Wednesday, May 21, 2014

One Color - Three Simple Nail Designs Gelish Tahiti Hottie

Hi everyone!
I'm starting to experiment with nail art ideas using colors from Gelish's new Colors Of Paradise Collection.
I'm in love with the bright purple color called Tahiti Hottie, so I prepared three easy nail designs with it. This color is great for any time of the year, but especially for summer!

Manicure #1:

I applied Tahiti Hottie on all my nails, except the ring finger. On the ring finger I applied a coat of Gelish Waterfield and cured it. Then I applied random dots with a large and small sized dotting tool, using all other colors from the collection- Gelish Lime All The Time, Mali Blu-Me away, Rockin' The Reef, Tahiti Hottie, Rub Me The Sarong Way and Pacific Sunset. Then I cured the dots, applied top coat and cured the top. The design is nothing new- it is pretty easy, but the effect is pretty colorful and eye catching.


Gelish-Simple-Nail-Design
Gelish Tahiti Hottie


Manicure #2:

For this design I tried a new to me gel polish marbling technique, which turned out pretty cool. 
(For another gel polish marbling technique please click here).
On all my nails except I have Gelish Tahiti Hottie. On my ring finger I applied a coat of Gelish Arctic Freeze and cured it. Then I applied a second coat of Arctic Freeze (which I did not cure) and with a small dotting tool I applied horizontal rows of dots using all colors from Colors Of Paradise Collection. From top to bottom the colors are: Rockin' the Reef (coral), Pacific Sunset (pink), Lime All The Time (neon lime color), Rub Me The Sarong Way (teal) and Tahiti Hottie (purple). With a small detail brush I dragged the colors from inside to outside, making sure that I don't mix them together, but just blend each color with the uncured white (for this purpose clean the brush after marbling each color). Then I cured the design and here is what it looked like:



Gelish-Marble-nail-art-technique
Gelish Tahiti Hottie


After that I decided to draw some zebra stripes using a thin striping brush and black acrylic paint. After the paint dried, I applied top coat and cured it. Here is the finished design:



Gelish-Zebra-Nail-Art-Design
Gelish Tahiti Hottie


Manicure #3:

For this manicure I have Gelish Arctic Freeze on my ring finger and Gelish Tahiti Hottie on the rest of my nails. For this design I used a striping brush and drew some stripes in different colors over the white color on the ring finger. For the first layer of stripes I used Gelish - Lime All The Time, Tahiti Hottie and Mali Blu-Me Away and I cured the lines, then for the second layer of stripes, going the opposite direction I used Gelish - Rockin' The Reef, Rub Me The Sarong Way and Pacific Sunset and I cured it. After than I applied top coat and cured it. I like that the color stripes, applied over the white polish look more vibrant.



Gelish-Nail-Art-Designs
Gelish Tahiti Hottie

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