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  • No worries if you don't have any nail art tools. In this tutorial I'll show you five

  • amazing designs which you can make using things you already have at home.

  • Nail art tools can be super useful when making creations on your nails, but today we'll manage

  • without them.

  • Hey loves! It's time for another nail art tutorial and guess what?! It's a no tool one!

  • Well, we will be using tools, but only the ones that you can find around your house.

  • So we're making five beautiful designs that are super easy to make and look amazeballs.

  • Don't you agree? Well, if you do, here's how you can get them too...

  • Sponges, tapes, band aids, pencils, pens, straws, cue tips, matches, toothpicks, nails,

  • screws, wire, paper pins and much more... All that can be used to make fantastic nail designs

  • art designs. I will show you five of them now, so let's get started.

  • Before applying the polish you have to protect your pretty nails with a base coat. This will

  • help you keep them healthy and stain free!

  • First let's make this adorable baby penguin design. Baby penguin's fur is light grey,

  • while adults are black. But, I am making a fantasy penguin so I went for the blue base.

  • Take a white polish and draw half of an oval on the bottom half of your nail. Now we need

  • to make some bigger dots and pins will help us out here. These are great for pinning paper

  • on a cork board, but they will work perfectly as dotting tools too. I like to pin them in

  • an eraser of a pencil, so they are easier to hold. Then I just use them as a regular

  • dotting tool: dip it in white and make two large dots. Inside make two smaller black

  • ones using smaller pins. Here I am using a pencil to make two little white dots, and

  • then a construction nail to make two even smaller ones. I am in love with the anime

  • inspired eyes. So adorable! All we have to do is draw a small triangle for a beak

  • and two legs on the tip of the nail. All we got left to do is apply using a yellow polish and a pencil. Apply

  • a generous amount of the fast drying top coat to seal the design and add some shine. Isn't

  • this the cutest penguin you have ever seen?!

  • Who doesn't like Minions, right? Well I love them so I had to make a Minion nail design.

  • I am starting with white as a base... You're probably thinking what the heck... minions

  • are yellow. No worries, I started with white just because yellow polish pops so much more

  • on top of white. White base makes them much more vibrant and bold. Starting with the goggles:

  • I am dipping the eraser of my pencil in silver color and making two big dots close together

  • like that. Inside the big silver dots make smaller white ones using a q-tip. The last

  • little detail for the eyes are the pupils, which I am making using a bobby pin. Every

  • Minion also needs some overalls, I am drawing them very simply by sticking a piece of tape

  • across the bottom part of the nail as a guide, and then I am just coloring the tip in blue.

  • Remove the tape and we're done. To make the mouth we'll be using a straw. Cut a piece

  • of straw away until you're left with half of a ring shape. Dip it in black and press

  • it on your nailvoila our Minion just got the biggest smile. To finish this lovely

  • design apply a layer of top coat. I love how cute and easy this design is! Perfect for

  • an accent to a solid manicure or you can make minions on all the nails.

  • Let's now move to the watermelon fields.. look at the way these hard working men are

  • collecting watermelons so we can enjoy them.. #respect. These are definitely one of my favorite

  • summer treats, so why not having this delicious fruit on our nails? Start by applying one

  • or two coats of red polish all over the nail as a base. Here I will be using this sticker

  • that is used for binders as a tool to create the perfect French tip. Stick it on like this

  • and color the bottom third of the nail in white. Remove the sticker and wait until the

  • white polish is completely dry. Place the sticker a bit lower now and color the tip

  • in green. Did you know that you can also use a piece of wire for nail art? I found this

  • one in my father’s garage and it works great. So I am just making a few dark green patches

  • on top of the lighter green. With a toothpick dipped in black I am drawing some watermelon

  • seeds. I don’t like my watermelon to have too much seeds so I am just making a row of

  • them. The only thing left to do is applying a top coat and were finished.

  • On my right hand I’ll show you how to incorporate this lovely watermelon design into an easy

  • and pretty mix & match mani. I painted my nails in red except for the thumb and middle

  • finger, which I colored green. On the ring finger we are making a watermelon in the same

  • way as before, just that here I am using a band aid to make a French tip. As you can

  • see it works just as great as the binder stickers. This way you can create white French tips

  • or maybe go for colored ones  - such an easy and quick way to get a fun manicure.

  • On the middle finger I am drawing some random dark green lines just as the ones watermelons

  • have. These don’t have to be perfect, in fact, they should not be perfect. Using a

  • paper clip and dotting motion I am drawing some curved lines along the nail. I did the

  • same design on my thumb. Lastly, with the black give your watermelon a few seeds. On

  • the pointer and pinky I am making a small dot just to kind of bring together all the

  • designs into a nice, fun watermelon mix and match nail art. These nails look so summery

  • and delicious, don’t they?

  • I absolutely love nail art designs that include blue skies and white fluffy clouds. Here’s

  • a cute variation that we are making today. Start by applying a medium blue polish as

  • a base. Time to prove that matches can work as a great dotting tool toojust dip one

  • in a white and make a group of dots close together until you get a cloud shape. Make

  • several clouds to fill all the empty spaces on your nail but make sure they are big enough,

  • because we still have to draw their pretty faces on. I am drawing faces to only three

  • of the clouds but you can do it on all if you prefer. With a construction nail make

  • a pair of eyes. For the mouth I am using a straw, just like I did for the Minion. I really

  • love using straw for such curved lines. Like that, our clouds are now happy and smiley.

  • To add some extra sweetness to the clouds, I am drawing cheeks to each of them. Just

  • dip a match into light pink, make two dots and our clouds are finished, looking so cute.

  • Well, one thing is missing and that’s a top coat which will seal everything in place

  • and protect the design from chipping. How gorgeous are these? Ahhh... I am obsessed.

  • Last but definitely not least we are making this ocean design, perfect for the summer

  • days. Paint your nail in light blue. Deep down on

  • the bottom of the sea we have to make the blue darker and mysterious because the light

  • can’t reach it in all it’s power. So let’s make a gradient using 3 shades of blue and

  • a cosmetic sponge. Dab the sponge on the nail and here it is – a beautiful blue gradient.

  • Clean the skin around your nail with a q-tip soaked in acetone. Our ocean is now ready

  • to be decorated with sand, fish, corals and all that cool stuff.

  • In the corner I am making a little golden patch for the sand. For the fish we first

  • need to make a big dot. An awesome tool for this is a wooden dowel pin. I moved recently

  • and got so many of these when I purchased furniture. So dip it in white and press on

  • the nail to form a perfect dot. For the tail I am using a toothpick and simply drawing

  • a triangle with it. I made my fish white here but now I am coloring it in yellow. If yellow

  • is used directly on top of blue the color you get is normally more green -ish so a white

  • base is a must! Now our little fishy is bright and vibrant! Add some oxygen baubles using

  • white polish and a piece of wire. For the eyes, dip the toothpick in black and make

  • a simple dot. To fill in the empty part of the nail you can draw more fish, or a coral

  • like me. For this I will be using an old pen that stopped working. Dip it in red nail polish

  • and draw several curved lines using stippling motion. Super easy! To make the coral look

  • more realistic I am making a lot of small white dots all over. Once again I am using

  • a construction nail to do it. I tell you guys – a garage is a great place to look for

  • nail art tools. Lastly apply a layer of the fast drying top coat to protect this masterpiece!

  • This design is just super interesting, full and summery. Makes me wanna travel to some

  • exotic places so badly.

  • Here's a little recap of everything you can use for your nail art, and you most probably

  • already have at home. There's surely much else you can use to create awesome designs,

  • just check out the back of your drawers, I think you can find many interesting things.

  • So these were my 5 nail art ideas using DIY tools. I really hope you like them and let

  • me know which one was your favorite. I really like how all of them turned out, but probably

  • my faves are the penguin and the fish. Also, another thing that I wanted to address is

  • that a few days ago, I noticed that we've hit one million subscribers, which honestly

  • feels so crazy even me saying it. I cannot believe that one million of you guys have

  • hit the subscribe button on my channel and the only thing that I can say to you is thank

  • you so much from the bottom of my heart. You guys bring so much happiness and excitement

  • into my life. Filming videos is one of my favorite things to do in life and knowing

  • that you guys love to watch them is just a dream come true to me. So thank you guys for

  • letting me live my dream. I'm sending you a big virtual hug and I'll talk to you soon!

  • Bye!

  • Try to find alternative uses for things. All you have to do is be creative, curious and

  • most importantlyhave fun with it!

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