The Good Nails

Hi everyone! Today I am super excited because I get to share with you all my Pusheen nail art! Why is this exciting, you ask? Well, that is because I am an absolute Pusheen fangirl. Pusheen has a really simple (but awesome and adorable) character design which makes it very  difficult to get the features right, since if they are just a liitle bit off, it'll ruin the whole thing. So, I spent ages trying to get it right. But in the end I'm happy with my work! But, guys, I never want to take it off! It was really fun putting Pusheen in all kinds of Christmas themed looks. I love the idea of Pusheen popping out of things like a cat-in-a-box (like jack-in-the-box but with a cat) and we all know how much cats love boxes so the pinky finger has Pusheen popping out of a gift box, wouldn't that be the best Christmas present ever? Cats also love crawling into things, so the middle finger has Pusheen coming out of a Christmas stocking/. The index finger has a ...

Hello! Here I am again with some more chrissy nail art. I love striping tape! It's a tad bit fiddly to use, but there are so many things you can do with it! This design is simple and pretty for the holiday season! The polishes used in this manicure were; Sinful Colors Gold Medal, Sinful Colors Innocence and Revlon Red by Revlon Over your base colour, use the brush from your nail polish to paint a line going across half of the french tip. Cut a piece of striping tape and lay it over the line that you have created. Then clip the tape to size using a pair of cuticle nippers. Repeat the first step using a gold nail polish. Repeat the second step to complete your festive look! There we have it guys! This manicure is super easy, the only part that can be tricky is the use of striping tape. What do you guys think? Do you like striping tape? Is it tricky to use? Let me know what you think in the comments and share your creations with me on Pinterest ...

Hiya! It's only a few days till Christmas now, oh my how time flies! Until two weeks ago, I had never worn gel on my nails before, but now I'm kinda obsessed! There are so many different things that you can do with gel, including sweater nail, which are perfect for Christmas time! I didn't think that I would be able to do sweater nails, but they were surprisingly easy!The downside is that they took me forever and they were really hard to photograph! It took me a long time because I had to go over the pattern over and over again. I like the colour purple for these too! The polish is called "Mauve on" by Maybelline. Here we have a close up of my nails on my nail polish covered desk! And that's it guys! What do you think of sweater nails, worth the effort, or too time consuming? Let me know in the comments, and share your creations with me with the #goodnails on Instagram and pinterest! Have a super awesome and merry Christmas, and may yo...

Ho ho ho, Christmas is almost here guys! Are you excited? I sure am going to miss doing all these Christmas manicures when the holiday season is over, so for now I wanna keep the Christmas nail art rollin'! On that'a not, here is another Xmas themed tutorial, and it's super easy! I'm sorry I stole your hat Santa! First of all, your going to use a medium sized dotting tool to create a row of dots along your smile line in white nail polish. Then, using the brush from your nail polish bottle, fill remaining space between your dots and your nail line. Using a small nail art brush, draw a drip coming from the edge of the dots. Add one more white dot to the end of the drip to complete your fabulous Christmas mani. There we go guys! One quick, easy and pretty lookin' mani for this holiday season! I just hope Santa forgives me for stealin' his hat! I'd love you to share your creations with me using the #goodnails on pinterest an...

Hello again! How are you all? How are your nails ;)? I had a break on my pointer finger last night. It was a really close call, thank god for nail glue! Anyway, today I bring you some more quick and easy nail art for this Christmas! I thought doing a kinda abstract design would be really fun and unique for a Christmas mani, and I've been experimenting with different design for a while. Finally! Here is the fruit of my labour, a super easy design that anyone can do in three simple steps! The first step is to use a medium sized dotting tool to create a circular pattern with white nails polish. Do 2 to 3 of these on each nail. Next, use a small nail art brush to fill these in in different colours. You may need to do this twice to achieve full opacity. Our third and last step is to fill in the remaining space in a different colour. And, don't forget to top it all off with a nice layer of your fav' top coat. There we have it guys! Abstract Christm...

Hey there! Today I have another nail art tutorial for you all! I thought that chimney nails might be a fun idea for Christmas and a cool way to add some more festive cheer to chimneys is to put some wreaths on them! I reckon' these chimney nails are fit for Santa Clause ;) The polishes I used for these nails are: Revlon Espresso, Revlon Jaded Night, Revlon Red by Revlon and White Chocolate by Savvy by DB. After painting your nails white, use brown nail polish to create squares of varying lengths in order to create a brick design, then fill them in. You may need to go over them twice in order to achieve full opacity. The next step is to create a wreath design on the end of the nail. To do this use a nail art brush to and draw spikes in slightly different sizes to make leaves. Do this again underneath your current design and then fill in the space between them. The very last step is to draw the ribbon. Start by drawing a small heart and fill this in. Then, draw two...

I just love snowflakes for Christmas. They are very wintery and festive and pretty lookin'.  Here is my tutorial for ombre snowflake nails! The colour I used as my base was Eat My Dust by Barry M, the white was White Chocolate from Savvy by DB, The pink was Revlon's Sweet Tart and the Yellow was from Maybelline Mini Colorama. After painting your nails with your base colour, create your snowflakes by drawing an x and putting a line through it. Add a small line to each of the main lines of your snowflake. Now, we're gonna dress this snowflake up! Go over one half of your snowflake in a pink nail polish. You may need to do this twice to achieve full opacity.  Go over the over half of the snowflake in yellow to achieve your ombre look.  Whoa! Those there are some fancy snowflakes! I wonder if there are some wild pink and yellow ombre snowflakes in nature? Or maybe they're just native to nail polish land? Please let me know wh...

Hey guys! I've been on such a Christmas Nail Art kick lately! These here nails are super pretty and easy for the festive season! I have dubbed these nails the melted candy cane nails, because I feel like of you put three or four candy canes in the microwave and melted them down, this is what they would look like! Here are my Christmas drag marble nails. Another thing that you gotta love about drag marble is that it's so forgiving! Because the look is very abstract, the nails don't all need to be exactly the same, and that's what makes them so fun and interesting to look at! I feel like these would be awesome with a lil' bit of bling on there, or like a pretty glitter topcoat. I wonder now if I should actually melt down some candy canes to compare the looks, but something tells me that hot candy + my fingers is a recipe for disaster. But please share your own creations with me using the #goodnails on Instagram and Pinterest. Oh! And by the way, the polishes ...

Hello! I have some more Christmas nail art for you guys comin' fully equipped with a tutorial :). I have always loved the look of tartan nails, but have never been able to do them successfully until now! But, hey, I got there in the end, right! I think that tartan can work as the base for many Christmas designs, these are with Poinsettia flowers, which are also known as the Christmas flower. The polishes that I used in this tutorial were: Revlon Knockout, Revlon Sheer Sugar, Revlon Jaded Night and N.Y.C Banana split. Now, on with the tutorial! The very first step is to paint your nails with 1-2 coats of your favourite black nail polish (I used 1 coat of Revlon's Knockout). Then, use a sheer white polish to paint two thick stripes on either side of the nail. It's pretty easy just to use the brush from your nail polish bottle to complete this step, but be careful not to apply too much polish to your brush the polish may run and mess up your design! Afte...

Hello, hello and HELLO! Welcome to The Good Nails! Thanks a bundle and a half for joining me in my very first blog post (insert excited squealing here)! I am here with these super festivy lookin' nails for Christmas. I feel like gold, red, green and white are just THE most perfect group of colors for Chrissy. Anything with these colors just positively screams Christmas, you cannot go wrong, I'm tellin ya! And best of all they were quick and simple to create! All you need for these babies is a thin and small nail brush and your four festive colors. From there simply draw a line from the top of your nail to around halfway down your nail plate. Continue this process using varying colors and lengths of lines, making sure to clean your brush every time you use a new color. The four colors I used for this manicure were 'Revlon red by Revlon', Sally Hansen 'White Tip', Sinful Colors 'Gold Medal' (if your ever on the hunt for a great one-coat gold that ...