Blue Patchwork
What I Used:
Barry M Nail Paint – Cyan Blue, Indigo, Spring Green – £2.99 each
Barry M Basecoat & Topcoat – £2.99
Barry M Nail Art Pen – Black – £4.99
Technic Nail Polish – South Pacific – 99p
Essie Matte About You Mattifying Top Coat – £7.99
Tutorial
Difficulty – 6/10
This one will be a bit tricky if you don’t have a nail art pen, although it is possible to do with a nail art brush or even with your usual nail polish brush. This is a very versatile design too, try experimenting with different colours and shapes! If you get stuck at any point just use the picture of my design above as a guide.
1. Apply base coat.
2. Apply two coats of your base colour – I used South Pacific.
3. Paint on various shapes with your other colours – I chose to use three but you can use as many as you want. I wouldn’t recommend using less than three colours altogether though. Try to keep the ratio of colours even so that you don’t have too much or too little of any particular colour – also remember to leave some of your base colour showing!
4. Draw lines between the shapes using either a black nail art pen or with black nail polish, applied with either the normal polish brush or a nail art brush. I would recommend using a nail art pen or brush as it’s easier to get more precise lines.
5. Apply stitch marks here and there on the lines to create that ‘sewn up’ effect.
6. Apply mattifying top coat.
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