In this version of French tips, the brush makes things really simple because it’s actually cut in the shape you want to make. I got this one from Daiso but many drug store brands have their own versions of this available.

So first apply a base coat to your nails. Once it’s dry, apply a small amount of white polish to the brush. Line it up with the natural white on your nail and press it down slightly to apply the polish to the nail in the right shape. It will do around half of the nail. Flip the brush the other way and apply it to the other side to form the perfect curve.

Don’t worry about the top of the nail too much as it can be filled in later, you just want to get the shape right first.

If you aren’t happy with the shape, you can clean it up with a toothpick while still wet. Once it’s completely dry apply a transparent pink coat over the top of the whole nail. I used a shiny glitter one.

All done! The special brush really make this much easier to do so if you like the French loop I would definitely suggest trying it out.

Easy!

Yes it’s so lazy that the only thing that makes it Halloween themed is the colours…. totally counts!

I played with a few version of this so first the completely basic one.

Start by making a diagonal stripe with the orange and painting in the top half of the nail. Once it’s dry, repeat in the other direction using black.

… that’s it!

To get slightly more involved you can continue alternating colours and sides painting diagonally. With two colours it becomes an interesting arrow pattern.

If you add in a third colour and alternate them over diagonal stripe it turns into a cute plaited pattern!

Wow that was some super lazy nail art. But hey… Halloween technically isn’t even one of our holidays here in Australia!

If you want to read about some Halloween crafts and nail art from last year, have a look through these posts:

• Blood Dripping Nails
• James’ Halloween Food
• Adventure Time Halloween Costumes

Next year we are so having a proper big party!

So first paint a base colour of the bottom colour. I used acrylic paint to quickly paint on the basic pattern so you guys could see what I was doing but that’s optional. It does really help to be able to follow a pattern and get your strokes even.

So the key is to have a brush with a very straight edge. I find Essie brushes really good for this.

Make the first line by holing the brush at a 45 degree angle and pressing it into place. This works best if you only have a tiny amount of polish on the brush and press it onto the nail rather than actually dragging it. Use the shape of the brush to your advantage.

Make the next stripe in the same way but in the other direction so it forms the first zigzag. Don’t worry if there’s not much polish there, we just want to make sure the edge is perfect for now.

Continue until you finish the zigzag.

Now paint over the zigzag and upwards to the rest of the nail so the colour is opaque. Once it’s dry repeat the process with the top colour.

You can either leave it as is and top coat or do what I did and use a tiny brush with white acrylic paint to paint white lines over the edges of the zigzag.

Once you top coat them, they look amazing! Winner!

Let me know if you guys give it a try 😀