Three Valentine’s Designs

Follow this step-by-step guide to create three different Valentine’s nail art designs!

Design 1

First, apply pink builder gel to the nail, carving a heart shape with your brush before the gel cures.

Sprinkle chameleon flakes into the heart shape you created in the gel.

Apply a colour of your choosing (here we have a deep purple) to the nail’s smile line. Add some sparkles or flakes here as well before it cures. Build with a clear builder gel and shape the nail.

Add to your heart design by painting delicately around it, embellishing where you please on the nail. Make sure not to cover the heart, and cure.

To finish, top coat the nail and use gem gel to add some metal elements and/or crystals!

Design 2

On your built and shaped nail, apply a colour of your choice. Carve heart designs into this layer before curing, and then cure.

Add a thin layer of clear gel inside the carved hearts. Add chameleon flakes or a glitter of your choice on top of this thin layer and then flash cure. Apply a thick top coat layer to even out the surface. Cure and buff the nail.

Outline your hearts using the one stroke technique. To do this, make sure that one side of your brush has a colour gel while the other side has clear gel and paint around each side of the hearts in one smooth motion. This technique gives your hearts a see-through effect. Cure the nail.

Outline your hearts in white, then cure.

To add dimension to the design and brighten up the nail, apply some neon colour to the biggest heart, then cure.

Complete this design by applying a top coat and adding metal elements or Swarovski crystals with gem gel!

Design 3

Start this design by applying pink builder gel to the top of the nail. Leaving space in between, apply another curved section about three quarters of the way down. Cure the nail.

Apply a thin layer of clear builder gel over the nail and add chameleon flakes in the spaces left between the pink builder gel sections. Flash cure the nail. Continue to build the nail with clear gel, shape and cure.

Using the one stroke technique like in design two, paint a heart in the center of the two pink builder gel sections. Cure the nail.

Outline your heart in white, adding swirls and curves all around it. Cure.

Top the design with sparkles, then cure and top coat. Finish off your creation by using gem gel to add metal elements or Swarovski crystals!