Monday, 18 June 2012

Fishtail braid nail art manicure with a tutorial!

Hello lovelies!

What a response to yesterday's swatch of Models Own lilac Dream! I would think that it'll be just another ordinary colour but you loved it! Well that's good because I have here a bit of nail art with this colour and also a tutorial of how to create it! I'm not sure whether the 'Fishtail' is the correct name.. what do you think? If this nail art is called differently then let me know and I'll change it. I'm a bit clueless right now :)

Sooo....for this manicure I've used one coat of Models Own Lilac Dream as a base colour, China Glaze Aquadelic and A England Excalibur for the accent nail. 

Fishtail braid nail art manicure with a tutorial

Fishtail braid nail art manicure with a tutorial





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80 comments:

  1. Epic Nail Time18 June 2012 at 14:16

    Wow! Love everything about this manicure! Looks great :)

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    1. Lucys Stash18 June 2012 at 19:56

      Thank you very much Caitlin x

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    2. Mikayla9 August 2012 at 05:38

      i just did my nails like this today, but i found a diferent picture, but your way looks much much easier than how i did mine! i love the way this looks! your amazing<333

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  2. Unknown18 June 2012 at 14:38

    You make it look so easy! I will definitely try this xx

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    1. Lucys Stash18 June 2012 at 19:57

      lol, it IS easy, it might just sometimes involve a bit more of a cleanup ;)

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  3. Heidi Winther18 June 2012 at 14:58

    Waow, I wish I had a steady hand, so I could make this. Nice work! :-)

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  4. Leanne18 June 2012 at 15:52

    Awesome! Totally gonna give that a try, thanks Lucy :) x

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  5. Powdered Almond18 June 2012 at 15:52

    Oh gorgeous, it's kind of like plaiting with the colours! Looks amazing - I'm going to try it! x

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  6. Denise Gutierrez18 June 2012 at 16:05

    woah! amazing! kinda looks like a french braid! so pretty!

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  7. Leelo18 June 2012 at 16:10

    Very cool mani. I love the colors your used and the tutorial! Have to try this!

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  8. A Polish Addict18 June 2012 at 16:22

    Thanks for the tutorial. I always envy your creativity :)

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    1. Lucys Stash18 June 2012 at 20:02

      oh wow, such a compliment! I love your glotter combos and sharp pics!

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  9. Anonymous18 June 2012 at 17:10

    This is so lovely, and wonderful tutorial! :D

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    1. Lucys Stash18 June 2012 at 19:59

      Thank you very much! I started to do tutorials so everybody can recreate my manis :)

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  10. Georgina18 June 2012 at 18:08

    I love this gotta give it a try when my nails grow out :)

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  11. Unknown18 June 2012 at 18:25

    una manicura preciosa

    Un beso, Maquillando sueños

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  12. Unknown18 June 2012 at 18:37

    Beautiful!

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  13. beautyshineswoman18 June 2012 at 19:12

    wow, love it.

    http://beautyshinewoman.blogspot.pt/

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  14. Diamante.heart18 June 2012 at 19:24

    This is gorgeous, I can't wait to try it!! Although knowing me, I'll probably just make a mess of it.. I love how all the nails are just the one colour except the the "interesting" nail. I love it!! I'm a new reader btw:)

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    1. Lucys Stash18 June 2012 at 20:06

      Hi, firstly thank you very much and secondly welcome! I'm glad you found my blog and hope you'll enjoy it the future :) Feel free to share your mani on my FB page, I love to see people's manis x

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  15. Jen18 June 2012 at 19:39

    This is amazing! Definitely gonna try it out :) Thanks! xx

    jensbrightandbeautiful.blogspot.com

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  16. Amelia18 June 2012 at 20:25

    love the mani, love how awesome this looks as an accent nail, love the tutorial - you rock!! xxx

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  17. Unknown18 June 2012 at 20:38

    I love it!! I will be trying it out =)

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  18. Nik18 June 2012 at 21:01

    This looks amazing.
    I'll definately be giving it a go. So many colour combos would work like this. Although i do love the colours youve used

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  19. Katie Simpson18 June 2012 at 21:54

    This looks beautiful and your tutorial is fab, I'll definitely be trying it!

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  20. Jen~the nail fanatic18 June 2012 at 21:55

    Love this look! I've never seen someone do this before. Great tutorial. Check out my blog if you have a chance :)

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  21. Hannah Rose18 June 2012 at 22:33

    going to have a go at this beautifully thought out look!
    Check out my new updated blog (if you want too!)
    vivalashoes.blogspot.com

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  22. Dina Ramse18 June 2012 at 23:21

    Love this mani. just recreated it using Lilacism from ESSIE. Pairing it with Turquoise & Caicos from ESSIE, and H&M - Metallic Grey. :)
    Thanks for the idea!

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  23. Simple Joy of Polish18 June 2012 at 23:58

    This is so lovely. I can't wait to try it :)

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  24. Beauty-Ninja19 June 2012 at 00:06

    Oh, I LOVE the fishtail accent!!!

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  25. Nail Treasures19 June 2012 at 01:11

    The combinations of colors you used look amazing together!

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  26. Steph xx19 June 2012 at 03:59

    That looks awesome, I will give it a go :)

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  27. Unknown19 June 2012 at 05:17

    Thanks for sharing this tutorial!! I have been wanting to try it but couldn't find a good tutorial. You make it look so easy! :)

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  28. Elizabeth19 June 2012 at 06:29

    What a great look, and thanks for the tutorial! I think I'd call it a braid, especially seeing how you did it. Will definitely be trying this one out! :D

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  29. Nail Stories19 June 2012 at 13:34

    I absolutely adore the fishtail accent! Thanks for the tutorial, I'm definitely going to try this!

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  30. Anonymous19 June 2012 at 13:59

    I LOVE this!!! super cute, Thanks for Tutorial I am so trying this soon!

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  31. Winnie@ The RAWR Shop19 June 2012 at 17:31

    LOVE this colour combo!!!!!!!! And thanks for the tutorial, totally gunna try this out when the nails grow longer.... :D

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  32. Anonymous19 June 2012 at 19:58

    so creative! thanks for the tutorial!

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  33. Unknown20 June 2012 at 17:58

    Just browsing through your tutorials and I must admit that I can't get enough of them! Honestly, you are amazing and soooo creative. I love to dabble in nail art too and appreciate the time and effort you take to post your tutorials. I can't wait to try this one out!!!

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  34. Unknown20 June 2012 at 18:00

    Lucy...you are just amazing! I appreciate the time and effort that you take to do the tutorials and post them. Posts are clear, concise and easy to follow. I just can't get enough of your designs!!! Can't wait to try this one out tonight.

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  35. Deborah - Love. Varnish, chocolate and more...21 June 2012 at 19:08

    Love the accentnail, also the color combo is divine ♥.

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  36. manicure Tutorials22 June 2012 at 18:16

    Going to try this...it looks really fun and not overly difficult!

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  37. The Satirical Stylist28 June 2012 at 11:46

    This is fab, am gonna try this out! Thanks for sharing xoxo

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  38. Grace Thomas28 June 2012 at 11:58

    This is brilliant, thanks for the tutorial!

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  39. gomar28 June 2012 at 22:24

    Was putting on lilac dream when I saw your pic... I grabbed the other colours (just like yours, the mix is perfect) I was a bit afraid because I have shorter nails, but it totally worked and was reaaaally easy, amazing!
    Then I did the dishes and have to redo it... but all in all amazingly easy nail art!!

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  40. Kelli Marissa29 June 2012 at 23:05

    This looks great and the tutorial is simple for a really elegant look - love it

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  41. Karo13 July 2012 at 17:45

    Amazing! WOW! Brilliant!
    xoxo

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  42. Anonymous20 July 2012 at 06:06

    This girl plagiarized your tutorial and took credit, not cool...
    http://polishandpearls.com/to-fish-tail-braid-manicure/#comment-29287

    Yours looks better anyway...

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  43. my pretty paints25 July 2012 at 17:01

    This is awesome! Thanks for sharing! Im going to try today!

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  44. Nail Art Designs27 July 2012 at 06:35

    That's an amazing tutorial. I'm SO going to try this! :-)

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  45. Stephi27 July 2012 at 13:25

    I used your tutorial for my blogpost, hope it is okay :) it was really great!
    http://pointednclicked.blogspot.de/2012/07/fishtail-braid-nailart.html

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  46. Adriana28 July 2012 at 04:43

    Hi!!!! this is so fantastic!!!
    Kisses from Brasil!!
    =)

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  47. Inky Whiskers2 August 2012 at 21:58

    Thank you so much for your wonderful step-by-step tutorials! I did the fish tail on all my nails on Monday & when I went out on Tuesday...everybody flipped over them! I went for a spa-pedi & the lady wanted to know how I did it! This place does all kinds of nail art & she wanted to know about my nails? LOL So I sent her to your blog. She doesn't speak much english, but with your tutorials & her experience, she doesn't need to. Then I went to the beauty supply store & the gals there went nuts over my nails. And so did the pharmacist & the check out clerk & the waitress. Woman, you made me look GOOD! Thanks again, Lucy!

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  48. Anonymous8 August 2012 at 21:51

    Thank you so much for this tutorials! It's great! I did it on my nails :)
    There are my nails: http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/313570_459744790712427_707304776_n.jpg
    xoxo

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  49. Shelby's Swatches9 August 2012 at 20:08

    I cannot wait to try this mani!!

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  50. Anita Angel28 August 2012 at 16:35

    Heey I used your picture for my mani & it helped alot also i saved it on my comp & used it on my blog of course i put the link to this tutorial left the water mark on the picture & said it wasn't mine.

    heres the link http://intensepolishtherapy.blogspot.ca/

    thanks for the wonderful picture I thought it would have been harder to do this mani but you helped alot ! (= i hope my blog becomes as amazing as yours!

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    1. Lucys Stash28 August 2012 at 17:47

      Hi, thank you for the proper credit in your blog post, I really appreciate it :) Your mani looks really yummy :)

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  51. Cristina Santos30 August 2012 at 14:36

    Hello Lucy :) Just wanted to let you know that i loved these so much that i rrecreated them to the 31 days nail challenge lol. Here's the link and i looooved them!

    http://theclockwisenailpolish.blogspot.pt/2012/08/day-30-31-days-nail-challenge-inspired.html

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    1. Lucys Stash30 August 2012 at 16:53

      Great job Cristina, thank you so much for the link back!

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  52. Julieann26 September 2012 at 00:07

    Hi,
    I love this, I've just had a go at it myself. It took a while and I made a bit of a mess but it turned out well!
    Thanks for the tutorial, I'm new at this so need all the help I can get!
    I don't suppose you could do one on gradient nails could you?
    Thanks

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  53. Lily25 October 2012 at 05:23

    Thx Lucy for your awesome tutorials!

    I really like this one, you make it look so simple.. hopefully i can re-create it without making a big mess ;)

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  54. Lily25 October 2012 at 05:24

    Thx Lucy for all your awesome tutorials!

    This is my favorite and I hope I wont make a big mess when I try it, it's so pretty..

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  55. Try It With Carmella26 October 2012 at 19:20

    omg this is SO cool!!! thanks for the step by step bc otherwise i never would have been able to understand this lol! gotta try it soon

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  56. Madison19 February 2013 at 15:41

    Love this tutorial, thanks Lucy! I tried it at the weekend - this was my result (included a link back to here!) http://www.fundamentallyflawless.co.uk/2013/02/mani-monday-fishtail-nails.html

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    1. Lucys Stash19 February 2013 at 17:52

      Hi Madison, thank you for linking back to me. Your manicure looks great! It came out really nice even with more than three colours :) Oh and I'm your new follower ;)

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    2. Madison19 February 2013 at 22:55

      I'll try it again sometime and see how it compares with just three! And thanks for following, I'm following you too!

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  57. Natalie19 March 2013 at 14:31

    Loved this, Lucy.

    So simple and so effective. Really enhances a simply mani with one accent nail. I used this the other day for the first time and got some really lovely comments from people who don't normally notice that kind of thing.

    N

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  58. Lpt21 May 2013 at 21:51

    Hi Lucy,

    I tried this one last weekend using 3 Barry M polishes. It's my most complicated nail art so far. The tutorial was great - thank you. One hand looked good - a bit wiggly but not bad for my first time! The other hand - hmmm - I think I zigged when I should have zagged :-)

    I'll definitely try it again tho'

    Denise

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    1. Lucys Stash21 May 2013 at 22:15

      Hi Denise, thank you so much for stopping by and letting me know! Well done, just keep practising and it will be perfect soon ;)

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  59. Bre29 May 2013 at 06:41

    Thank you! I did it on my nails!I posted to instagram - http://instagram.com/p/Z2UhoRQJGA/ :D

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  60. Bre30 May 2013 at 08:11

    Lucy I wanted to let you know that your blog is featured on mine. http://www.thesmallthings89.com/2013/05/nailed-it-or-failed-it-fishtail-braid.html I loved this so much I decided to have you featured! Thank you.

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  61. zahrah y7 July 2013 at 19:56

    Hi Lucy! I just tried this out here http://nailgasmic.tumblr.com/post/54846790165/hey-guys-wazzaaaaap-im-really-excited-to-post
    your blog is so inspirational and your nails are fantastic! This tutorial is great :D
    Zahrah

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    1. Lucys Stash7 July 2013 at 21:08

      Well done, it looks great and thank you for such compliment!

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