39 nail designs that are easy to do at home, including micro French tips, mismatched nails, funky stickers, and squiggly lines, are available for you to explore. These designs can be created with tools you already have, such as stamping plates. With a bit of patience, your nail polish colors of choice, and expert tips from nail artists Darlene Sritapan and Natalia Bychkova, it is easier to achieve a salon-quality manicure at home.
To start, apply a base coat to your nails and fill a dish with warm water. Then, layer a few drops of different colored nail polishes in the water, and start creating your nail art. There are many beginner-friendly designs that can help you achieve a stylish look right from the comfort of your own home.
In summary, there are many easy nail art designs that can be created at home, from micro French tips to funky stickers and squiggly lines. With the right tools, nail polish, and tips from nail professionals, you can create a stylish look at home.
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Thank you so much for the tips😘😀 but I don’t have any base coat😔 but I’ll go shopping with my grandma maybe on Saturday and I am 11 almost turning 12!!!!!!! and people are upsessed with my nails and they ask me who did your nails?? and I’m like me do you like them? them: OMG GURL YOU DID THAT ITSS SOOO PRETTY💖😍 me: thx😃 I always tell them to watch you because you are the best nail YouTubers and your tips are very useful to me!!!! I really like putting on nude colors and pastel colors besides that I believe all the colors are great!!!!!! When I go shopping (if I go shopping on Saturday) I will buy a pastel purple or blue and a base coat and also I need latex because I am one of those people who always gets nail polish from there skins I know only 1% of you read this and have a nice day☺ the rest 99% saw this but ignored it but oh well 😊
Ugh, their nails are so perfect, I seriously have no self control over my hideous nails and the skin around them… I wish I had great nails like them.. 😶😶 lol edit I’m older now and I’ve stopped biting my nails! My nails grow out so much more longer now and I’ve really come a long way from that day. I’m glad I stopped my bad habit of biting my nails. :))
every time I see one of these articles I get frustrated, I’ve tried every single one of these things but the only thing that works is practice. If I use liquid latex I manage to get some on my nail (even when I go back and check to see if theres any on my nails) and then when I peel it off it takes some of the polish with it, if i go back with a small brush it doesn’t really take all of the polish off but if I apply more pressure I end up hitting my nail, I’ve used really thin coats to make sure nothing floods my cuticles, none of it has really helped… It almost seems like the skin around my nails is more “in the way” than for others
Like most tutorials I find, this does not tell you how long you should let each coat dry or if you even should let it dry. If I try to let each coat dry, it becomes wet and soft, even after putting on a top coat. I need tips on dry times between coats, not just how long a finished manicure takes to dry.
When I was younger like 7-14 I used to do my nails every week then I stopped cause I felt like it was getting kidish, and not to brag but I was pretty . But I stopped .so for 2 years I haven’t painted my nails,but I’m going to start again soon,but this time I won’t do hot pink or green or anything il do more adult things lol
I buy all nails polish colors/ accessories and collect the clips to keep designs i like to do it but end up wearing only the transparent nail protection pinkish nails polish,it look so exciting on YouTube till you try to do it because you end up doing something like a painture a cat drew it .😂😂 Lovely clip thanks for infos .
nice article. My nails are usually looking like yours, also doing my toe nails (and I’m VERY picky when it comes to the look of my nails). Your article is confirmation that I’m doing my stuff right, getting so many compliments, like: “where do you get your nails done?”. Nah, doing my nails for more than 30yrs. like that, except I’ve never had ‘liquid silicone’ or ‘drying spray’. My favorite quick-dry top-coat is Sally Hansen, Sally Hansen cuticle oil, base coat ‘maximum growth’ also Sally Hansen, these are quite inexpensive basics which last for a long time and should be a staple when one likes beautiful nails. Favorite coats: O.P.I. or ‘the basic’ Revlon, they have the best texture for applying. And: being patient helps…. in case you mess up one nail. Just take it off and do it again. My nails lasts for at least 5 days, even doing my dishes sometimes without ‘rubbies’. If I see some wear at the tips, I go and do little touch-ups. Or, if the damage is more obvious, paint one coat + top coat. This way I have beautiful nails sometimes for 10 and more days – with regular nail polish. Never saw the need for gel-nails, just thinking about soaking my fingertips and nails for a lengthy time in acetone or nail polish remover…*shiver*, that can’t be good. For anything.
So if you’re sloppy with nail polish, why would you be less sloppy with liquid latex and not get it all over the nail plate? I never understood this suggestion because if someone is shaky/etc, they’re gonna screw up painting either of them. And if they’re not and can manage to not paint the nail plate too, then why can’t they manage to not paint the cuticle?
I would but iam a male and only wear it on weekends to match my outfits well try to anyways I would get messed with at work if I had it on there I like wearing colors that are not too feminine my wife didn’t like it at first but she is getting more open about it. Not sure why iam even commenting this lol 😅 😆 😂 😅
ok but hoooooooooooooow do you paint close to the cuticle and get an even, smooth edge without getting it on the cuticle?! I try and get the bristles flat and even but I always end up with weird smudges onto my cuticle and if I don’t go all the way up against my cuticle it looks like the most jagged, sad edge 🙁 how do you get a nice rounded application without flooding the heck out of the cuticle??
This article actually helped me LOADS! I’m total crap with nail stuff. I almost never use my left hand so trying to paint my right with it is near impossible. Question: Is there a product that’s comparable to the ‘Liquid latex’ that you use in this article? I ask because I’m SUPER allergic to latex. Just a tiny bit of exposer is enough to break me out into hives for days. I’m always on the look out for something that will work just as well. Would non-latex eyelash glue work much the same way?
Guys lol the glitch of glitter nails at like 5:14 & 5:18 is not an advertisement! I didn’t try to secretly promote or do a hidden ad or anything like that😂 The picture is actually an old picture from a Nails inc coffee nail polish review that I posted on this website about a year ago. I edit in iMovie and somehow the picture made an overlay onto my article🤦🏽♀️😭
This one article gave me the courage to start doing my own nails. At first it was a mess.. But, through my perusal this over and over again, I’m getting compliments. I’ve even, starting to do designs. I’ve saved enough money, to buy great colors and implements to do a really good job.. I owe it all to you Gabby. Thanks for the tutorials. You’re AWESOME!!! Peace
Using alcohol to dehydrate your nails before your mani makes SUCH a big difference! I’ve been doing it for about 6 months now and my polish stays on much longer than it used to. It’s a much-overlooked step that can make all the difference. And for a great cleanup brush – a tiny little concealer brush from E.l.f. makeup brand works awesome. It’s only $1 and it’s the perfect size to really clean your edges great!
I wanna thank you for this article. It helped me to be more patient with myself in doing this, especially since painting my nails is one of my top self-care things right now and I’m working with a tremor. And hey, my nails turned out better this time than last! So yeah, A+ advice and I appreciate you sharing it.
I know I’ve heard it said many times: don’t shake your nail polish = air bubbles, blah blah blah BUT I’ve got to be honest I shake the crap outta my polish and I have never once had a problem. And I have a fairly large collection of many brands. Also I was wondering why you said not to ever cut your cuticles? I see all these Russian nail techs do it and was considering trying it but now I’m not so sure. Do you use gel at all Gabby? I’d love to see a article like this on gel polish. There’s something about it that I’m just not getting. Thanks.
This was helpful for someone like me who is inexperienced/bad at doing my nails. Thank you! Also, I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this tip but I read that if you’re like me and you get polish on the skin around your nails a lot and you don’t want to spend a lot of money on latex nail tape then you can use regular Elmer’s white glue instead. Use a very small brush like for eyeliner (ELF makes one for $1) and paint on a thin layer of glue around your fingernails. Let the glue dry, paint your nails and then when your nails are dry you can peel off the glue and the excess nail polish should come off easily.
this is absolutely the MOST ACCURATE article of do’s and dont’s for nails i have seen. EVERYTHING YOU WENT THROUGH I LEARNED IN COSMETOLOGY a lot of ppl either file their nails on both sides, or they use lotion and dont clean their hands before nail polish which prevents it from drying… like EVER. And a lot of ppl shake the bootle which does cause air bubbles we learned to roll the bottle inside of our palms to prevent this from happening. ANOTHER TIP always clean the mouth of the bottle from the nail polish because it gets sticky, tacky and gunky and it is 1- a lot harder to close and 2- it also damages the nail polish and the brush. So what youll do is take a cotton pad or ball and get some acetone and CAREFULLY clean around it so that it doesnt damage the nail polish.
As a licensed nail technician, some of these tips are true and some of them are not necessary. As for the cuticles, you can cut your cuticles as long as you actually know the difference between your cuticle and your eponychium. For filing, yes you never want to “saw” your nail, but you want to try to only file from the back towards the tip. As for the alcohol, this step is not 100% necessary as long as you know how to properly apply your polish, the only times you need to dry out your nail plate is for acrylics and gels.
As a licensed cosmetologist, I learned that you CAN trim off the cuticle (dead skin) from the nail, but not the eponychium (often confused with the cuticle). Also, one great tip to getting that polish as close as possible to the cuticle area, without flooding or touching it, is to place a small drop of polish and then gently push it with your brush toward the eponychium. Thin coats work best, as they dry more evenly and are not prone to chipping!
My Wonderful Mother taught me to soak my nails after polish in cold water (preferably ice water) in the sink. This dries you nails quicker. Also after painting your nails typing is a good way to let your nails dry as well as driving, both let your nails dry without the miss up on trying to touch things. My nails are like Gabby’s and I’m 58 – practice makes perfect!
Thanks for the article it was helpful never thought about air bubbles when you shake your hands … I have been growing my nails and they are very long now is there anything I can put on my nails without messing them up that would make them look like salon ? Like gel nail polish? Or gel ? Any tips would be appreciated I just don’t want to mess my nails up cause I have grown them out and it has taken a while thank you
Whenever I apply a base coat before applying any nail polish color of my choice my nails never seem to dry they stay tacky even if I put on a top coat to seal the nail polish can someone tell me what I am doing wrong to get my nails to not fully dry? When I apply no base coat my nail polish dries 100% like it should
I have FINALLY found a nail tutorial website that gives clear, concise, easy to follow instructions! Basically, this is how I have been doing my nails for a long time, but there were a couple of little things that were very helpful (and I will adjust in my nail painting routine.) I have used nail drying spray on and off, with mixed results. What are your thoughts on this particular product Gabby? Should I not be using it? Or perhaps I wasn’t using it correctly. If you do recommend using it, what is the best way to do so? Anyway, this article was excellent and I will watch your other tutorials. (I just stumbled across your website! 💜 IT!!!) Thank you so much Gabby, you certainly know what you are doing and are an excellent teacher!! 💅🙂
My mistakes: 1 I do cut my cuticles 2 I do file in both directions 3 I use a cotton ball to remove old polish 4 I don’t use a base coat 5 I do paint the little tip of the nail thing 6 I just do one layer 7 I don’t use a top coat 8 I do shake my nails 9 before I paint my nails I always shake the bottle -so that means that I should just stop doing every single thing I do.
I can’t paint my own nails. Right or left. I mean my left looks a fraction better but not much. How do you get such hard strong nails?? If I care for mine I can get them to grow out but they aren’t like the nail in this clip. I don’t like to spend much on polish. Does it matter all that much? How long did you wait to put all the coats on?
I have done my own nails since I could get my hands on nail polish. This was in the 70’s. I learned it all myself and figured out all of this myself. No articles back then. To this day everyone thinks I had them done in a salon and think they are fake because they can get kind of long. Never had to drop a cent in a nail salon.
All of these tips are gold!! I’ve never been happy with my own work but wow! What a difference some of these tips have made…even waiting for each layer to completely dry made a huge difference in how long my polish lasted. I had one chip in a week and i didn’t even use a base or top coat. I bought some this weekend to help with the longevity but, dang I can’t believe how simple yet helpful these tips are. Highly recommend doing as she says, thank you so much for this article!!!
I have such big cuticles. Always prevents me from the perfect nail polish. I’ve given up nail polish all together now, my nails are so brittle now so they aren’t good to paint anymore. And I have bad nails that I get peeled skin and ingrown nails. So terrible now. I’m trying to use a nail strengthener but find mine doesn’t work anymore. What do you suggest?
Where I’m from, we don’t like how most of foreigners paint their nails, because we hate how their don’t paint the whole nail and leave some space between the nail and the cuticle. We love the messy way because makes the nail polish last longer on our nails. After painting we just clean everything with a stick, cotton and acetone.
I did my first manicure myself (mostly to save money). Everything looked good but a while later I saw bubbles in about eight nails. I only did a base, one color coat and the top coat. I had to move fast as it was warm out and I was afraid that each nail would start to dry before I finished. The hardest part is using my left hand (I’m right handed).
So I don’t know if my problem relates to not knowing about the clear bottom layer but whenever I paint my nails at home, once they’ve dried for over an hour, if light pressure is put on them they will move! They won’t be a liquid but they aren’t solid either. Does anyone know what my problem is and what I can do to fix it?
1. Cuticle oil 2. Massage 3. Push back cuticles 4. File nails (only one way) 5. Wash hands off 6. Get alcohol 7. Apply with paint brush 8.Dont touch 9. Apply base coat 10. Dont shake bottle 11. Roll bottle 12. Start in middle 13. Apply thin coat 14. Dont get it close to cuticle line 15. Cap the tip 16. Let dry 17. Apply 2nd coat 18. Dont cap tip 19. Fix any mistakes 20. Take brush (angled) 21. Brush off extra polish 22. Make sure 2nd coat is dry 23. Apply after coat 24. Let completely dry
I desperately need to know what base coat you use, I was hoping you would say which one you use in the vid or list it in the description! I have been buying and trying a bunch of different base coats and my nails are still getting stained. Please help me so I don’t keep wasting money on inferior nail products!
i dont understand how filing in one direction is supposed to work better than both ways… i understand that it’s safer for the natural nail but every time i try to file like this, it NEVER smooths down and always has weird little points that snag on everything. when i file both ways or even in a gentle circle motion at the tip, i have no issues and it gets really smooth
This is excellent advice. I realized that I’ve been doing almost everything wrong. Lol I use base and top coat, but for a while, my top coat has been cutting into the nail polish and looking awful. I think I was applying the top coat too thick. Anyway, I will definitely be using these tips. Thank you! 😀
Hey! I just need to make a correction on your article around 1:15 in case beginners go out and buy the wrong file! LOW grit nail files are actually the COARSER files! If you are using a high grit file, that means your file is very, very fine, and LESS abrasive. I believe you misspoke in your article. Grit is a measurement of the number of sharp particles per square inch of sandpaper. A 1000 or a 4000 grit nail file would be very smooth and fine because the particles would be very, very, very tiny. A 100 grit nail file, for example, is a much coarser file and is usually not suitable on natural nails. You would most often use this LOW grit file to file down or remove acrylics. If your nail file is coarse, then it is actually low grit – not high grit, as you said around 1:15! No worries though – it is easy to get the two mixed up! However, it is very important to know the difference so beginners don’t go out and buy a low grit nail filer thinking it will be non-abrasive and then tear up their nail edge!
Hhhhhh I really need to figure out how to make my nails stronger so that they don’t break so easily. Like, they’re often flimsy and I struggle with doing things as simple as putting on clothes or combing my hand through my hair without the corner of my nail beginning to break off. Mind you, I don’t bite my nails, and I try my best to keep them neat as much as possible, but it’s not enough. I try to paint my nails to give them extra strength too, but that barely helps. Does anyone have any advice on how to make my nails a bit stronger, or a more efficient method to prevent breaks
I do my nails at home. I didnt want to spend alot on nail polish I usually get 2-5 dollar ones. A hack I did is invest in a GREAT top coat. Yes its pricey at 9-10 bucks but that essie gel setter is my holy grail.im a nurse- It made my nail polish last much longer with multiple washings with this awfully strong liquid soap we use.
Great instructions 👍 I’ve never gotten my nails professionally done, until yesterday. Actually, it wasn’t exactly professionally, but close enough, at an event. At first, I did them on my own. Which, I completely messed it up. The “instructor” didn’t explain things clearly. Anyways, this article helped a lot 🙂
I got a gel starter uv kit and I literally CRIED I had no idea how to use it because even though it was a starter kit there was no actual instructions?? So now my nails area mess and my finger and nail are glued together don’t ask how I did that 💀 I literally thought I was gonna burn my hand off from chemicals or sum. I wanted to paint my nails. I JUST WANTED TO PANT MY NAILS OML 😭✋
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I wipe my nails with an alcohol prep pad before painting them, to remove the oils. Instead of throwing it away right after, I save it to use at the end of my paint job. By that point, it’s just about dry, and I wipe my brush for my top coat on it before I put it back in the bottle, to prevent my top coat from becoming murky. I’ve flooded my cuticles so many times, but I clean around each nail after each coat with a tiny brush and some professional strength nail polish remover. It may take longer than doing the cleanup at the end, but I find that it gives a better result.
tl;dr- use Hoofer’s Choice nail and cuticle cream. a lot of people are complaining about not having a good base to work off of, unhealthy nails that beg to be bitten or picked at. also get TOE NAIL CLIPPERS that are nice and sharp and trim them short until you can train yourself to stop gnawing / until the nail cream helps them grow back in. trim them off straight across. do not file at all and do not buff. you also should try taking vitamin e supplements or a good multivitamin, even if you’re getting all your fruits and vegetables. and maybe try switching to a gentler hand soap for every day use, in case your soap is drying your skin. I learned all this as a kid with chronic nail biting problems. i tried giving myself daily mani/pedis to break the habit but it’s not a ‘habit’ it’s a compulsion. you want to bite your nails because they feel uncomfortable. that’s it. so you have to help them grow in so they won’t ‘hurt’ or bother you all the time anymore. Hoofer’s Choice has herbal oils with proven antibiotic properties as well, so when you have some inflammation on your fingers, it clears it up. works on chaffing and paper cuts on other parts of the body, as well.
1 )wash hands 2 ) get oils of nails so use Rubbing alcohol (any) 3) Make up sponge (Flat) 4) white nail with rubbing alcohol 5) after you do the 4th step do not touch your nail 6) finally apply your base coat 7) get the nail polish color as wished 8) do not Shake bottle so it lasts longer and so air bubbles do not form 9) before starting pinch both sides of the brush of the nail polish so both sides are flat 10) use a new Fresh nail polish so it’s easier to paint your nails 11 ) start in the middle # or optional whichever you want 12)Apply a thin coat
Great tutorial, useful, needed, helpful and has the info most of our mothers never taught us. Many mom’s didn’t use goves to wash dishes or do chores because they just didn’t do their nails. That’s fine if you don’t do your nailsbut don’t be haters of the women who do.NEVER use your nails as tools. Never file your nails into points to make them seem longer or to fix a lopsided broken nail. If you don’t file your nails into the “squareish blocks” you just saw this woman do your nails will not have the stability to grow longer without breaking the next time you sneeze. It’s more than a fashion choice. It’s to create the stability needed to have 10 nails the same length. If I do happen to break a nail I avoid dialing 911 by keeping a box of good faux nails to glue one on to even them up unil the broken nail grows out. Other than that I won’t use faux nails as I will run into a fungus issue or the glue gives out and off they fly into your pasta & it’s like being exposed for wearing dentures. Keep your nails polished at all times and they will grow, most likely, into the beautiful nails on the host of this article. One last tip — never buy nail color because it looks pretty in the bottle. Only buy color that complements your skin tone. And personally, glitter nail polishes are for 4 yr olds, not adults. I would shoot myself in the foot before I put glitter nail polish on my nails, or perhaps if I were going trick or treating..the trend of painting each nail a different color, or painting just one a different color is not attractive, looks ghetto and demonstrates zero sophistication.
Pls help my nails are really hard and could be like yours but they ALWAYS break and I‘m SO SICK OF IT, everytime they start getting a lil longer one nail decides to just give up and then I have to file them all on one lengh and the same shit starts all over again, I even bought a $15 base coat for fragile nails but it did not help
Hey there! Re: cuticle cutters. I know you mentioned don’t cut cuticles, but I have crazy awful cuticles! Long, uneven, multiple layers, and when I push them back there is a long cuticle that sticks up. Plus there are usually multiple little cuticle fly always around the nails that if I dont cut, they pull and bleed. Suggestions???
Great advice Gabby…thank you for sharing this. I have a question..i bought numerous different types of indie topcoats and have issues with them. One loses its shine and then forms cracked lines and around the corners of the nail tip the polish chips off. The other looks great and promising but by day 2 is flaking off. Am I doing something wrong?
Awe, thank you so much for these tips. I am truly an amateur with my nails and I do cut my cuticles because they get SO DRY and they crack out here in the dry high desert. Your results are lovely but I have to be real here; I’m not feeling that ridge of cuticle you’ve created at the base of your nail. Before I knew what you were doing, I honestly thought it was a small line of rubber cement or something you used to protect the cuticle from getting polish on it. Something you would peel off later, after your manicure. 😔
Every year or so, I get the urge to finally do my nails, only for my brand new nail polish to come out lumpy with those sticky string things clinging to the bottle opening. It never ever looks like these articles no matter what brand I use. I then remember how much I hate doing nails and forget about it for another year. It’s a vicious cycle.
I saw an immediate don’t at the first nail picture, you left such a huge gap! Looks grown out already. I hate when the salon does that, don’t need to walk out looking like it’s time to go back already. There’s a definite medium between going over the skin in a mess and starting too far up the nail like this.
So with the brush to clean up, is it best to use a natural fiber brush or synthetic? I’ve tried using a brush for clean up before and really gotten nowhere with it. Is it the brush that makes the difference or is it the acetone? I’ve used nail polish remover so do I keep the brushes I have and just switch to acetone?
Is there a type of formula that last longer – for instance does having giltter in the polish extend the wear time more than regular polish? Or does having an irredescence in the formula extend the time between mani’s? I’m hard on my hards and nails and looking for something that doesn’t show as much chipping. I tried nudes but don’t really love the look.
I paint my nails weirdly, but it works for me. Imma try to describe it the best I can. I place the polish brush at the middle near the cuticle of the nail and slide only a little bit of the way down the nail. Then I go back to the original spot and turn the brush like 45* to follow the direction of the cuticle. I paint down my nail turning the brush with the cuticle until it ends up in the normal direction. I do the same on the other side. Then I go down the middle completely to neaten it, if there is any lines I’ll go over it quickly to fix them. I find it works the best for me, and I guess the brushes also. And if I get a really cheap polish with a huge and flat brush I HAVE to turn the brush to get the rounded end at the cuticle.
Sorry if someone already said this but wanted to drop this as a fun fact; ‘high grit’ actually means it’s less rough, since ‘grit’ is a rough count of # of stones per area! So a lower grit means fewer, rougher stones on the paper and higher grits mean more stones which gives the appearance of a flatter surface and therefore is less rough