightly then build up with larger hearts on top. The larger the heart the heavier you spray. This gives the effect of the small hearts being blown away into the background. The same effect looks good with balloons. There’s also the good old chevron French manicure with the heart in the centre. Very sweet (also very boring). Don’t’ forget when using the stencils to add your own extensions extras by hand. The teddy stencil doesn’t come with its paws and face cut separately so add your own with brown paint and a thin brush. Also please be sure to have all your appointments done by 7pm, don’t give the men any excuses not to take you out!