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Pretty purple flowers for spring or summer!
Create this layered floral look for spring or summer! This look is pretty easy, and takes at most 25 minutes!

Tools needed: small flat brush and needle brush. Optional: dotting tool, sewing needle.

Polish needed: light blue, yellow, dark green, lime green, navy or black, light purple, darker purple, navy, base coat and top coat.

Posted by Kelly O. from South Salem, New York, United States • Published See Kelly O.'s 7 projects »
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  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 1
    Step 1

    Start by making a figure 8 pattern using your darker purple and a needle brush. Allow some of the design to go off the edge of the nail bed.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 2
    Step 2

    Make another figure 8 over all the existing ones. The shape of the flower should look similar to a four leaf clover.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 3
    Step 3

    Fill in your flower with the same purple using a small flat brush.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 4
    Step 4

    Make varying lines in length and number radiating from the center of the flower using your light purple.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 5
    Step 5

    Make a small square in the center of each flower a needle brush and a dark navy or black.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 6
    Step 6

    Use the tip of a needle brush, a small dotting tool or the tip of a sewing needle to make small yellow dots on the four corners of your square.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 7
    Step 7

    Using your light blue repeat step 1. this making the figure 8 shape in the negative space, slightly overlapping the purple flowers.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 8
    Step 8

    Repeat step 2 also using your light blue. Again the shape should resemble a four leaf clover.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 9
    Step 9

    Repeat step 3. Filling in the shape.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 10
    Step 10

    Using the same light purple as in the purple flowers make lines varying in length and number on each petal radiating from the center.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 11
    Step 11

    Make a small square using your darker purple (the same for the base of the purple flower) in the center of your blue flower.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 12
    Step 12

    Repeat step 6. placing yellow dots on the four corners of each purple square.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 13
    Step 13

    Using your dark green fill in all the negative space. You can use this step to reshape and define the edges of the flowers if needed. Seal with top coat.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Layered Purple Flowers - Step 14
    Step 14

    Make small irregular dots using your small dotting tool (which ever used for the yellow dots). This will give the illusion of grass or small leaves to add more depth to the look.

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