2014-02-15

Unicorn, a legendary animal typically represented as a horse mentioned by the ancient Greeks in natural history. It has a large, pointed and spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. Those who have watched the cartoon named ‘My Little Pony’, they must have seen the girly presentation of this adorable creature. It was also seen in ‘Despicable Me’ where Agnes was very fond of these unicorns. Now would you like to have this cute creature drawn on your nails? Then, let’s check out these amazing unicorn nail arts to have the best f them on your nails.



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Basically the color of the unicorn is not identified and mostly it was mentioned as white which also represents hope and spirit. You can either have the natural version with light shade of colors or you can have the colorful ones from the ‘My Little Pony’ cartoon characters! No matter which type you choose, you will need to know the shape of the unicorn, especially its face.



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To get some unicorn nail arts, you can have it in both ways; either you draw it by yourself or do the stamping. Stamping will be the easiest and fastest process but there are limitations as they are small in sizes and you may not like them because they will be too simple compared to having them drawn by yourself. So if you are ready to draw it by yourself, you will need enough time and patience to have a perfect one.



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Before you start your nail art, take a piece of paper and draw what you want to have as your nail art design. You can create different varieties to have a unicorn nail art. For example, you can draw the face on one nail and apply a colorful shade on other nails as a simple unicorn nail art. You can add more faces and have two or three unicorn faces on your nails.

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You can draw a complete scene with a background with a unicorn in it. If you are going to have the ones from pony cartoon characters, then you can add colorful hairs and extend them to other nails. You can also draw a single unicorn with its whole body on one nail and other designs on other nails. In this way, you can have different customized designs according to your wish.

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Now, if you have selected the design then start with the required nail polish colors you are going to need, nail art brush, dotting tool, sponge and piece of plastic if you doing gradient, a clear coat and nail polish remover to remove the excess nail polish. Have your nails cleaned and dried. Apply the base coat on your nails and let it dry.

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Regarding the base coat, you can choose any sparkly nail polish if you want to make it a shiny and glossy one or you can have a plain polish and apply the glitters later. Next, apply the shape of the face with a nail color which you want to keep as its face color. When you have drawn the shape, fill the inner portion and apply another layer to make it a thick and complete one.

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Use a thin nail art brush to draw the outline of the whole face and the eyes and lips. For any pony characters, you will need to color the hair flocks. Applying pink, yellow, purple, blue to the hair flocks will give it an adorable look. Don’t forget to draw the horn which is the main thing that defines it as a unicorn. Draw the outline of the horn with a black polish and fill the inner portion with brown, white or any light shade.

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When you are done with the hairs and the horn, create a 3d effect on its face by applying a nail color shade lighter than the one used for its face color. Having thin lines on its face and around the nose will make it real on your nails. And you also have to be careful about drawing the eyes. That is the most important thing that will catch the attention of everyone. Draw it in a right shape and put eyelash to make it the cutest one!

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After you have drawn the face, eyes, nose, horn and the hair flocks, you can add a sparkly polish to give it extra shine. Adding a glitter polish will also make it gorgeous. To finish the nail art, apply a top coat to seal it and make it stay longer. Remove the excess nail polish by apply nail polish remover around your nails and that would be all to have the most chicy unicorn nail arts on your nails!

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