Shoe Nail Art | Tutorial

I know that my freehand isn’t the greatest which is probably why I’ve put this shoe nail art design off for a while. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, so I finally took the plunge in creating this design. I’m sure if you give this a go it will turn out a lot neater. If you do try this design out tag me (@theNailChronicle) or leave a comment below.

The Base

I used 5 different colours for this design. You could use any colours you like or just use a single colour. I think both options would look great. I used Nails Inc Polish including:

• Blue – Baker Street
• Green – Queen Victoria Street
• Orange – Porchester Place
• Purple – St John’s Wood
• Pink – St James Park
• Black – Black Taxi

I applied the colours on the matching fingers for each hand (ie the blue was applied to my thumb on both hands). I was going to just apply one coat as I was only going to wear this design for a few days but felt the colours needed a little more opacity so I added a second coat.

Once completely dry I used french manicure guidelines applied to the base of my nail to create a curved black base on the nail. This created the tip of the shoe.

Shoe Nail Art

The next stage made use of my dotting tools. I started with a medium-large sized dotting tool to create the points where the laces would go. I made six dots on each nail trying to keep them in line. If you have short nails you could either just add 4 dots or make the dots smaller.

Switching to my smallest dotting tool I began to add the laces in. This was the hardest step for this design. If you are more comfortable I would use a small brush for this step.

Let the polish dry for a while and then add a coat of clear polish. This will also smooth any bumps left from using the manicure guide stickers.

Overall

This was such a fun design to create! I ended up only creating the design on my right hand because I loved the effect of having the black lines at the bottom of each colour. I’m thinking that I might create something similar but with a single colour.

Let me know in the comments would you attempt this design? If you do don’t forget to share your design in the comments below!

For more nail check out my other designs: A bugs life – Nail Art Tutorial

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