Spiral Tie-Dye Nails.

I've done a fair number of tie-dye inspired manicures in the past, using a few different techniques. Today I was inspired by tie-dye again (this manicure in particular) but attempted a more literal translation of tie-dye than my past designs.

The polishes I used to create my design were Sally Hansen Hard To Get, Sephora Formula X Dark Matter, Nails Inc. Baker Street, and Nails Inc. St. Martin's Lane.

Tie-Dye Present Nails.

One of my favorite ways to make stamping more fun is by throwing in a little tie-dye, which I posted a tutorial for here. 

For today's manicure I chose the present image from the BM-205 plate and stamped using Sally Hansen Lickety Split Lime and Brisk Blue, as well as the Born Pretty Store blue stamping polish. The white I used is Milani White on the Spot.

I hadn't used this technique in a while, and I'll have to keep it in mind because I really like it!

Tie Dye Paisley Nails.

I really love today's manicure! I used the same technique I used for this design, but this time with pastels. And I like the results even better than I did last time. The pastels create a really soft and pretty tie dye effect. 

I painted all of my nails with Milani White on the Spot as a base to create the tie dye over. Then the pastel polishes I used were Orly Pixy Stix, Orly Spark, American Apparel Office, OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender, and Revlon Blue Lagoon.

The perfect finishing touch to complement my tie dyed nails was stamping with the Born Pretty Store M64 plate (reviewed here.) I stamped with Konad Special black polish.

I'll have to come up with more designs I can use the watercolor technique for because I'm really loving it at the moment!

Funky Watercolor Nails.

For today's manicure I decided to try out  the watercolor technique. I could definitely see myself doing it more in the future, it's so easy to do and hard to mess up. I started with two coats of Milani White on the Spot and then used a bunch of my favorite neon polishes for the watercolors.

The watercolor design looks cool on it's own, but I decided to add a fun pattern on top. I used a Sally Hansen black nail art pen to add the same pattern I used on these nails.

Tie-Dye Nails Tutorial.

I was requested to do a tutorial for these tie-dye nails, so I quickly recreated a manicure with the same method. The video is really bad quality, but I think it gives you the idea! It's very simple, so I don't think the quality should hurt your understanding.

And here is the finished look...

I like how my middle finger turned out the most!

All the polishes I used were OPI. They are Don't Mess With OPI, Mermaid Tears, and Lucky Lucky Lavender.

Purple Tie-Dye Nails.

I decided to play around with a tie-dye-esque technique the other day. I wasn't sure exactly what look I was going for, so I just messed around until I got something I like on each of my nails.

I think this technique could result in a really awesome manicure if I figured out a cool pattern to aim for on each of my nails, however I'm not sure I'd attempt it again. The actual painting was really quick and simple, but cleanup was terrible. Maybe sometime when I have a lot of time on my hands though.

I used all American Apparel polishes for this manicure, most of the ones I own are very opaque which makes them a good choice for a manicure like this. The polishes I used are Factory Grey, Mount Royal, and Dynasty.

The more I look at the photos, the more I think I might be willing to give in to the long cleanup time and try it again.