NOTW: Does this rule?? Corset does!!

Posted by dublek on Sunday, August 29, 2010

Corsets are very much in season so why not wear them on our nails as well? Here I will guide you to create a corset design that's not as hard as it looks. Of course you can use a different colour scheme than the one I'm wearing to make the design suit your tastes.

So, here's what I used:

~ e.l.f. Clear nail polish

~ e.l.f. Lilac nail polish

~ florelle Laque plus 36 nail polish (black)

~ Ideal Nail Design nail art polish (sparkly black)

~ Elegant Touch Diamond Protect & Shine Top Coat

~ Revlon Cuticle Moisture Oil

~ Violet tear-drop rhinestones

~ Rhinestone nipper

~ Dotting tool

~ Nail art brush

Procedure:

Start by applying a coat of clear polish on your bare nails. This serves as a base coat.

Next, paint 2 - 3 coats of the lilac nail varnish, allowing enough time for the polish to dry between coats. I applied 3 coats.

When this is completely dry, carefully thin out the colour on the black nail polish applicator against the bottle's neck and apply two stripes, one on each side of the tip of your finger-nail.

Take the nail art brush and dip it into some black nail polish and create a criss-cross design in between the two black stripes.

With the dotting tool, paint 2 - 3 dots on the black stipes.

Fix the tear-drop rhinestones opposite each other and just under the criss-crosses with some clear nail varnish. I use a rhinestone nipper to pick the rhinestones and place them on my nails (you can get one at a cheap price from ebay; alternatively use a toothpick or an ordinary pair of tweezers).

Taking the nail art brush once more and dipping it into the black nail polish, draw two bow ribbons underneath the rhinestones and with the sparkly black nail polish, go round the stripes and also put a drop in between the rhinestones to make it look more like a bow.

Ta da!!!! Sexy corseted nails in a few minutes!!!