DIY easy bow nail art tutorial!

hello rascals!

today I'd thought I'd share a nail art tutorial with you guys!

I was really excited recently when company magazine asked me to come up with a nail art feature for their weekly edit; once the initial panic over what to paint receded I came up with this tutorial (I have done this once before but I think a few of you may have missed it as it was some time back!) if you're curious you can find out more about the weekly edit here!

you'll need a base colour, a nail art pen/fine brush and an alternate colour for the bows! you don't need to use the same colours as me; this looks good in dozens of colourways! 

so here are the main steps:

I hope you like it! I think breaking it down into steps makes this one a lot easier, once you have a basic idea of the shapes you get more confident with it!

if you have an iPhone and want to download the issue or any of the others you can have a sneaky peek here!

(I also wanted to quickly say thank you for following my little blog, I was blown away to reach 800 followers this week! such a big milestone for me; so thank you guys!)

anyway have a great weekend y'all

I'll back soon!

caroline x

18 comments

  1. I've never been able to do bows properly, I'll give these a go!

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  2. These are beautiful! love the colour combination (:

    Remia x

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  3. Ooh you really do make this look easy, I am not great with nail art that involves getting out the paintbrush, but I'd like to give this a go!

    www.gleepface.com

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  4. Wow, you've make it look so easy, will have to be giving this a try! Thanks a lot

    Rhiannon x

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  5. These are gorgeous! Thank you for the tutorial! xx

    seeking--serendipity.blogspot.com

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  6. really nice tutorial, they are so cartoony and cool! X

    http://aztecdoll.blogspot.co.uk/

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  7. i love it! i did something similar, but it had rhinestones where the bows were :D

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  8. Such a great simple explanation of how to do it, it does seen not too bad. Maybe on my right hand I'd struggle though haha. xx

    www.charissarae.com

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  9. They look so cute! x

    www.hannahheartss.blogspot.co.uk

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  10. Congratulations, your nails are adorable :-)

    http://wwwclairabelle.blogspot.co.uk/

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  11. wow, that's actually pretty easy. i would have thought it was harder if you hadn't shown how to do it. it's gorgeous, love the color contrast.

    love, x
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  12. definitely gonna try this out, so cute! x

    http://thebeautyvisual.blogspot.co.uk

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  13. Oh i love this! I love nail art and going to try this style out :)

    Following you now <3

    Maisy Meow x

    www.beautyspendingspreex.blogspot.co.uk

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  14. I love this, definitely going to give it a go! x

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  15. This is SO adorable and unique! :) Love the colours you used and they make me want to spring to come even sooner!

    http://jemaroons.blogspot.ca/

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  16. I havent worn Bows on my nails in years and after seeing this wonderful/cute post Im wondering why I stopped. Love the colors you used lovely xx

    http://beautifulworldoflennynb.blogspot.ca/

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  17. I'm so happy you guys are going to give them a try!!!!!!!!!! tweet me pics I'd love to see them :D happy painting ladies xx

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