Captain America Nails

This design is the shield of Captain America which was requested. I'm going to show you how to do it in twelve easy steps. 

What you will need:

1. A base coat, I am not sure what the one I used is as it's very old and the writing has rubbed off.

2. A top coat - (Collection Lasting Colour: 2 Ice Cube)

3. Red polish 

4. White polish - (Collection 5 Day Wear: 103 French White)

5. Dark blue - (Dark blue striper)

6. Small dotter

Step 1:

Apply a base coat over the whole nail. 

Allow to dry completely.

Step 2:

Paint the whole nail red and allow to dry completely.

Step 3:

Paint a curve line close to the tip of the nail and a second curved line close to the cuticle of the nail. Try to make the distance from the tip and from the cuticle the same.

Move straight on to the next step. 

Step 4:

 Paint a dark blue circle in the centre of the nail. Try to make the distance from each side of the nail the same, and the distance from the two white lines the same as this will make it look neater. 

Allow to dry completely. 

Step 5:

Mark five points on the blue in the shape of a star. In your head, number the points 1-5 just as the following so that it is easier to make the star. Then move straight on to the next step.

1 is closest to the tip, 4 and 3 are closed to the cuticle.  In the picture of what I have painted, the numbers are upside down.

 Step 6:

 Join points 1 and 4 with a straight, white line. To do these lines, you could use a striper or a stippling motion with your dotting tool. 

Move straight on to the next step. 

Step 7:

 Join points 4 and 2 with a straight, white line. 

Move straight on to the next step. 

Step 8:

 Join points 2 and 5 with a straight, white line.

Move straight on to the next step.

Step 9:

 Join points 5 and 3 with a straight, white line. 

Move straight on to the next step. 

Step 10:

 Join points 3 and 1 with a straight, white line. 

Move straight on to the next step. 

Step 11:

 Fill in any gaps with a white polish.

Wait for the whole nail to dry completely. 

Step 12:

Apply a top coat to the whole nail and allow to dry completely. 

How to wear:

You could wear this design on all of your nails or just on your ring finger. If you decide to wear it just on your ring finger, then you can paint the rest of your nails red. 

If you have any requests then let me know, I would love to try them. 

Bye, x