Pretty Rose Nail Pattern

Just wanted to talk about a rose nail design I have been rocking a couple days ago.

I was on a girly kick so decided to do up my nails in pretty pink with 2 accent nails – one with roses and the other with pink glitter and lines (please note my impressive descriptive skills! *eyeroll* LOL)

The roses are pretty easy to master as I just looked though a couple of nail tutorials on youtube to learn the easiest technique.

There are a couple of items that you will need for this look – base & top coat, white, green, dark pink & light pink polish, a dotting tool and a toothpick.

From the picture above, I’ve just included a little step-by-step guide on how to recreate the rose design –

Step 1

After prepping your nail with a base coat, just apply 2 coats of any white nail polish. Let it be touch-dry before going on to the next step.

Step 2

Use a darker pink shade and create the flower shape with a dotting tool or by carefully using the tip of the nail polish brush.

Step 3

Take a light pink polish and using the same technique as above, place the colour beside the earlier dark pink shape.

Step 4

While both polishes are still wet, quickly take a toothpick with some white polish on the tip and carefully swirl it around the dark and light pink shapes. This will create a rose-like effect.

Step 5

Now for the leaves, again take the toothpick with  green polish on the tip and make tiny strokes at the side of the flowers. This will pull the design together and will make it more realistic.

Finally, leave it for at least 5 minutes before applying a top coat to seal everything. If you immediately put the top coat on before the polishes are dry, you’ll risk smearing the design!

As for the lines on the glitter nail, I used some nail striping tape to get the clean lines I wanted. If you don’t have a striping tape, I think the glitter nail looks good on its own too J