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Should Nail Art Face You or Others?
Should nail art read upright to you or to the people looking at your hands? Learn which designs have a direction and how to plan orientation on a template.
Comparing Contrast Between Nail-Art Motifs and Background Colours
How to check whether a nail-art motif will stand out from its base colour, how to use a free contrast checker app sensibly, and where screen-based ratios fall short for polish.
27 Amazing Chevron Pattern Design Nails
Build 27 chevron nail designs from one repeated V-band pattern: three layouts, nine color palettes and a clear step-by-step method for crisp chevron stripes.
Checkered Nails in Pink: Palettes, Layouts and a Grid-First Method
How to plan pink checkered nails: choose a pink pairing, decide how much of the manicure gets the check, and paint the checkerboard with a simple grid-first method.
Abstract Brushstroke Nail-Art Patterns: How to Plan the Motif, Palette and Layout
Plan abstract brushstroke nails: what defines the look, palette ideas like gold and black on nude, minimalist negative space and motif pairings.
Nail-Art Patterns, Textures and Motif Techniques: A Practical Guide
Understand nail art patterns by separating motif, color palette and technique, then choose a simple or advanced design from dotting, gradients, marbling, foil, stamping and more.
Nail-art patterns and palette creation: a practical overview
How to design nail art by choosing a motif, building a color palette and matching an application technique, with simple, adaptable design decisions.
Nail Color Brands: How to Choose Shades by Palette, Not Just Label
How to compare nail color brands by the palettes they let you build, with swatch charts, color relationships and design ideas you can test across any polish line.
Geometric nail-art patterns and linework
How to choose geometric nail art: separate the motif, color palette and technique, then pick lines, shapes and contour linework that suit your style and skill.
Nail stamping patterns and plate planning
Choose nail stamp patterns by separating the motif, the color palette and the stamping technique, then map each plate image to a nail before you start.