Scratch March 2018 cover nails
Step by Step
Scratch cover girl & nail stylist, Katie Barnes, reveals how to get the nail look featured on the March 2018 front cover.
Step 1
Fit an extreme length form and create the nail bed extension with cover pink.
Step 2
Mix red and yellow colour drops together for the amber colour and place this mix, red and green in three different dappen dishes with monomer for the traffic light colours (N.B. the more monomer you add, the more transparent the colour will be). Place the brush into the first coloured monomer and pick up a bead of clear acrylic then apply onto the form the create the first part of the wing. Keep adding the different colours to give the traffic light look.
Step 3
Repeat this step on the other side and build up the structure of the upper arch.
Step 4
Remove the form and refine the shape.
Step 5
Using the Crystal Nails Silver Baroque Gel and Hazel Dixon precision brush, outline the three different colours and cure for three minutes in a UV lamp. Use black acrylic paint to add tiny dots on these lines.
Step 6
Apply top coat with Akzentz Shine On.
Step 7
Use Akzentz Bling On to apply various Crystal Parade Swarovski Crystals and Crystal Pixie to the nails in the colours of traffic lights.
