knailart: sunset

Beach Sunset Nails

The completed Beach Sunset Nails

Nail Art Brush (buy it in a set with a dotter tool here)
Purple (we used OPI Do You Lilac It?, buy it here)
Pink (we used OPI Tropical Punch, no longer sold)
Orange (we used Nails Inc. Westbourne Grove, buy it here)
Yellow (we used Misa Hanging With The Girls, buy it here)
Green (we used Sephora by OPI It's Totally Karma, buy it here)
Blue (we used OPI No Room for the Blues, buy it here)
Black (we used Essie Licorice, buy it here)
Base Coat and Top Coat (we used Essie, buy the top coat here, and base coat here)

Start with clean, dry nails. Paint each nail with base coat.
Paint both pinky nails with purple nail polish, both ring fingers pink, both middle fingers orange, and both index fingers yellow. Two coats may be required.
Using the nail art brush, draw five evenly spaced lines from the cuticle of the nail to the tip. If you make a mistake, don't worry because you can make the lines appear more straight when you add the colours.
Next, use the nail art brush to paint colours in between the lines. The order should be (from closest to your index finger to the outside of your hand): Purple, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue. Again, two coats may be required.
Use the nail art brush again, but this time using black, fix any messy lines and then draw 2 lines, one slightly longer than the other, from the centre of the green nail.
Next, using the nail art make many lines coming out of the end of what will be your black palm tree trunks.
Paint on top coat after ensuring your palm trees have dried so there is no running, and allow to dry!

The Beach Sunset accent nail.