Nail Art

No woman is fully dressed without the perfect manicure: it’s the final touch, the must-have accessory to any outfit. And today, spectacular nails mean more than a coat of pink polish. It’s fashion art, with a world of fabulous colors, unique patterns, and gorgeous embellishments to choose from. These 35 designs are eye-catching and ultra-stylish, whether you’re looking to liven up an everyday look or get glam for a special occasion. Novices needn’t worry, either, because every project—from sparkling Champagne Chic to the wintry, Christmasy Snappy Snowflakes—includes easy-to-follow instructions and handy step-by-step photos, and most are really simple to create. Have a spooky Halloween with black-and-white cobwebbed nails; hail the red-white-and blue and stars-and-stripes forever with Positively Patriotic; and celebrate the coming of spring with vintage fancy flowers. Go wild with animal prints, like leaping leopard spots or zebra zigzags on your "claws." And even if you can’t make it to Hawaii, your nails can, with designs featuring the island’s famed hibiscus. Whether you’re choosing elegant, wedding-ready pearly bubbles or playful retro dots and fun characters, every pattern here makes an unforgettable statement. Tips on nail care, products, and basic manicures (including a French one) help you keep your hands in tip-top shape. One thing’s for sure: with this art on your nails, you’ll never want to wear gloves again!

YALSA Quick Pick Award Winner #1 New York Times Bestseller The cure for the common mani! Black Lace. Summer Citrus. Hot Pink Zebra. Get ready for nails that will get you noticed! Catherine Rodgers, creator of the popular nail art YouTube Channel Totally Cool Nails, shares her secrets in DIY Nail Art. Packed with easy-to-follow instructions and helpful tips for recreating Catherine's stunning looks, you can create one-of-a-kind nail art designs without ever stepping inside a nail salon. Inside this colorful guide to all things nails, you'll find seventy-five eye-catching designs including never-before-seen styles like Argyle, Light Burst, and Spiderweb Nails. Complete with step-by-step photographs so you can nail your look every time, DIY Nail Art will have you saying goodbye to the nail salon--and hello to fashion-forward nails at home!

NAIL ART WORKBOOK

Nail Art is a lavishly illustrated, full colour exploration of nail art in all its weird and wonderful variations. It highlights the talents, tools and creativity behind this expressionistic art form and looks at its impact on celebrity culture and competitive exhibitions. Featuring freehand designs, fashion-forward nail styles and eye-catching fantasy creations crafted for the competition arena, it looks at nail art through history, from ancient China and India to the early 1900s when car paint inspired new colours for commercial nail art. It goes on to consider nail art in relation to modern fashion and celebrity culture, showing different styles of nail art including expressionistic, fantasy and nail wraps, featuring the work of prominent nail artists throughout.

Say hello to fabulous nail art designs you can create! It's time to get your nails noticed! Catherine Rodgers, the creator of the popular nail art YouTube Channel Totally Cool Nails, shows you how to paint one-of-a-kind nail art designs right in your own home. With her guidance and helpful tips, you'll create 50 super-stylish nail art designs like Starfish, Rainbow Wave, Candy Heart, and Watermelon Nails. She also shares her secrets for giving yourself the perfect manicure, including how to prep your nails, use popular nail art tools, and personalize the designs. Whether you're looking for a super-stylish pattern or a fun holiday nail art design, this guide has a fantastic option for every occasion and mood. Complete with step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs of each project, Totally Cool Nails gives you awesome nails--every time!

Nail artist Ami Vega shows you how to turn your nails into miniature works of art. From simple designs to more complex work, you can have a manicure that’s runway ready. One of the rising stars in the world of beauty, Ami offers great advice on growing and maintaining healthy nails, polished off with step-by-step instruction on 50 fabulous and unique nail art designs. Throughout Designer Nails, she shares professional inside tips on the products used and easy ways to build a nail art tool kit for home use. Ami leads the you through such aspects of proper nail care as: • the correct preparation of nails • choosing and achieving the proper nail shape • the techniques needed to achieve healthy nails • how to properly prepare your “canvas” for art • maintaining your manicure The heart of Designer Nails presents 50 different nail looks that vary in difficulty and detail, from simple geometrics on natural nails to detailed lace patterns on long stiletto nails.

With the current movement for extreme and individualistic beauty, nail art is a way to make your own personal statement as well as turn your nails into the hottest fashion accessories around. In The Nail Art Sourcebook, you will find hundreds of ideas for designs using a full range of effects, all of which you can do yourself or take to a nail technician to execute professionally. The sourcebook opens with an introduction that covers the basic techniques and tools you'll need to re-create the designs, including how-to steps on adding adornments such as glitter, gemstones and foils as well as methods for stencilling, stamping and three-dimensional work. A nail art gallery of over 500 designs, organized thematically, follows, with themes that vary from graphic stripes, chevrons and dots to floral and nature motifs, as well as tribal patterns and animal prints. Not only is nail art a great way to enhance your look for a special occasion or make a fashion statement, it's a fulfilling way to explore your creative potential.

This Nail Art Nails Design book is ideal for helping plan your perfect Nail Art Designs. This is a book of BLANK CHARTS to use for sketching & planning out Nail Art design ideas. Use the template pages in this book to design every detail of your Nail Art Nails Designs. Space for Color Names and Notes. Additional Dot Grid pages also allow you to create extra sketches, paste in images, keep further notes, and brainstorm additional elements of your Nail Design style. Makes a perfect keepsake to record and remember all your favorite Nail Art Styles. Features: Oval Nails Pages Stiletto Nails Pages Square Nails Pages Space to Record Color Palette Colors and Brands Dot Grid Pages Special Keepsake Reliable standards Book industry perfect binding (the same standard binding as the books in your local library). Tough Matte Full-color SOFT cover. Crisp white paper, with quality that minimizes ink bleed-through. The book is great for either pen or pencil users.