Wednesday 30 October 2013

Tutorial: Nude Dotticure

Nude Dotticure Toes


It's not often that I do nail art on my toes. I'm not sure why. I mean, sure, eight of the nails are too tiny to do much on, but my feet provide me with two large canvases in the form of big-toes, and I really ought to take advantage of that more.

Since the nails on my big toes are so...well, big, I love doing dotticures, because the large space allows more room for the design, making the finished product look more complex. If you're not familiar with the term "dotticure", it's just an easy way of describing nail art that is done mainly with dots. Haha no surprises there!

For this design, I decided to do rings of dots in alternating colours. It's really easy to achieve this look, but it looks so great and detailed once it's done that people will marvel and wonder how you did it. People are so often convinced that this is a complex look, but to show you just how easy this is to recreate, I made a tutorial (toe-torial? no? okay, I'll stop).

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Hannibal Nail Art

This week I've got another serial killer show inspired manicure for you; Hannibal. If you haven't caught the first season of this NBC series, you are missing out my friend! Its imagery is so wonderful and the acting is sublime. I could sing praises about this show forever, but I decided I would try to show my love/obsession with some nail art instead.



hannibal nail art
This is my design.

Wednesday 16 October 2013

Dexter Nail Art

Hey there! Welcome to my blog, Topcoat Therapy!

For my very first post I've got a killer manicure for you! In the lead-up to Halloween I thought it would be fun to visit everyone's favourite serial killer, Dexter. Now, I know that there's no shortage of Dex-icures out there. A quick Google Image search will fill you up with ideas for your own awesome nail designs, but since the series recently ended, I thought I would pay homage in the best way I know how.