Master Freehand Nail Art: A Step-by-Step Guide

Free hand nail art designs always give a wide opportunity to play around with different designs. Whichever design comes to your mind, you can incorporate them provided that you have a good hand at creating small designs on your little canvas – The Nails.
The best part about free hand nail art is that you are not limited to just a few water decals or rhinestones when it comes to nail art. Those are easier but free hand is a little difficult. So if you are a fan of free hand nail art and gradient texturing then you will definitely love this one.

How To Do A Basket Weave Nail Art

This is a basket weave nail art and I am trying to show you the basic basket weave nail art here.

Things you need for basket weave nails:

• A light forest green shade (I am using Panama from Tips and Toes)
• A bright yellow shade (I am using Amarelo Sol from Colorama)
• A light pink shade (I am using rose pink from Revlon Street wear)
• A glitter polishes of your choice
• Nail art brush or a black striper
• Transparent top coat
• Base coat (optional)
• Black polish.
• A piece of makeup sponge
• A matte white or matte pink base paint (I am using Hong Kong from Tips and Toes)

Stepwise Tutorial:

Step 1:

Paint your nails with a base coat. Let them dry. Then paint your nails two coats of matte white or with matte light pink –  I am using Hong Kong here.

Step 2:

Take the bit of makeup sponge and use a little pink colour on it .Dab it on to the nails starting from bottom. This is gradient texturing.

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Step 3:

Take a bit of green on to the sponge and use on nails.

Step 4:

Take the yellow, use on the sponge and apply on nails.

Step 5:

Repeat all the colours to brighten their appearance a bit.

Follow up with your glitter polish.

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Step 6:

Take black nail polish on the nail art brush or use you’re a black striper to draw two lines as shown below.

Step 7:

Fill the space in between with parallel lines to the top line.

Step 8:

Fill in the lower space with parallel lines to the bottom line. Follow the picture for better illustration.

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Step 9:

Fill in lines for the top portion very precisely with vertical but a bit slanted lines.

Step 10:

You basket weave is complete. Now put 1-2 coats of your favourite top coat and seal in your design.  Clean up the mess on the sides with a cotton bud dipped in makeup remover.

Hope you liked this simple but glamorous nail art. Additionally use some rhinestones on this design. If you are using rhinestones, then put 2 coats of top coat and place the stone immediately at the position you want it to be. Use another layer of top coat over the rhinestone to fix it firmly.

So what do you think of this basket weave nail art desing? Do leave your feedback in the comments below.