Five cute nail art designs – cool manicure ideas you’ll love

Want to wow your friends and family with nails that are a little different? I’ve created five cute nail art designs which will make your nails stand out.

Do you ever see an amazing nail art design and wonder how to recreate it? Pinterest is a real source of inspiration and over the years I’ve been inspired to create some amazing designs from a simple bow tie to a spring inspired daisy design. In this post I will show you how to create each nail art design step by step so you can recreate it with ease.

Bow tie nail tutorial

The bow tie nail tutorial nail tutorial is sweet and very simple and you only need two products to recreate it.

To recreate simply follow the following steps:

1. Paint your nail in a pale pink (or white) shade
2. Draw a small line diagonally across the top of your nails
3. Draw the top part of your bow along the line
4. Finish the bow with two ribbons underneath the line.
5. Repeat for the rest of your nails

Whale of a time video nail tutorial

Whale of a time is a really easy nail tutorial which is perfect for beginners. Watch on to find out how you can recreate it yourself!

Ladybug nail tutorial

Ladybug is a nail art design that celebrates one of the prettiest bugs on earth. It involves only three main products to recreate and is relatively simple.

Here’s what you need to do:

1. Get a bright red (I used OPI Coca Cola red) and paint your little finger and index finger
2. Get a good white and paint the middle and ring fingers so they’re completely covered. I used MUA All Nude. Bear in mind white nail polishes are often really thin so you will need quite a few coats!
3. Get a black nail art pen and paint little and larger black dots on your red nails. I used Barry M nail art pen in black.
4. Get a fine nail art brush and slowly paint each half of your ladybird. I put them in different orders on each nail.
5. Use your nail art pen to create the head and antennae
6. Use the nail art pen to create small spots on the red parts of the ladybirds body. Try to make them random as ladybirds don’t have symmetrical spots.

If you try this I’ll love to see your final look!

Daisy dreams nail art tutorial

Daisies add a cute touch to any outfit and they make a great finish to any nail art design. To create Daisy Dreams here’s a quick how to.

1. Get a bright blue nail varnish, I used Seventeen 8 hour gel colour in Azure Amore
2. Paint one nail in a glitter varnish, I used Claire’s nail varnish in Sugar Drop, it may take several layers to get full coverage
3. Use a white nail art pen or spotter to put white spots on your index finger and thumb, I used Barry M white nail art pen.
4. Using the white nail art pen draw several daisy shapes on the little finger and ring finger.
5. Finish the design by painting a small orange centre in each daisy shape, I used Wah London nail art pen in orange

Minnie Bowties nail art design

This nail art design is called Minnie Bowties and is of course inspired by Minnie Mouse with her red colouring, white polka dots and bows. To create this look follow this simple guide.

To create this look I used:

• Barry M black nail art pen
• Barry M white nail art pen
• Bourjois So Laque in Rose Merveille
• Rimmel Rita Ora in Glastonberry

How to do it:

1. Get a light pink varnish and paint several layers on your nails till you have full coverage
2. Get a red nail varnish and paint 1/4 of your nail a bit like you would a French Manicure. Repeat for all of your nails.
3. Get a black nail varnish with a line tool or nail art pen and draw thin lines just above the top of the red sections
4. Get your nail art pen (or varnish) and draw the top of a bow. Repeat this on the rest of your nails.
5. Finish off your bows by drawing tails. Repeat for all of your nails
6. Finally get a white nail art pen (or white nail varnish and spotting tool) and draw little polka dots in the red areas. Repeat this for all of your nails.

Did this inspire you to recreate one of my nail art designs? Let me know what you thought in the comments below. If you loved the post and think your friends will too, do give it a share on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.