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Nails on Fire

September 4, 2016 2 Comments Written by Lauren

I originally posted my fire drag/watermarble design back in June, and have had several requests for a tutorial. After  few months, I’ve finally done it!

 

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Video for the middle nail:

 

 

I decided to use a white base after finding that the flames didn’t show up too well against a dark background.

 

runrunlolo.com | nails on fire

 

As a forewarning, I struggled A LOT with this design this time around. I have no idea how it came so easily the first time, but this round I went through tons of messed up “pulls” and had to remove and redo polish a number of times. So in the end I don’t love these flames as much as the first ones I did, but this is where my patience ends 🙂

 

The process:

  •  Choose your colours ( I used red, orange, yellow, and black, in various orders) and have them with the caps unscrewed, ready to go
  • Also have a clear polish handy to create the blank “drawing space” in the centre of your bullseye
  • Cover your finger, front and back, with liquid latex or tape, up to your second knuckle, and let it dry.
  • Apply 5 to 10 drops of colour followed by a drop or two of clear polish to the water. You want the rings to be fairly narrow so you can draw at least three colours into the flame.
  • Using a needle tool or toothpick, gently pull flame shapes out of the polish ring. You’ll have time for a couple of attempts if you’re quick in building the bullseye.
  • Repeat this step 10,000 times until you get a shape you like.
  • When you finally get a shape you like and that fits your nail, turn the bowl until you have a good angle to dip your nail.
  • Gently dip your nail in tip first at a 45-degree angle and hold it under the water while you clean up the excess polish using a toothpick. Pull your finger out of the water at the same angle to help prevent picking up any excess polish still in the water.
  • Carefully remove the liquid latex – I like to pull it away from the nail first and then back down onto my finger until it curls up into a ring, and then carefully use scissors to cut the ring.
  • Clean up any bits remaining around your cuticle and then gently apply a layer of top coat.

 

Insta video:

 

A video posted by Lauren (@runrunlolo) on Sep 4, 2016 at 6:21pm PDT

 

Products used

  • Base coat: Unt Ready for Takeoff (peel off base coat)
  • Essie Coconut Cove for the white base
  • Ceramic Glaze Russian Rouge
  • Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed
  • Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow
  • China Glaze Liquid Leather
  • Essence the Gel Absolute Pure (clear polish)
  • Seche Vite (quick dry gel effect top coat)

 

I would love to see some other people try this technique. There are some amazing artists out there and I know some of you are watermarble witches so I’d love to see what you can do!

 

Until next time

 

L

 

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2 Comments

  1. Pretty Pixy Pretty Pixy
    September 5, 2016    

    I love the tutorial, your design is gorgeous and i love the way you worked it so the flames really pop! I wonder if this design would work if the marble was left to dry and applied like a decal? Then more than one nail might be done from the one pattern? I might try that and see if it works, thank you very very much for this excellent post 😀

    Reply
    • Lauren Lauren
      September 5, 2016    

      Thank you so much! I think applying it as a decal is a great idea – not only could you do multiple nails, you could also control the placement and avoid stretching the design as you dip your nail. Genius 🙂

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