Elegant Vintage Rose Nail Art: Easy DIY Tutorial

You don’t have to be a flower lover to know that pretty floral designs were all the rage this summer. People emblazoned themselves with these blooming flowers and designs. But, just because the winter is here (thank you, long sleeves and chunky knits!) doesn’t mean we have to say goodbye to floral nails and nail art designs.

Creating these amazing floral patterns are not only fun, but incredibly easy with a few simple steps. It really requires zero experience and you can get so much creative satisfaction. Also, you can save a few bucks which you will otherwise be spending on nail spas and salons.

So, if you’re  an 80’s kid and like so many other trends from the ’80s have returned to our closets, read head and learn how to glam up your tips.

Vintage Roses Nail Art Tutorial :

Roses always look beautiful, be it on bushes or in your flower vase or even on your wardrobe. But how about getting them on your nails? Yes on nails…Wouldn’t they make for a beautiful vintage rose nail art too? Get inspired by these pretty floral nail art manicures

Tutorial difficulty: Moderate

Things You Will Need:

• Black nail polish. I have used Hard Candy
• Artificial nails (for demo)
• Red acrylic nail paint
• Maroon acrylic nail paint
• Green acrylic nail paint
• White acrylic nail paint
• Detailing brush or zero number brush.
• A transparent top coat. I suggest, Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed Top Coat (a long-lasting and high-shine top coat that dries within a few minutes.)
• Base coat.  Try: Essie Ridge Filling Base Coat

Steps For Rose Nail Art:

Step 1:

Begin by applying a good layer of base coat on your nails to prevent dark colors from staining your nail beds and harmful effects of acrylic paint. Let it dry. Once done, apply a double coat of black nail polish. Refer the image below.

Step 2:

Next, mix white and red acrylic colours to make light pink color and with the help of your nail art brush make uneven circles on your nails as shown in the picture below:

Step 3:

For the next step, mix green and white acrylic colors to make lighter green shade to draw the leaves. Draw leaf-like pattern on either side of your circles as shown in picture:

Step 4:

Once it dries, take maroon color to define the circles. Make small “c” or “u” curves to define it. Completely fine if the shape is not perfect. Take a cue from the picture below:

Step 5:

Now define your leaves also with the darker shade of green as shown:

Step 6:

After the design dries, apply your top coat and you are done.

Step 7:

For artistic touch, draw flowers here and there on all fingers.

Step 8:

Use a cotton swab dipped in acetone to clean the colour off your fingers.

Step 9:

Apply two good layers of transparent top coat to seal in your nail art. So, here you have the girly vintage roses in its final form.

Final look:

Hope you all love this design. You can make these flowers on following backgrounds too:

A.Mint green

B. White

C. Beige

With a trendy nail art that easy, we’ll be donning this vintage roses print for days to come. And if you wish to see more prints or any other designs on your nails, leave us your comments below and we will cater to your requests. Also, if you are planning to try this nail design do share your pictures with us.

Here’s a nail art app for android to help you do nail art at home.