Tuesday, October 18, 2011

tutorial :: chevron nails


After seeing this tutorial for chevron nails (and realizing I didn't have the zig zag plate in my kit) I decided to do my own version. All you need is some regular nail polish and a nail pen! Here's what I did...

Paint your nails as you normally would. I have a white nail pen so I choose light-ish colours for my base. I think it would look really cute with even lighter base colours, the look would be more subtle.

Get our your nail pen. Starting at the bottom of your nail, draw line after line of zig zags until your whole nail is covered. You can make them as close together as you would like. Unless you have a helper you will also need to draw some zig zags with your "wrong" hand. Surprisingly it isn't that hard, it is just a little slower than your "right" hand.

Look how cute!

Have fun! Send me a photo if you try this!

♥elycia

36 comments:

  1. This is so cute!!! And we have the same nail art pen! ^_^ Except mine is all dried up. :( I need a new one ASAP so I can try this!

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  2. these are so cute! i have such an unsteady hand :(

    <3 steffy
    http://steffysprosandcons.blogspot.com

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  3. They look very cute! Love the pastel colours :)

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  4. this is AH dooorable. i will be trying this one out ASAP!

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  5. oh I love it! there are so many cute nail tutorials that I want to try, I'll need to change my polish everyday! ;-) Have a great day Elycia!

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  6. Hmm, a nail pen you say? Must find this!
    xo,
    wink

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  7. so so cute! I've been wanting to buy nail pens but just can't get myself to spend money on it..haha. I will have to try this out sometime when I stop being so cheap! :) -Lo

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  8. I loved that tutorial when I saw it too but didn't have the zig zag plate either-your version is so cute! I can't wait to try this!

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  9. I've never really felt like I needed a nail pen before, but this is going to send me over the edge. Chevrons coming up!

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  10. That is so adorable! I can't have my nails painted because I'm a waitress and some healthcode says we can't...but if I could I totally would!
    xo,
    jessie

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  11. I need a nail art pen! I almost bought one the other day, then decided against b/c I didn't think I'd ever use it. But I love this! And it sounds so simple. Thanks for the tip!

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  12. eeeep!!
    This is so cute!!
    I may have to try this!

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  13. Great idea! I never paint my nails, but I might just have to try this :)

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  14. I think yours came out way cuter than the tutorial. Just sayin'. Do you know what nail pens are vegan? I wanna pick one up.

    xo
    kittee

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  15. This is such a cute variation on my tutorial - love the hand-drawn look!!! Thanks for linking my diy, by the way!!!

    - Lindsay

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  16. Oh, and I freaking LOVE YOUR HAIR!!!

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  17. i need to get those pens, makes doing little details like that so much easier. really really hard to get tiny things done with a huge nail polish brush. i love this and will for sure try it!
    xo,
    cb

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  18. Gah, I LOVE this! Such a cute idea- I need to head to the store and get myself a nail pen so I can try this out! Thanks so much for sharing this idea with us!

    <3LJ
    http://littlemisslj.blogspot.com/

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  19. I might have to get some of those pens. I'd love to do detailed nail drawing. Yours are always quite adorable! :)

    -Sara-

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  20. These look so cute! Ah, I am definitely painting them this way!

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  21. SO cute! Sadly, I don't have any good nail polish, or even a nail pen :( I will do this is I ever get one, though! :D
    -charlotte

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  22. This is so cute! I need to try this as well! And I love the grey-ish nailpolish!! May I ask which brand you've used? It's perfect!

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  23. This looks way less complicated than doing it with a nail kit!

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  24. ahoj, prosím tě jakou značku barev na vlasy používáš ? Jsou to krásné barvy

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  25. Hi, I ask you what brand of hair color do you use? They are beautiful colors

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  26. kitty bee berns: please don't yell at me but I didn't get a vegan nail pen :( i don't know if they exist. I haven't transferred my vegan-ness over to nail polish yet! I know I should.

    daphinitly: it is essie and the colour is chinchilly, it is one of my favourites!

    anonymous: i use manic panic and punky colors. The way my hair looks now is kind of mixture of a bunch of different colours from those brands.

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  27. Pretty!wanna do this in purple and torquoise!

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  28. Love this. Chevron has been my favorite lately:)

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  29. this is amazing. i love the third picture. so cute. xD =)

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