Natural State Beauty: "It's Complicated" Nail Design

Welcome to another nail design tutorial!
View the corresponding video for this look on my YouTube channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwGU0VL2Olw

This is a wild and eye-catching design that features a unique glitter and cheerful colors...

Begin with any base coat...
I love Kiss Diamond Hard Strengthen & Grow because it hardens your nails and also dries very quickly. Also, it doesn't add a lot of thickness underneath the polishes you put over it...

Again I am using two recently acquired Julep polishes...you can use ANY brand or ANY color you like though, it is all about having fun after all! :)

The first color is Teri, a pastel orange that I got my March "It Girl" Julep box...
This polish goes on very well, and is very opaque in only one coat...
I did two coats just because I always do, and I think it looks better...

Next, I am using Lauren which I just got today in my Julep Spring Mystery Box.
This is rather sheer and definitely needs two thick coats to fully cover the nail...

Paint all nails except for your two ring finger with Teri (orange) and the two ring fingers with Lauren (pink)...allow to dry for at least five minutes...

Now to stamp, we will be using the Cheeky Summer Collection plates and we are using plate CH44...the bottom middle design...

Over all of the orange nails, stamp the design in white...I used my ArtDeco polish in White.
I have found this brand to stamp rather well.
These are $1.00 at almost any store and are a decent and much cheaper alternative to Konad special polishes if you want to save yourself some money...

On your pink accent nails, use any colored glitter...
You want to do several coats to get a lot of sparkles on the nail.
I used one of my NEW favorites, "It's Complicated" by Pure Ice $2.00 at Wal-Mart..(See my Favorite Things video and previous blog post). This is a cheap dupe for "It's a Trap-Eze" by China Glaze in my opinion!