Happy Sunday everyone! Today I’d like to show you a nail design that can be easily done with a cocktail straw.
Best thing about a variety of straw nail designs is that it’s quick and easy to do them on both hands. The circles done with a cocktail straw require no precision :)
I painted my nails white and waited for them to dry. Then I dipped a cocktail straw into a grey nail polish and stamp it on my nails randomly. I repeated the process using a blue polish, and waited again for the circles to dry. After that I sealed the design with one coat of clear top.
For the cocktail straw nail design I used:
- Orly Nail Defense clear base
- OPI Alpine Snow – white base (2 coats)
- Rimmel Grey Matter – grey circles
- Sally Hansen Blue Me Away! – blue circles
- clear top
- and a cocktail straw
Now, after some practice, I learned two rules of straw nail art:
- Not to do too many circles, because it will look a little too overpowering and the desirable effect will be lost.
- It’s better to choose bright and contrast colors, that will stand out against the background. I tried yellow & grey combo on white at first, and yellow circles were hardly visible, that’s why I changed it to SH blue.
Thank you for reading! See you soon ♥
Lovely design. So simple yet beautiful :)
Thank you, Natalie :)
Просто здорово! На днях видела нейл-арт из кругов в одном блоге, очень понравился, но для себя сразу тогда на нем поставила крест – ручки-то трясутся, глазомер средненький, куда мне ровные круги рисовать. А тут такое гениальное и просто решение родом из детства (циркуль на геометрию забывала регулярно, так что пятирублевая монета была моим лучшим другом)))!
Hei and thank you for the comment! The straw circles technique works great, it actually reminds me of good old stamping. Too bad the idea is not mine, I saw it on other nail polish blogs, and it’s been on my to do list for a while..
ps: I hope you don’t mind me answering in English, I just want other girls to understand us :)
Well Mari, I’m discovering techniques I’d never have thought to use before! What a simple yet effective idea, I love this manicure, and the colours you have used :) xx
I’m glad you liked the design :) Unfortunately the idea is not mine, I’ve seen the technique before on other blogs, and I absolutely loved the simplicity of straw designs :)
I love how it turned out!
Thank you Ina!
Lovely! I have yet to try “stamping” with a straw :D
I’ll be looking forward to see your straw design then! :))
It’s gorgeous – love it :)
Thank you Maria! :)
This looks really cool :) I must try it but believe it or not I don’t have even one single straw in the house >.<
Cool and super easy :) You are not alone – I had to buy a mini pack of juice that goes with a straw attached, because I didn’t have cocktail straws at home :)
Such a cool yet simple technique! And the result you got is great! Need to try it myself, thanks for sharing with us :)
I’m glad you liked it! and I’ll be waiting for your straw design! ;))