Graduation Nails

Hi! I'm a Senior in high school and my graduation is tomorrow!! Therefore, I did this nail art design in celebration of that. I used my schools colors which are red and gold, but you can substitute your school colors in for it! Enjoy.

Step1: start by applying a base coat. Then use a red base color on your thumb and ring finger, and a white base on the remaining fingers.

Step2: apply a gold glitter over the white nails. I had to use 3 coats to make it opaque enough for my liking. 

Step3: on the pointer and pinky fingers, apply a red polish to only the tip and base. It doesn't have to be perfect because the edges will be covered. 

Step4: use a black polish and a toothpick to draw zig zags where the red polish meets the gold. It should look like this. 

Step5: use a toothpick and a black polish to create the dotticure numbers 2015 on the thumb. 

Step6: to draw the grad cap, draw a black diamond on the ring finger. Then draw a white outline along the bottom edge of the diamond as seen below. 

Step7: finish off the cap with a toothpick as seen below. Make a small white dot on the top of the cap. Then draw a tassel on one side. Mine is on the left, but it's hard to see in the image below, sorry! 

Step8: use the same dotticure technique as step5 to write the word GRAD on the middle finger. 

Step9: add a top coat and clean any nail polish around the nails. You are done! 

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial! Feel free to follow me on Instagram @lisa_xhe where I'll be posting pictures of nail art, my graduation, and just my life in general! Enjoy and thanks for reading!