5 Easy nail art ideas to cheer up your Monday

Wwcadmin|Published 8 years ago

Do DIY bling Skip jewellery and wear glittering tips instead. Apply plain gold over a base coat, then add the sparkly kind. Get at-home gels Love bold polish but hate chips? Elegant Touch Nail Candy Kit for Bespoke Art (R89.95) will last for weeks! Be an artist You don&#146;t need years of practice to get these little zigzags rights &#150; it&#146;s all about nail pens. Try Sally Hanson French Manicure White Tip Pen (R89.95). Decal it up What&#146;s the quickest &#145;wow&#146; manicure of them all? These compliment-catching stick-on metallics. We love Global Nail Dry Nail Applique (R90). Easy! Add sprinkles! Textured nails are upstaging clothes on the runways. Get the &#145;wowee&#146; effect by pouring sprinkles (you&#146;ll find them at most art shops) directly onto clear, wet polish.

In need of a Monday pick-me-up? Try one of these super quick and easy nail art ideas!

1 Do DIY bling

Skip jewellery and wear glittering tips instead. Apply plain gold over a base coat, then add the sparkly kind on top.

2 Get at-home gels

Love bold polish but hate chips? Amazing Shine Speedy Gel Polish in New York Sky (R99.95) will last for ages!

3 Be an artist

You don’t need years of practice to get these little zigzags right – it’s all about nail pens. Try Nailene White French Tip Pen

(R144.95).

Related: 3 Steps to nail art perfection

4 Decal it up

What’s the quickest ‘wow’ manicure of them all? Compliment-catching stick-on metallics. We love Global Nail Dry Nail Appliqué

in Heavy Metal (R99). Easy!

5 Add sprinkles!

Textured nails are upstaging clothes on the runways. Get the effect by pouring sprinkles (you’ll find them at most art shops) directly onto clear, wet polish.

Now that your nails are looking gorgeous, read these 5 tips for a chip-free mani. Shh! We’re letting you in on 7 game-changing nail secrets only manicurists know.