Nail art help

[Steffanie]

Im in need of some help, again. I'm totally shocking at nail art I'm fine with glitters, gels, dotting tools etc but I'm not so good with lines and more intricate stuff. Can you ladies please advise me on some decent nail art brushes and also what you use to do it, ie varnish, acrylic paint, water based paint?
I have been looking at the crystal nails ones because they have short handles which I feel Id have more control with. But at over £10 per brush I'd really like to know if they're worth it or if there are any others I don't know of Currently using the nsi ones and hate them!
I know stamping is becoming popular but I'd really like to be great at freehand.
Any help will be much appreciated xxx

 

[asteropi]

I use nail art stripers with acrylic paint mostly, and very rarely (when I have the patience) with gel polish.
However, before all that I was horrible at freehand nail art and what helped me a lot was to buy ready-made nail art polishes. I tried a few which were horrible, but when I found nubar it was like all my problems were history!
Why don't you start with that until you feel confident to use a striper brush? Search for Nubar Nail Art pen (although it comes in a polish bottle, not a pen). For the colours that nubar is lacking (and you'll find a few of them lately), search for China Glaze nail art stripers. They are practically the same.

 

[cheeka]

I love my Lecente D2 brush for detail work - the handle is a great length, and it's got a nice weight to it that seems to make it easier to control. I use it mostly for gel polish art work (I'm particularly enjoying embossed patterns at the moment!). Strongly considering the Lecente S2 striper as my next brush purchase!

Have you come across Kirsty Meakin's videos on the Essential Nails website? They're free to watch, and I learned some great stuff from them - I've not seen all the tutorials, but I can say the one stroke series did wonders for my technique.

Here's a link if it's of any use

http://www.essentialnails.com/product/349/ndp_tokyo_1sf/tokyo-series-one-stroke-flowers.html

 

[Steffanie]

I love my Lecente D2 brush for detail work - the handle is a great length, and it's got a nice weight to it that seems to make it easier to control. I use it mostly for gel polish art work (I'm particularly enjoying embossed patterns at the moment!). Strongly considering the Lecente S2 striper as my next brush purchase!

Have you come across Kirsty Meakin's videos on the Essential Nails website? They're free to watch, and I learned some great stuff from them - I've not seen all the tutorials, but I can say the one stroke series did wonders for my technique.

Here's a link if it's of any use

http://www.essentialnails.com/product/349/ndp_tokyo_1sf/tokyo-series-one-stroke-flowers.html

Ah I didn't realise they did them, I'll have a look at those thank you Thanks so much for the link I'll have a look at that now xx

 

[Steffanie]

I use nail art stripers with acrylic paint mostly, and very rarely (when I have the patience) with gel polish.
However, before all that I was horrible at freehand nail art and what helped me a lot was to buy ready-made nail art polishes. I tried a few which were horrible, but when I found nubar it was like all my problems were history!
Why don't you start with that until you feel confident to use a striper brush? Search for Nubar Nail Art pen (although it comes in a polish bottle, not a pen). For the colours that nubar is lacking (and you'll find a few of them lately), search for China Glaze nail art stripers. They are practically the same.

We actually have the full range of nubar stripers at our salon as we use their polishes and gelicure too, but we're switching due to them going into liquidation apparently. I do like the nubar stripers but I even struggle with those especially ones that have been used a bit. I find if they're not newish and thin I'm useless with them xx

 

[leanne7685]

I love my Lecente D2 brush for detail work - the handle is a great length, and it's got a nice weight to it that seems to make it easier to control. I use it mostly for gel polish art work (I'm particularly enjoying embossed patterns at the moment!). Strongly considering the Lecente S2 striper as my next brush purchase!

Have you come across Kirsty Meakin's videos on the Essential Nails website? They're free to watch, and I learned some great stuff from them - I've not seen all the tutorials, but I can say the one stroke series did wonders for my technique.

Here's a link if it's of any use

http://www.essentialnails.com/product/349/ndp_tokyo_1sf/tokyo-series-one-stroke-flowers.html

you can buy just the dvd and the products to learn the technique I think it's 20 pound I did this with the 1 stroke x

 

[Steffanie]

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you can buy just the dvd and the products to learn the technique I think it's 20 pound I did this with the 1 stroke x

I am back at college soon for my level 3 so think I'll improve on my skills then, I've been doing more nail art the last week and Ive started shaking I'm that nervous about it now

 

[Faithy]

I purchased this set first then added to it with the singles
http://crystalnails4u.co.uk/synthestic-hair-art-brushes/3187-nail-art-brush-kit-5996487013815.html

All CN brushes are top quality

 

[pure]

The Lecente S1 long striper brush makes straight lines easy peasy.