How To Create Serpent Nails: An Knowledgeable-Led Tutorial

Very first thing’s first: Choose your serpent-inspired shade palette. “The commonest colours used to realize a serpent, reptilian nail look embrace deep metallic inexperienced, black, and brown,” says Jin Quickly Choi, editorial manicurist and founding father of JINSoon. “Different colours resembling holographic blue, purple, and teal are additionally fashionable.” Be at liberty to decide on your individual reptilian journey right here—however metallic or chrome hues will actually assist you nail that scaly impact. 

OK, right here comes the difficult half. “There are few methods to create serpent nails with common nail polish,” says Choi. You would go for the netting methodology—after making use of your polish of selection, apply netting on prime whereas the polish continues to be moist (right here’s an ideal possibility from Amazon), then end with a prime coat. 

You would additionally use a nail artwork stamper or sponge to create a uniform scale sample. Merely apply a base coat of polish, look ahead to it to dry utterly, then dip your stamper right into a metallic hue earlier than evenly urgent it onto your nails. After trying each netting and stamping, I discovered the latter methodology best—I didn’t have a correct stamper, however a common kitchen sponge works simply tremendous when you use the sting.

The pores of the sponge create a scaly, virtually cloud-like impact (when you select dreamier pastel hues, you may simply create “cloud nails.” However that’s a tutorial for one more day). Simply ensure to faucet the sponge tremendous evenly; when you press too firmly, the polish will bleed and create one huge blob.