Applejack Nails

Hey everypony!

So today ah'm gonna teach y'all how to do Applejack-inspired nails.

Y'all will need these polishes:

Bottom/top coat
Orange polish (Sally Hansen Sun Kissed)
Red polish with a thin brush
Yellow polish with a thin brush (or a design pen if you can find one. Ah couldn't.)

First, do the clear bottom coat. Ah honestly just learned about doin' this a little while ago and it works so great to prevent chippin'.

Then, do a coat of the orange.

Let that dry completely. And ah mean really completely. Ah waited about an hour between each color which weren't much fun for me, but it helped a lot.

Then on each nail, do a stripe of red.

Ah realize that the orange and red I picked were close together in color, but if you squint hard y'all can see it, right?

Once that's dry, do smaller lines of yellow over the red stripe and some horizontal lines across the top of the nail.

Ah'll be honest, this is hard. Ah messed up on mah own nails a lot and ah'm still not perfectly proud of them.
But if y'all can manage to get a look you like, great for you!
Good luck!

Fluttershy Nails

hello everypony. this time we're doing Fluttershy nails.

I mean, if you want to do them. it's okay if you don't.

You'll need:
Base/top coat (Sally Hansen)
pale yellow polish (NYC Color 265 Lemon Cream)
pale pink polish (NYC Color 180 Cotton Candy)

first use the base coat.

Paint your nails with the yellow. You might need to do two coats. I'm sorry the picture has the nails a little smudged, I'm not very good at this.

Then you can draw a diagonal line across the nail with the pink color. this is a little tricky, so if your line ends up a little wavy, it's okay.
finish it with the top coat.

here's a better picture of the finished product.
I really hope you like this, but if you don't, that's okay. Thanks for reading.

Rarity Nails

Hello again everypony!

It's another fabulous Rarity post! (for those of you wondering why I haven't gotten to Applejack or Fluttershy yet, don't worry, they are coming)

This manicure is quite easy, actually. Based on the classic French manicure, because you know anypony as fashionable as Rarity deserves nothing less.

Two colors are needed. White (I used one from Claire's, but I do recommend getting something better--I did this earlier today and already my nails are chipping!)
and a deep purple (NYC #205-Midnight Amethyst)

First, paint your nails with the white. You'll likely need two coats.

Then, paint the tip with the purple. To get that beautiful little half-moon shape, use small strokes instead of trying to do one line. It also helps to have your hand flat on a table.

And voila! You have Rarity nails.

Rainbow Dash Nails

What's up everypony?

So you made yourself 20% cooler with the Rainbow Dash Shirt and now you can...you know what, this whole 20% cooler thing has been done a lot. Let's just get onto the nail art.

You'll need a lot of colors for this.
Sky blue for the base.
Red, orange, yellow, green, purple nail art polishes (use fine-tipped brushes if you can't find specific nail art polishes) (why no blue? you'll see why)
All of mine were from a dollar store, so they're not really brand name stuff.
Actually the yellow looked kind of gross in the bottle, but worked out fine.

Anyways!

Paint the nails with the sky blue. If you do like I did and buy the cheap dollar store polish, you'll need two coats and it'll take about an hour to dry.
Or find some quick-drying polish. I timed one of those one time and it actually did take ten seconds flat. Couldn't find it for this color unfortunately.

Use the nail art pens to draw a zigzag line on each nail, each nail with a different color.

Like so. Except not blurry.
I don't have the manual for my camera, I can't change the settings, okay?

And tada, Rainbow Dash nails. Make sure to cover with a clear topcoat if you don't want them to chip.
Also, see why no blue? you only have 5 fingers and if you want your hands to be mirror images of each other...I mean, you could do all 6 colors if you wanted, continue on your other hand, but I didn't really want to do that.

Pinkie Pie Nails

Hello again everypony!

Two Pinkie Pie inspired in a row! She's so lucky.

My camera is supposedly HD so I'm sorry this shot is blurry.
What you'll need!
Hot or light pink polish and dark pink with a nail art brush. both of mine are from Claire's.

Step 1!

Paint your nails with the hot pink. Let it dry.

Step 2!

Use the nail art brush to paint two lines of the dark pink on there. It's okay if they're a little wavy.

And that's it! Isn't it easy?

Twilight Sparkle Nails

I've had long nails for all my life, but I've never really painted them. I read a lot about how to paint them and watched instructional videos, but I never bothered to make complicated designs.

So since all my knowledge comes from reading, why not start with Twilight Sparkle?

(Sorry for the bad lighting--I'm still learning how to use a camera!) You'll need the following colors:
Light purple (I used Milani 06 Violet Dash)
Dark purple (NYC 250 Midnight Amethyst)
Pink (NYC 238 MoMa)
Clear top coat (Sally Hansen)


This is what it should look like:

Except a little neater. I'm still learning. (and you know what I said up there about long nails? I just cut them. feels weird, actually.)

Really, all this takes is a steady hand and patience. Do one color at a time and try to make the lines as straight as possible. I did try using scotch tape to tape off sections, but it pulled off the color as well.

Cover everything with the topcoat because the seams between colors will be uneven, and that would lead to chopping. Nopony wants that.

It did take me around an hour and a half to do these nails, but I'm proud of them.