Chestita Baba Marta!

One more decoration for today, another nails in the spirit of 1th March.

I`ve already showed you the snowdrop with martenitsa in a step by step tutorial so you know how to make it. On the other hand` index nail we have martenitsa- hugging Pijo and Penda. :-D

On the non- decorated nail I applied two coats of Moyra No.34 and a little red glitter in the base of every nail.

Finished with Seche Vite top coat.

Step by Step Horseshoe and Martenitsa

Hello everyone! 

As I promissed you in my previous Step by Step post, I`ll show you one more tutorial of decoration with martenitsa.

Here is what you`ll need:

- base coat, white polish, top coat, white, black, red and grey acrylic paint, regular and detailed brush.

And here are the steps:

1. Apply the base coat and when it`s dry make the white french.

2. Paint the horseshoe with grey paint above the french.

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3. Outline the horseshoe with black paint.

4. Paint the other elements on it.

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5. Paint the tie of the martenitsa with white paint.

6. Add the red ties, too.

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7. Outline the martenitsa with black paint. If you want you can paint a ladybug in the spare space.

8. Cover the nail with top coat.

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Step by Step Four Leaf Clover & Martenitsa

A Step by Step tutorial, just in time for the upcoming holiday here in my country- 1st of March - 'Baba Marta'. We have a tradition to give and recieve martenitsi on that day so here is one idea of making a nail decoration in this spirit.

Here is what you`ll need:

- base coat, white polish, top coat, white, black, red, light and dark green acrylic paint, regular and detailed brush.

Now let`s see the steps:

1. Apply the base coat and make the french in white.

2. When it`s dry start painting the leaves of the four leaf clover with light green paint. Make the leaf heart- shaped.

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3. Paint the rest three leaves.

4. Make the handle of the four leaf clover and some thin dark green lines in the middle of each leaf.

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5. Outline with black paint.

6. Make the tie of the martenitsa with white paint where you want it to be.

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7. Add the red lines to make it look like martenitsa.

8. Outline it with black paint.

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9. Don`t forget to apply top coat as a final step!

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Hope you`ve enjoyed the tutorial and here is a sneak peek of what the next tutorial will be very soon ->

Swallow and Stork 2

Hello!

Continuing with the decorations with martenitzi, here is this one ->

I made the same Swallow & Stork maybe a week ago.

This time I used white polish for the other nails. And not only white but champagne white :)

It`s from Orly- Au, Champagne!

Over the white I painted the white- red tie of the martenitza.

Covered with a coat of Seche Vite top coat.

Red and White

Hello!

In today`s post I`ll show you some designs, perfect for the upcoming 1st March and for our country`s tradition with martenitzi.

This one I made on my mother`s natural nails.

This well known design for those of you who know my work, you can see in different colours here and here.  She loves this design! And this time we made it in red and white.

I used Flormar Supermatte M101 in only one coat for the juicy red polish.

The rest is hand- painted with acrylic paints.

The second design is again with the same red polish.

But this time we have white and red flowers, painted with acrylic paints on the index and thumb nails.

 And the next one is made in 2011, but I haven`t showed it to you ->

Here we have permanent french with UV gel and then the decoration- one stroke  flowers in red and white and the tie of martenitza floating around from nail to nail.

Hope you like them!

Next post will be in the same spirit- martenitzi :)

Step by Step Snowdrop and Martenitza

Hello again.

This time the Step by step tutorial I`m going to show you is with something traditional to our country- it`s called Martenitza.

We make it a gift to the people we love on 1st March and this tradition is for helth- we wear our martenitzi till we see a Stork somewhere- which means that the Spring is comming. :)

Anyways, let`s see the tutorial ->

And the needed things ->

- base coat, top coat, white polish, white, black, red and green acrylic paint, regular and detailed brush.

1. Apply the base coat and let it dry. Then make the white french.

2. Using the white and green acrylic paints make the bell and the handle of the snowdrop.

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3. Outline the flower with black acrylic paint.

4. Draw the tie of the martenitza crossing around the snowdrop. In the upper end of the tie make the white martenitza.

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5. Using the red paint make the red martenitza at the lower end of the tie. Make some thiny red stripes through the tie so as the white and red thread crossing each other.

6. Outline the martenitza with black acrylic paint.

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7. Cover with top coat!

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Swallow & Stork

Hello again!

This time the decoration will be with swallow and stork, wearing something traditional for beginning of March for our country- martenitza.

For the beautiful red polish I used Opi- The Spy who loved me from the James Bond collection.

You can see another nails with this polish here.

As for the decoration- I have it on tips from about two years but I`m doing it on nails for first time :)

Covered all with a coat of Seche Vite top coat.

One pic without flash ->

And the nails before the UV gel refill, 28 days old ->

You can find the decoration and step by step tutorial of the design here ->

Black French With Glitter