Spring/Summer Floral Pastel Nail Art

I just felt very nice about the weather in the UK these days. Its officially spring here and I decided to paint my nails a Spring/Summer floral pastel nail art. I love doing nail arts, it makes me happy just by looking at it though I need to spent 2 hours on it. 

It might look complicated but honestly, It is really easy to do and I will show you step by step to create this nail art. 

Nail Polishes

Obviously you can use whichever brand/colour you want for the flowers and designs but these are the one I chose, from left to the right:

Base Coat: Sally Hansen Double Duty Strengthening Base & Top Coat

Top Coat: Revlon ColorStay Gel Envy Diamond Top Coat 

Mint: Makeup Revolution Nail Polish (Cool Days)

White: Barry M Nail Paint (Matt White)

Green: Barry M Gelly High Shine Nail Paint (Kiwi)

Bright Yellow: MAKE UP Gallery (Sunshine Yellow)

Light Pink: NCLA Nail Lacquer (Like...Totally Valley Girl)

Nail Tools

I keep my nail tools as minimal as possible to make this nail art easy. If you don't have a nail dotting tool and a brush, you can substitute them by using the end of a bobby pin and a toothpick! Who say you can't do nail art without professional nail tools? ;)

Start by protecting your nails with a good base coat. Always use base coat before applying other colours, it helps to extend the life of your nail art so it can lasts longer. Yes, it is as important as the top coat at the end to lock up all your hard work!

Once the base coat is dry, you can start applying your preferred base colour, I have used the mint colour here but you can use any pastel colour you like. This mint colour really reminds me of the Essie Mint Candy Apply, I think it is a good dupe for it. Not to mention Makeup Revolution nail polish only costs £1 only!

Nail arts

The best and fun part I always enjoy is to experiment nail arts, I only did 2 different style which is really simple to do it yourself!

Start from Left to Right

Make sure you give enough time for each colour to dry off before you start applying another colour. I decided to paint white horizontal lines on it. Then when the whites are dry, apply the pink on the half of it and this will make the pink pop even more.  

Start by using your nail dotting tool, or bobby pin to make 3-4 small dots on your nails so it resembles the petals of the flower. A bright yellow nail polish helps the nail art comes alive and lastly, you might need a nail brush or a toothpick to draw the leaves of the flower, 3 of them on each corner is what I did.

After everything is done, leave it a good 15 mins for everything to dry, then seal it off with a good top coat to give it a beautiful shine. A good top coat can affect how long your nail art will lasts so it is crucial to invest one! 

Hope the pictures explain better and hope you can re-create this design in many different colours that screams out spring! :)

Thanks for reading! xx

alicelovey.