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Mint Green Starburst Needle Drag | 40 Great Nail Art Ideas

This mint green starburst needle drag is for last week’s 40 Great Nail Art Ideas theme – I’m caught up finally! Mint green is the colour scheme for the week and my own prompt is needle drag.

I have done a few needle drag manicures now, and I wanted to try a different pattern. This is inspired by a manicure done by the exceptionally talented Sveta Sanders. I don’t know how she manages to fit two starbursts onto a nail – I had trouble making just one small enough per nail. And it was incredibly frustrating for me as I did about ten versions before I was happy with one. I think my problem is that the base polish I used – SpaRitual Delight – dries that bit too quickly for an effective needle drag.

Mint green starburst needle drag using SpaRitual Delight and Barry M Watermelon
Mint green starburst needle drag using SpaRitual Delight and Barry M Watermelon

So, as mentioned, the base is SpaRitual Delight. It is the loveliest mint green that I own. Regular readers will know that I really don’t like green at all – but I do like a good mint green.

I teamed it up with just one extra colour, Barry M Watermelon. I painted a thick second coat of the mint green, then dotted on: dark green, mint green, dark green – with each dot getting slightly smaller so tht they didn’t obscure each other. Then I used my smallest dotting tool to create the starburst pattern.

Mint green starburst needle drag using SpaRitual Delight and Barry M Watermelon
Mint green starburst needle drag using SpaRitual Delight and Barry M Watermelon

Unfortunately, I have been a bit heavy-handed with my top coat and smudged the design a little. I wanted to wear this long-term, but I could only manage two good starbursts, so it only lasted for a day – with all my other nails in plain mint green.

 

 

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For this manicure I’ve used:
  • Colours: SpaRitual Delight and Barry M Watermelon
  • Top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri


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Comments

Lisa N.

Your needle drag design looks so neat!

LL

This looks absolutely amazing! Love x