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Gallery – nail artwork by Saida Nails

Tutorial: working with glitter dust

Tutorial glitter dust 1

Step 1:

Prepare the nail for decoration with glitter. Clean and buff it properly.
Tutorial glitter dust 2

Step 2:

Paint a complete design or a part of it with color gel corresponding to the glitter.
Tutorial glitter dust 3

Step 3:

Without curing the color gel under UV-light, scatter the glitter exactly on the painted element. Afterwards cure the nail 120 seconds under UV-light.
Tutorial glitter dust 4

Step 4:

After curing brush off the excessive glitter with a brush.
Tutorial glitter dust 5

Step 5:

Result: a properly worked glitter element.
Tutorial glitter dust 6

Step 6:

For a multicolor design repeat painting further details alike in different colors.

Tutorial: Baby-Boomer look

Anleitung Baby-Boomer

Step 1:

Prepare the nail with Super Bond and cure it. Afterwards apply Soft White gel on the free edge (about 1/3 of the nail). Freeze cure so it doesn't 'move'.
Anleitung Baby-Boomer

Step 2:

Apply Soft White gel again in the same area. Feather it down gently towards the nail bed for a fade effect. Cure.
Anleitung Baby-Boomer This is how the fade should look like.
Anleitung Baby-Boomer

Step 3:

Now apply a light Cover gel/Makeup gel in the same way like Soft White but in reverse direction - from nail bed to the free edge fading towards the free edge. Cure.
Anleitung Baby-Boomer

Step 4:

Apply a layer of Builder/Sculpture gel 02 MILKY and cure it. File and shape nails.
Anleitung Baby-Boomer

Step 5:

Apply Quick Gloss and cure it.

Tutorial: Butterfly on glitter dust

Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

Step 1:

Apply black color gel very sparingly. Do NOT cure!
Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

Step 2:

Scatter glitter dust from the vial onto the desired area of the 'wet' gel layer.
Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

Step 3:

Scatter more glitter in desired color close together over the black gel layer.
Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

Step 4:

The black gel is completely filled by differently colored glitter. Now cure 120 seconds under UV-light.
Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

Step 5:

After the UV-light brush the excessive glitter thoroughly. Afterwards work the construction layer and file the nail into shape.
Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

Step 6:

Paint a butterfly with light rose acrylic paint.
Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

Step 7:

Another butterfly is added in the same color.
Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

Step 8:

Shadings with magenta acrylic paint give the wings more depth. The design can be decorated by additional elements.
Tutorial butterfly on glitter dust

The result

And this is how the complete design looks like.