Braceface Nail Art

This was a great suggestion from LittleMonsterx14. I remembered this cartoon once she suggested it! I really enjoyed it growing up. 

Some info from wikipedia:

 "Braceface is a Canadian animated series that aired on Teletoon in Canada, and on Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States, as well as Pop Girl in Australia. It is produced by American actress Alicia Silverstone. Sharon Spitz is the main character of the series. Like most girls, Sharon sometimes does get into trouble and messes up like every other teen, but she always learns from her mistakes and sets things right in the end, no matter what the situation. Sharon is also known to be a clumsy girl and, would usually end up embarrassing herself somehow."

My poor planning lead to her face not fitting entirely on my nail. I wanted to include her cute smile since her braces were the whole point behind the title. So I just made braces run across the tips of my other nails. The blue is China Glaze Bahamian Blue and the rest are acrylic paints.

 Her face came out a little jaundiced looking because the yellow paint doesn't agree with anything being put on top of it. So the yellow from her hair bled through the beige face color by the time I took my pictures.

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Tale Spin

Were you a fan of Tale Spin? The series with characters adapted from "The Jungle Book," I chose to focus on the logo and Baloo.

 Base polish is Essie Navigate Her, all the rest of the details were done with acrylic paints.

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Bonkers Nail Art

Another cartoon look. This one is lesser known, but I remember being a fan. 

It aired from 1993-1995 on the Disney Channel. 

From wikipedia - "The premise of the series was that Bonkers D. Bobcat, an anthropomorphic bobcat who was a popular cartoon star had washed out of show business and became a cop. He was made the junior partner of Detective Lucky Piquel, a grim and ill-tempered human who hates toons. Throughout the series, the pair work together to solve crimes in the Hollywood, Los Angeles, California region. Bonkers repeatedly tried to win Piquel's praise, but usually just ended up ruining missions with his antics."

I painted Bonker's face on my thumb nail, then my ring nail is an outline of a police shield with the logo name across it. Polishes used - Orly Snowcone, Shimmer Polish Maria, OPI Honey Ryder, & Kiss Nail Art Striper in black. All the rest are acrylic paints.

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Herbie The Love Bug Inspired

Anybody else love these movies as a kid? I loved watching the ones from the 60s, I wasn't as big a fan of the Lindsay Lohan versions.

These nails were inspired by his racing stripes and number.

 

 

Tutorial:

I used 3 coats of Lime Crime Milky Ways and then I topped it with a coat of Seche Vite to speed things along. I waited about 10 minutes before applying the striping tape. I started along the middle of my nail and applied one piece. Then a second piece touching along the side of the first piece. Place the next piece with enough spacing to accommodate another imaginary piece of tape between them. And repeat again with skipping another imaginary space.

Then I used a small nail art brush to apply Sally Hansen Insta Dri Rapid Red & Sinful Colors Rainstorm. 

Then I removed all of the strips of tape EXCEPT for the very first strip. That one I trimmed with some cuticle nippers to the edges of my nail. Top with Seche Vite topcoat.

 Voila!

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Disney's Up

One of the best movies put out by Disney in a long time. Love, love, love it!

I have an array of "balloons" on my ring finger nail. Just dots of acrylic paints and tiny white lines as the strings.

I started with a base of light blue polish and sponged on white clouds.

I painted Carl on my thumb. He's just so cute. I'm quite proud of him :)

Here is a breakdown of painting his face. Hopefully it helps you if you'd like to recreate him. 

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Disney Cars - Mater

I couldn't do the movie Cars without featuring Mater! He's my favorite character from the movie!

I really like the plain nails that mimic the rusty antique metal.

 

Here's how I did it.

Paint nails with 2 coats of Essie Very Structured

Randomly sponge on Barielle Coco Bar, Zoya Dea, Essie Penny Talk, & Barielle Sweet Addiction.

Begin the outline for his eyes and mouth with black acrylic paint.

White acrylic paint.

I used a shimmery green matte polish for his eyes iris'. Then defined his back teeth with gray acrylic paint.

Add black pupils and a white shine spot, then topcoat the whole thing with Seche Vite.

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Disney Cars - Lightning McQueen

More Disney!

(Cars was requested by Rachel Dodge through my suggestion box at the bottom of my page.) 

 The gradient/fade on the numbers was a little tricky, but it came out great!

Tutorial?

I started with Sally Hansen Insta Dri Rapid Red

Black acrylic paint here

 

White and yellow acrylic paint. I added more Rapid Red to the "hubcaps".

 

Various acrylic paints and Sinful Colors Rainstorm for his blue eyes.

 

Two coats of Seche Vite topcoat to even everything out!

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Disney Lilo & Stitch Nail Art

Getting back into the cartoon nail art swing of things! Lilo and Stitch is a perfect excuse to use various hibiscus nail art stamps too....

I used the Wet N Wild Saved By The Bell themed collection as my base polishes. I used 3 or 4 different image plates for all of the different flowers and leaves. I wrote "Ohana" in cursive on my ring finger nail, because hopefully you remember: "Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." 

A freehand Stitch on my thumb nail. I started taking tutorial pictures, but ended up accidentally skipping too many steps, so it didn't make sense... :(

 OMG he's just so cute!

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Disney Dumbo French Tips

Disney's Dumbo! Who can say they didn't love that cute baby elephant? I want to get back into doing more cartoon manicures, so I'm easing back in. These are inspired by his little neck ruffle collar. Then I perched his little hat on my thumb.

Here is the step by step of how to do the ruffle nails. I used China Glaze Recycle, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Rapid Red, and Sinful Colors striper in black. The yellow is acrylic paint.

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Disney Princess French - Tiana Inspired

Here's another princess design! I painted her as her frog version self on my thumb. I hoped it would turn out better, but I should have used a different background (it's Orly Ancient Jade). 

It simply blends in too much... :(

I started with masking off my tips and painting Essie Navigate Her.

Then I stamped an image from Konad m36 with Orly Ancient Jade 

(it transferred very lightly which was my intent)

Then I took China Glaze Adore and used my smallest dotting tool to go along the french tip.

Topped it with Seche Vite topcoat.

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Disney Princess French - Belle Inspired

A random throw back to my Disney Princess Inspired french tip nail art design series. 

I wanted to try out Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

I started with Duri Rejuvacote as my base coat.

Then applied Barielle Lemondrops as a french tip. Freehand or use tape, whatever you prefer.

Then I mixed up some acrylic paint to be just a little darker yellow. I painted this on like the draping of her ball gown. Overlapping the french tip a bit.

Then I used Konad white polish and Mash-36. It has a rose image with a long stem, but I just used the bud portion of the image. 

I wanted to make it a red rose to fit the movie better, but it didn't turn out. It just looked like red blobs and not roses, so white roses it is!

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