Hi, guys, I'm Pattie Yankee.
I'm a celebrity nail artist to some of your favorite stars,
and I'm going to show you how to design your nails
with some fashion forward, trendy nail art.
Creating polka dots I like to get a little piece
of tinfoil so I can use this as my palette,
and we're going to create polka dots using nail polish
and a piece of dried spaghetti
and always a little dish of acetone.
So I'm going to apply the darker color,
and it's better to polish in thin coats
than to put a big thick one on.
So I usually like to do two thin coats.
So I'm going to let that dry a little bit.
Then I'm going to apply this lighter pink on my tinfoil.
I just broke off a piece of spaghetti,
and you swirl it around in the polish on your palette,
and then you can just use this to dot.
I like to go right down the center first,
and then fill in the empty spaces alongside it.
And there you have a nice polka dot nail
using a piece of spaghetti.
Negative space art is really popular.
That just means that you leave your nail bare
and then you just apply color on it
in little sporadic places.
And then I'm just going to dip the penne
in the color and tap it out a little bit
and then just apply it in random spots.
And then I'm going to go in with my piece of spaghetti
and just add some random dots.
I kind of like to overlap the color that I did before,
and there's no way you can make a mistake with this.
For our next look we're going to do a water marble.
We're going to start with applying scotch tape
around our nails just so it can protect it.
And for this you're going to need
a little dish of cold water, you can use a shot glass,
and you always want to start out with the lightest one first
and you're going to hold it parallel above the cold water,
and just let it drop on top, and it should spread out.
If it doesn't spread out, you can always take your toothpick
and just pull it to the side like this.
And then I'm going to go to the next color,
and then the darkest color in the center.
Now take your toothpick and swirl colors around.
You want to keep it submerged in the liquid.
If you have to take it out then wipe it on the towel
to clean off the excess polish before you dip back in.
And you're going to submerge your finger into the polish,
down into the water, and you're going to break
a little open space in the top layer of polish
so that your finger can come out through that clean hole.
I take pieces of cut up paper towel,
and you just lightly swipe this top layer off,
and then you can start all over again
with dropping a new drop.
Now, the cleanup, you want to start by taking the tape off.
Any other polish that adhered to your skin,
you're just going to go in
and clean it up with your little brush.
For the next design we're going to do
it's going to be an ombre using a makeup sponge.
And I'm going to use a gold and a neutral color on my nails,
by applying this neutral shade.
I'm going to take my gold polish,
and I'm going to apply it on my foil palette.
We're going to take the makeup sponge,
dip it in the gold polish,
and you want to tap it out a little bit onto your foil,
and then you just going to go in
and tap the free edge of your natural nail.
And use a little bit lighter pressure on the end
going towards your cuticles so it will fade
when you apply the top coat.
It blends the two colors together a little bit better.
Super easy and ombres are always on trend.
The French manicure has been so popular lately.
So what we're going to do to achieve
this French manicure look is take this chalk white polish.
You're just going to swipe it across
the tip of your finger on the opposite hand,
and then this gives you leverage
to just apply it right at the edge of your nail.
Press it on top of your free edge,
and it's going to give you a wonderful, perfect French line.
And then I use this little makeup brush,
and this you can clean up any residue and polish
that got on any of your other fingers.
And then we're going to let that dry and top coat it,
but look how easy that is and how great it looks.