Nail art ideas for beginners

Alternating nail polish colors on each finger or painting each finger with a different color is sure to grab attention. It is simple and needs very less effort.

There are several effect nail polishes available in the market like Crackle effect, Croc effect, Magnetic effect, Color changing polishes etc. You can easily use them for a quick and a different nail look.
     

It is the easiest and let’s say first step towards free hand nail art design.  Dots look simple and elegant. You can start by drawing dots on your nails to make flowers.

Flowers can be created by connecting the Dots mentioned above.

Animal prints like zebra, leopard are very easy to do and look very cute on your nails.

Adding some bling to your nails is very easy. Rhinestones are perfect for a party look.

This newspaper nail paint is easier than it looks. 

Another simple nail art tutorial that you can get by doing more than one stripes on the nails is pastel burst.

You can do this bow nail art design using Dotting tools and Nail stickers. Another great Nail art design for Parties.

You can get the Caviar Nail art design by using beads and a fast drying top coat.

Bows are very much in trend and they look very pretty on your nails too. To get this look paint your nails blue and add polka dots using toothpick and make rhinestone bow on your ring finger. Stick rhinestones using nail glue. After it dries apply top coat.

Doing braided nails looks is quite easy and with little patience you can get this right on your nails. For this choose three fast dry nail paints and overlap each color as shown in the picture and allow enough time in between to dry the layers and you are done.

Glitter gradients look very cool! You can get this look by painting your nails black and adding fuchia glitter nail paints using sponge on tips. When it get dries, apply top coat.

Glow in the dark nails look chick for night outs. These special nail polishes which glow in the dark come in many colors.

You can get this water drops nail art  by making maroon to purple gradient and apply matte topcoat over it, let it dry completely and then add dots of clear nail paint using toothpick at one side of your nail. Don’t apply any top coat on them.

Nowadays adding real feather to your nails is in very much trend.

For this, paint your nails and put feather on your nail when the polish is still wet and wait for few minutes so that it get set. After that, trim your feather in nails shape and top coat your nails. Your feather nail art is ready.

Having mix and match nails looks very trendy and superb. You can get this look by painting your thumb and middle finger yellow, your pointer finger black with white polka dots and your pinky finger white with black lines as shown and your ring finger in a graphite glitter color. After you finish applying nail paint, apply top coat.

Funky French is also known as two tone French. It looks very cool. Doing this nail paint designs is quite easy. Just do it as you do your normal French but using different colors.

Stained glass looks very pretty you can do this as full manicure as shown or as an accent nail.

Side French nails looks very pretty you can get this look by painting your nails in red and then painting one side of your nails with black just like you paint your tips in normal French manicure. You can use tape for crisp lines.