Hot Nails & Manicure How-Tos
How To: Apply crazy blue, green, red and yellow nail polish
What is better than wearing makeup? Polish on your nails with cool designs and funky colors. Watch this Beauty & Style how to video to learn how to do this crazy blue, red, yellow, green and black design. It is almost tropical.
How To: Apply a black and white striped nail manicure
Stripes are always in fashion, even as a nail decoration. You will need black and white nail polish. Watch this video nail art tutorial and learn how to create a black and white striped manicure.
How To: Use a 3D nail art pen for an artistic bear manicure
Nail art pens are a great way to draw more intricate decorations. This how-to video demonstrates the technique of using a nail art pen on a plastic surface, to fine hone those skills before making a mess of your nails. Watch this video nail art tutorial and learn how to create a teddy bear manicure using a 3D nail art pen
How To: Create leopard print French manicure
Want a fun alternative for the boring old pink and white French manicure? This tutorial teaches you how to apply this fun leopard print French manicure. You will need pink, white and black nail polish, a base coat, and a clear top coat. This is a gorgeous look for long natural nails as well as acrylic or artificial nails. This technique takes a steady hand and will take a lot of practice to master. With this how to video you will be able to create a leopard print French manicure.
How To: Create a glittery white French manicure
Want a fun alternative for the boring old pink and white French manicure? This tutorial teaches you how to apply this pretty, glittery white French manicure. You will need glittery white nail polish, a base coat, scotch tape, scissors and a clear top coat. This is a gorgeous look for long natural nails as well as acrylic or artificial nails. This technique takes a steady hand and but is pretty easy to master. With this how to video you will be able to create a a white sparkle French manicure.
How To: Apply a purple glitz French manicure
Want a change from your boring old pink and white French manicure? Learn how to apply a purple glitz French manicure with this tutorial. You will need a base coat, purple flat sparkled, purple glitter, a small flat top brush, a small round tip brush, tape and a top coat. With the techniques from this how to video you will be able to create a sparkly purple French manicure.
How To: Paint your nails black with golden sparkles
Tired of your boring one color nail polish? Learn how you can create this black with gold glitter nail decoration with this tutorial. You will need a base coat, black nail polish, gold glitter, a small brush and a clear top coat. With this how to video you can paint you nails black with faded golden sparkles.
How To: Apply blue glitter French manicure tips
Tired of your boring old pink and white French manicure? Learn how you can create blue glitter French manicure tips with this tutorial. You will need a base coat and top coat, MAC cosmetics jewel marine glitter, Q-tip or corrector to clean corners and tape. This look takes a steady hand and lots of practice. With this how to video you can create blue glitter French manicure tips.
How To: Create red French style nail tips with white polkadots
Want a change from your boring old pink and white French manicure? Learn how to create red French style nail tips with white polka dots with this manicure tutorial. You will need base coat and top coat, red and white nail polishes, and Q-tips or corrector to clean up corners. With this how to video you will be able to create a red French manicure style nail tips with white polka dots.
How To: Paint your nails blue with white stripes & yellow dots
Want a change from your boring manicure? Learn how to apply dark blue nail polish with white stripes and yellow dots with this tutorial. You will need a base coat, a blue black nail polish, white nail polish, yellow nail polish, and a clear top coat. This fun look takes a steady hand and a bit of practice. With this how to video you will be able to create these pretty dark blue nails with white stripes and yellow dot nail art.
How To: Paint a leopard print French manicure with glitter
Need a change from your boring French manicure? Learn how you can paint this glittery leopard print nail art with this tutorial. You will need a base coat (Orly calcium base coat,) normal plain transparent tape or you can use those premade french manicure nail stickers, white nail polish, black nail art polish
How To: Create a French manicure using normal tape
Want to get a salon quality French manicure at home? This tutorial teaches you how you can get a perfect French manicure with regular clear tape. You will need base coat (Orly - calcium base coat,) tape or you can use those pre-made French manicure stickers, white polish, top coat. The trick to a perfect manicure is to wait for the white polish to DRY before applying top coat to prevent smudging. With this how to video you will be able to paint your nails in a perfect French manicure.
How To: Create a bronze gold nail look with rhinestones
Make your nails look like a treasure chest with this bronze gold nail look with rhinestones. This look uses the MAC Overrich collection in the nail color Mega Rich, gold glitter, silver glitter, gold rhinestones and a clear top coat. With this how to video you will be able to paint your nails with bronze, gold and orange nail polish.
How To: Paint a British flag nail decoration.
Check out this fun and funky way to decorate your nails with the Union Jack. This how to video demonstrates the technique used for decorating your nails with the stripes British flag. You will need blue, red, and white nail polish, a base coat, and a clear top coat. This look is great for long or short natural nails and acrylic or artificial nails. With this how to video you can apply the British flag Union Jack.
How To: Do 3 techniques for a classic French manicure
Want to learn how to create a salon style French manicure at home? This how to video demonstrates three techniques to getting a salon quality French manicure at home. All you need is a base coat, a sheer pink nail polish, white nail polish, and a clear top coat. This look can be done on short and long natural nails as well as acrylic or artificial nails. Watch this manicure tutorial and you will be able to create a classic French manicure in your home.
How To: Create a leopard print nail decoration
Learn how to create a wild, leopard print nail look with this tutorial. You will need white, black and gold nail polish, a base coat, and a clear top coat. This is a gorgeous look for long natural nails and acrylic or artificial nails. Watch this how to video and you will be able to apply a leopard print nail decoration at home.
How To: Apply a diffused French manicure with gold sparkles
Want a glamorous alternative to your usual French manicure? This tutorial teaches you how to create a diffused French manicure with gold sparkles. You will need a base coat, white nail polish, pink nail polish, gold sparkle nail polish and a clear top coat. This is a great look for long natural nails as well as acrylic or artificial nails. With this how to video and you will be able to create a diffused French manicure with gold sparkles.
How To: Create a leaf inspired French manicure
Want a fun alternative for the boring old pink and white French manicure? This tutorial teaches you how to apply this gorgeous leaf inspired French manicure. You will need red, gold and black nail polish, a base coat, red and gold glitter and a clear top coat. This is a gorgeous look for long natural nails as well as acrylic or artificial nails. This technique takes a steady hand and will take a lot of practice to master. With this how to video you will be able to create a leaf inspired Frenc...
How To: Apply a two-toned dot, sparkle, & rhinestone manicure
Nail artist Anna designed this spotted, dotty, and luminous manicure to be colorful and eye-catching. The spots are two-toned, and almost like an animal print, but done in blue. Flat sparkles and rhinestones add a lovely finishing touch. Watch this video nail art tutorial and learn how to create a two-toned dot, sparkle and rhinestone manicure out of white and two distinct shades of blue nail polish.
How To: Create a black and green mottled nail look
Check out this cool technique for mixing nail polish colors. Learn how to apply a black and green mottled nail art with this manicure tutorial. You will need a base coat, two colors of nail polish, a toothpick and a clear top coat. This is a beautiful look for long or short nails and acrylic or artificial nails. With this how to video and you will be able to create this black and green mottled nail polish look.
How To: File nails
A great nail shape can be achieved with natural nails. To file without damaging the nail, never use a metal file and only ever file clean, unpolished nails. Watch this video manicure tutorial from nail artist Anna and learn how to properly file your nails.
How To: Apply comet tail inspired nail art
Learn how to create this pretty comet tail inspired nail art with this tutorial. You will need a base coat, any 5 colors of nail polish (this video uses pink, white, black, and gold) a small rhinestone, and clear top coat. This is a gorgeous look for long or short natural nails and acrylic or artificial nails. With this how to video you will be able to create a cool comet tail inspired nail decoration.
How To: Apply a two-color diagonal manicure with rhinestones
Nail artist Anna shows how easy it is to design a spur of the moment nail decoration. You'll need any two colors of nail polish that you want and rhinestones. Watch this video nail art tutorial and learn how to create a two-color diagonal manicure with rhinestones.
How To: Create impressionist style flowers nail art
Want to spice up your boring manicure? Check out this tutorial and learn how to paint impressionist style flowers on your nails. You will need a base coat, any two contrasting colors of nail polish, a toothpick and a clear top coat. This is a great look for long or short natural nails as well as acrylic or artificial nails. Watch this how to video and you will be able to apply impressionist style flowery nail art.
How To: Apply a zebra print manicure
Nail artist Anna designed this zebra print manicure for an eye-catching party look. You will need red and white nail polish, and a zebra print as a guideline. Watch this video nail art tutorial and learn how to apply a zebra print manicure.
How To: Apply flat sparkles to your manicure
Want an easy way to glam up your manicure? Learn how to apply these pretty, flat sparkles to your already painted fingernails with this tutorial. You will need a base coat, any color fingernail polish, a toothpick, flat sparkles and a clear top coat. This is a fun look for long or short natural nails as well as acrylic or artificial nails. With this how to video you will be able to apply flat sparkles to your finger or toe nails.
How To: Apply rhinestones to your nails
Want a glamorous look for your nails? Rhinestones can add the perfect amount of glamour to your manicure. Learn how to neatly apply rhinestone to an already polished nails. You will need a base coat, any color of nail polish, a clear top coat, small rhinestones and a toothpick. This is a gorgeous look for short or long natural nails and acrylic or artificial nails. With this how to video you will be able to apply rhinestones to your manicure.
How To: Create a pink to white fading effect nail look
Tired of boring one color nails? Check out this manicure tutorial that teaches you how to create a pink and white fading effect on your fingernails. You will need a base coat, bright pink nail polish, white nail polish, and a clear top coat. This is a beautiful look for short or long natural nails or acrylic and artificial nails. You can create this effect with any color nail polish. Watch this how to video and you can create a pink to white fading effect on your fingernails.
How To: Apply a mauve and gold French manicure
Tired of your boring pink and white French manicure? This nail decoration tutorial teaches you how to apply a shimmery mauve and gold sparkle French manicure. You will need a base coat, mauve nail polish, gold sparkle nail polish, and a clear top coat. This is a gorgeous look for long or short natural nails as well as acrylic and artificial nails. With this how to video you will be able to apply this pretty mauve and gold French manicure.
How To: Paint a funky black and white nail design
Learn how you can apply this funky black and white fingernail art with this manicure tutorial. You will need a base coat, finishing coat, a matte black nail polish, a matte white nail polish and a couple of toothpick. This is a beautiful, unique look for long or short natural nails as well as acrylic nails. Watch this how to video and you will be able to apply this black and white nail design.
How To: Create decorative scratches on fingernails
Learn how you can spice up your boring office manicure by applying some decorative scratches with this tutorial. You will need a base coat, finishing coat, a main color of nail polish, a couple of toothpicks and sparkles of any form. With this how to video you will be able apply these pretty decorative scratches in your fingernail polish.
How To: Apply purple nail polish with shimmer powder
This nail decoration tutorial teaches you how to apply shimmer powder to your nails. It is difficult to apply shimmer powder evenly, but with this how to video it should become a bit easier. This is a great look for short or long natural nails as well as acrylic nails. With this manicure video you will be able to neatly apply shimmer powder and purple nail polish.
How To: Apply a pinkish orange with golden lines nail designs
Learn how you can apply this beautiful pinkish orange nail polish with gold lines in this two part manicure tutorial. This is a great look for long or short natural nails or acrylic nails. With this how to video you can create this pinkish orange nail art with gold lines.
How To: Create a sparkly red, gold, and pink manicure
Tired of basic french manicures or single colored nails? A little bit of sparkly nail art is the answer to manicure blahs. For this look, you will need red, gold, pink nailpolish, and a silvery white base coat nailpolish. Watch this maincure how-to video and learn how to do a glittery red, gold, and pink manicure.
How To: Create red sparkling nail art decoration
Learn how you can apply red sparkly nail art with this how to video. You can give yourself a beautiful manicure at home with these easy to follow steps. This red sparkle nail art is a perfect for the holidays and special occasions. Watch this tutorial and you will be able to apply this glittery red nail art.
How To: Do a white, pink, sparkly purple, and black manicure
This video manicure tutorial shows an elaborate ribbon-style design that can be painted on acrylic or if they grow long enough, natural nails. You will need white, pink, black, and sparkly nail polish. Watch this instructional video, follow along, and learn how to recreate this ribbon style manicure on your own nails.
How To: Do a white, black, and purple French inspired manicure
Bored of basic French manicures? This nail look can be created either on acrylics or if they grow long enough, your natural nails. You will need white, black, and purple nail polish. Watch this video manicure tutorial and learn how to create a white, black, and purple revamped French manicure look.
How To: Do a green, white, and sparkly orange striped manicure
This video manicure tutorial shows a creative design to paint onto either acrylics or real nails, if you're lucky enough for them to grow long enough. You'll need nails, white nail polish, green nail polish, and sparkly orange nail polish. Watch and follow along to create this colorful striped look on your nails.
How To: Paint a black and white cosmic nail design
Watch this instructional manicuring video to paint a cosmic nail design. You will need black, white and clear sparkle nail polish. If you paint nail designs frequently, make sure to paint a protective coat before laying down any colored nail polish.
How To: Paint a black and red flower nail design
Watch this instructional manicuring video to paint a a black and red flower on a single fingernail. You will need five different colors of nail polish. To complete this design, you must not let the nail polish dry. If you paint nail designs frequently, make sure to paint a protective coat before laying down any colored nail polish.