Tag: dry brush

This week, I’m sharing some nail art I created using a drybrush technique.  It’s done exactly the way it sounds: you use a dry paint brush to create and abstract, multi-colored, brush-stroke effect on your nails.

I used:

• Scotch tape
• Ulta Snow White
• China Glaze Refresh-Mint
• OPI Keeping Suzy at Bay
• OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook
• Pastel Nail Studs
• Seche Vite Top Coat
• Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art Pen in White
• Small, flat top paint brush (easy to find in your local craft store)
• Paper towel
• Aluminum foil (or some other surface to place dots of nail polish on that you can then dip your brush into)

First I taped off the lower portion of several nails to keep them bare and unpainted. I then added two coats of Snow White on each nail as a base coat. After putting a small puddle of the green and blue colors I’d be using on a piece of tin foil. I dipped the very dry brush into the first color, and painted a few strokes onto the nail. I repeated this process with the different colors on the same nail, wiping the brush off on a piece of paper towel between color-switches. I then repeated this same process on each nail. Once everything was dry, I added a top coat and placed several nail studs on each half-painted nail to add a bit of interest.

A day or so later, I wanted to add a little somethin’ somethin’, and used a while I Heart Nail Art Pen to draw some designs over the top of the drybrush pattern.

Happy Hump Day!