Edgy Cross Nails

Hi, everyone! I have another nail tutorial for you today. Today's tutorial is kind of "edgy" design, and I hope you like it. 

If you want to see how I created this look, keep reading :-)

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Here are most of the products I used. Somehow I forgot to put my base, and top coat in this picture. I'll insert a separate picture of them at the end of the blog.

Silver glitter striper: Art Deco, silver glitter

Black polish: Sinful Colors, What's your name.

(this is one of my favorite black nail polishes ever, it's got the most beautiful fine blue glitter in it)

Hot pink, and black: Apple Barrel Colors, Bright Magenta and Black

Light Grey: L.A. colors, Lost Soul

Bast Coat: Nail-aid, Triple Wrap Thickener

Top Coat: Nail-Tek, Quicken

Cuticle oil: Pro fx apricot cuticle oil

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 Step 1: On clean dry nails, apply 1 coat of your favorite base coat. This protects your nails from staining and prevents chipping. 

Step 2: On all but your ring finger, and thumb, apply a light grey polish to the tips of your nails. Depending on the polish it will take 1-3 coats. Mine took 2 coats.

(you can use any colors you would like, these are just the colors I chose for the design)
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Step 3: On your ring finger, and thumb apply a black polish to the whole nail. Depending on the polish this will take 1-3 coats. Mine took just 1.  

Step 4: After your black has had time to dry, go in with a silver glitter striper polish, and create the cross on your thumb and ring finger. It's just 2 lines, one down the center of your nail. The other a horizontal line 1/3 of the way up from your cuticle(straight across the first line). 

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Step 5: Go in with any color of your choice(I chose hot pink) and make a semi thick line bordering the cross. You can either use a striping polish or paint and a detail brush. I used an acrylic paint, and a detail brush.

Step 6: Using the same color you outlined the cross in, paint one random vertical line on each grey tip. You don't want any of the lines to be in the same spot. You want it to look random.

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Step 7: Using a striper polish, or paint and a detail brush go in and fill in the rest of your grey tips with vertical stripes the same color as your accent nails. As you see, mine are black.

Step 8: This step is optional, but I think it makes the crosses pop a little more. Using either a nail striper, or detail brush and paint, go in with the same color you used as the main color on your accent nails(black for me) and carefully paint a line in between the pink(or whatever color you bordered you cross with) and the cross. This gives the border color the appearance that it's kind of floating. As pictured in both of these steps. 

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Step 9: This is another optional step, but I think it ties the nails together even more. Using the same silver glitter striper you used to make your cross, and paint a thin line just under your grey tips. This way if your tips weren't perfectly straight and even, you can even them out with this step. 

Step 10: After waiting for your design to dry for a couple minutes, apply your favorite top coat. You can stop here if you'd like, but I do 2 more steps.

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Step 11: Go in with either a cotton bud or a paint brush, dipped in nail polish remover and clean up and polish that may have gotten on your skin, and cuticles. This step make your nails look more professional, and clean.

Step 12: Apply you favorite cuticle oil all over your nails and nail bed. This will help prevent smudging  and it's great for your cuticles. 

Now you're all done! I hope you love the design!

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Below are more detailed pictures of what I used in this design. Keep in mind, these are just the products I used, you can use whatever colors you want to make the design all yours.

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Well, you made it to the end of today's blog! Thank you for reading, and I hope you found my tutorial helpful. Don't forget to check me out on Facebook, and YouTube if you want to stay up to date with what I'm doing. 

Have a blessed day,