Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Harry Potter Quidditch Nail Art

Another Harry Potter design for you all. I've found a really good new nail varnish, sold by Superdrug, its their own brand called B. The range is lovely, in particular the base for this design, colour 180 Midnight, its a rich slightly glittery dark blue, and I used it on top of a base coat as the back ground colour.


So for the design they are based around elements of Quidditch.
On the little finger I have a deep red "Quaffle" ball, simply added to the nail with a dotting tool.
Next I have a Gryffindor flag, like the ones on top of the stands in the HP films, simply made with a very thing brush in brown for the pole, and then in red and yellow that tappers out towards the points of the flag.
Middle finger is the snitch, simply a dot of gold using a dotting tool, then using either a thin brush or a pointed nail art tool create the shape of the wings either side.
Next I have the goal hope, thin brush or pointed tool again to draw three lines of varying lengths and then the circles on top.
Thumb is a simple lightning bolt, I layered a matt gold paint with a glittery gold to add a little extra shine.

All over each nail I used the end of a sharpened pencil dipped in silver varnish to add little dots of varying sizes, just to add a slightly wintery effect, obviously you could do these designs on a light blue background in summery months. Hope you liked this design, keep an eye out for more in the near future. Thank you for reading.