Always Amethyst Nail Art Tutorial
Stone and gem inspired nail art are MAJOR. It’s a trend that seems to continuously reinvent itself month after month. During the Spring and summer, clients want Rose Quartz and Amethyst, Tigers Eye and Black Opals for Halloween and the winter holidays mean opals, jade and marble. The good news is, once you figure out a few different variations in this technique, you can pretty much do anything.
Stone inspired nails are a great entry point into the world of nail art for clients and manicurists alike. Creating stone art (like most of the art I do) is an exercise in thinking through your layers before you start. For this look we’re using a milky semi-sheer lavender base with a shock of a custom purple jelly blend throughout. We add dimension with mica flakes and create stylized veins with a super pigmented white art gel and bring it all together with top layer of sheered out white lavender.
Some notes on the white veins, wipe your brush frequently on your palettes that it doesn’t drag too heavily throughout. Be sure to flash cure or fully cure between completed veins, especially if they are touching or overlapping.
Here are some links to the products I used to create this look:
Kokoist E-227S Licorice Jelly Beans