Summer Nail Trends: Nail Art Goes Retro

Last Thursday, when I was sitting at the salon waiting for my hair to dry, I stumbled across some interesting Nail Art designs from Jin Soon Choi in the March issue of Teen Vogue.

Trends come and go, we all know that.  All in all, it's the same trends - really.  And, this summer were flashing back to the 80's with bright neon colors, graffiti nail art along with black and white retro lines.

Tip from Choi: Experiment with different polish colors.  High Contrast shades will look best! 

Tip from Choi:  This look is Bold.  Rather than spelling out your name, use random letters.  It's cooler. 

This is one of my favorite designs.  The bold white stripes on black immediately caught my attention. 

Tip from Choi: Visit a beauty supply store to buy white striping tape used in nail art.  That way, the lines on the black polish will be perfectly straight.

Tip from Steph: My favorite nail art pens are super easy when creating this look.  As long as you have a steady hand for straight lines, you'll have no problems with the pens.  Otherwise, the striping tape Choi suggests works out great also. 

In a few days, I'll be recreating a few of these looks.  So, make sure you stay tuned.

What do you guys think?  Which ones would you like to see?

8 Responses

vesper said, on Mar 8th, 2009 4:25 am Reply
My faves are the last two looks...I love the stripes! I wish I could see the detail on the second look, it seems really interesting and confetti-ish.

Steph said, on Mar 8th, 2009 5:04 am Reply
Hi Vesper, Those are my faves too! I've been messing around with them today and their actually fairly easy! :)

avroys said, on Mar 10th, 2009 8:56 am Reply
These are so cool! I can't wait for your demonstrations with the nail art pens. My sister is coming to visit from Aus and bringing me a set of Migi nail art pens for my birthday. With the inspiration of these pics I can't wait to start decorating my nails! Sally Hansen seems to withdrawing from South Africa - can't find their new products anywhere :-(

Steph said, on Mar 10th, 2009 12:15 pm Reply
HI Avroys, Oooh, that sounds like fun! It's so fun messing around with the pens! That's such a shame that Sally Hansen products aren't available :( I don't know why they do that!

Kathryn said, on Mar 12th, 2009 1:40 am Reply
I'd love to see more of the second one, with multi-color stripes. Would you use an eye-liner sized brush in regular polishes?

Betty said, on Mar 12th, 2009 10:22 am Reply
Please post how to do the second look. It looks like modern art! I tried doing something like this once using toothpicks to paint steaks of polish in different colors, but it didn't look nearly as awesome. Oh, and I looovvveezzzz your blog.

gabby said, on Mar 24th, 2009 9:50 am Reply
Love Love these! Trying them immediately. Can't wait to get off work. Headed to the nail salon n beauty supply!

Steph said, on Mar 24th, 2009 11:37 am Reply
Hi Kathyrn, Yes! I have a nail detailing brush and it's as thin as a eyeliner brush. To do this look, I would suggest acrylic paint over nail polish. its so much easier to work with. Hi Betty, Aww, thanks so much! I'm actually attempting to do the second one - it's the hardest of the four. Hi Gabby, Yah!! Let us know how they turn out :)

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