Mario Nail Art!

I know this is late but happy new year to everyone! These are my first nail art nails of 2013, I had been planning them for ages but finally got round to them. For those of you who don't know what they are supposed to be, they are inspired by the mushrooms in Mario. Quite simple to do and very effective.

Colours - 

• orange
• red
• blue
• green
• yellow
• I don't have all of the colours as originals so mixed the orange and green plus I lightened the yellow with a touch of white.

Method - 

1. Base coat to protect your natural nails, this is particularly important if you paint them regularly or you use nail gel - they seem them do a lot of damage especially if you pick it off 
2. Coat or two of colour, leave it to dry fully or the final product takes FOREVER!!!!!
3. Using white (LA Colors) I tipped the nails with white, slightly curving it rather than going edge to edge to create the mushroom stalk, if you don't have a steadyish hand you may want to outline the stalk with a white striper first and fill it in after
4. Using a dotting tool (or a couple of varying sizes) created the dots on the mushrooms, make sure the varnish isn't too thick or they will not dry very well
5. Once the detail has dried you have the option to add little eyes to your mushrooms using a detail brush dipped in black or you could just leave them as blank mushrooms
6. Finally top coat to protect your lovely designs 

Hope this has helped, thanks for reading  :)