Janmashtmi 2020 Nailart - Indian Festival Nails / Janmashtmi Nails

  Hello Lovelies,

Today I am sharing Indian festival nail design. This Janmashtmi Nailart is all hand painted. Hope you like it. 

Holi 2019 _ Festival Nails/Holi NailArt

Hello Lovelies,

Holi is a very popular Indian Festival and it's known world wide. Mostly people know it as a festival of colours but very few know the real story behind it. I have attempted to depict the mythological story behind this festival on my nails. This story is about Bhakta Prahalad who was a devotee of Lord Vishnu (The Protector) and his father Hiranyakashyapa who was a demon who forced his kingdom to worship him. Prahalad didn't listen to his commands as he only worshipped Vishnu, the real God. Hirayanakshyapa asked his sister Holika (Demon) to take Prahalad in her lap and sit in fire and challenged Vishnu to save his disciple Prahalad. As story tells Holika was burnt to ashes inspite of having a fireproof cloth. Every year on eve of Holi a bonfire is made representing the Holika . This story symbolizes that we need to burn the evil and negativity to welcome the colourful and joyful life. I hope you like my representation of Holi on my nails.

Also I was a part of this beautiful collaboration by the Indian nail community on Instagram and it was so much fun. You can check my insta post HERE for more pics from collaboration. 

THANKS !!

Diya and Toran for Diwali Nailart 2016

Hello Lovelies,

Can't believe it's Diwali again !! Time is flying so fast. Like every year I am back with some cool Diwali Nailart for you all. I kept it simple with hand painted Diya (Earthern Lamp) and Toran (Flower Decoration) both of these elements are integral part of Diwali or Deepawali celebration. For this naildesign I used El-corazon polish Kaliedoscope Pisces as base and then freehand everything with acrylic paint.

Holi 2016 Nail Art : Nail Collaboration

Hello Lovelies,

Wish you all a Very Happy Holi !! Holi is festival of colours and one of the major festival celebrated in India. But now a days Holi is getting popular all over the world. I thought why not celebrate this festival with my lovely nail buddies by inviting them to paint Holi Nailart and then create a picture collage of all colourful nails. I have posted the collage do check out. But before that I would like to share my nailart for the festival.

Diwali Nailart 2015

Hello Lovelies,

Today is Deepawali also known as Diwali. It's an Indian festival celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm all over India. There is a mythological story behind this festival. Diwali falls 18 days after Dushera festival  (Dushera marks the demise of demon king Ravana by Lord Rama). It's said that Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya (his home) with his wife Goddess Sita and brother Lord Laxmana after 18 days so to welcome him Ayodhya was decorated with earthen lamps called diyas and people celebrated this day as Deepawali or Diwali which means festival of lights. It's biggest festival of Hindus and rituals extend to period of five days. There is another story that Goddess Laxmi was born during Diwali festival. She is Goddess of wealth and prosperity in Hindu religion so she is also worshipped during Diwali. Check out pictures below and enjoy the festivities :)...........

Dusshera Nailart 2015

Hello Lovelies,

Wish you all a very Happy Dusshera !! For my readers who don't know about this festival let me introduce you to this festival. It is a very popular Indian Festival celebrated by Hindus in India. This festival is associated with mythological story of killing of Ravana-King of Demons by Lord Rama. Dushera is also called VijayDashmi and actually the celebration starts with Navratri festival which is dedicated to worshipping of nine forms of Goddess Durga........Yes our culture is so rich full of festivities :) This festival symbolises Victory of Good over Evil !! For this occasion I collaborated with other nailartists on instagram and did #DusheraNailCollab......ENJOY !! :D

RakshaBandhan Special : Festive Double Stamping Nailart : El-Corazon stm-11 &stm-23

Hello Lovelies,

Today I am sharing stamping nailart with you all. It's my first attempt at double stamping. For this nailart I used El-Corazon stamping polishes and I am very very pleased with the results. Both the polishes stm-11 and stm-23 are very pigmented and gave nice result. I had won these polishes as a prize from El-Corazon's contest on instagram. Let's have a look

India's Independence Day Nailart - Happy Independence day 2015

Hello Friends,
15th August 2015 is India's 69th Independence Day! I remember as a child how we used to celebrate this day in school. Flag hoisting and national anthem and patriotic songs, cultural programs etc etc! What fun! I certainly miss all that especially when I am out of India. Yet I thought to do something on my nails to celebrate Independence day .I hope you find it interesting :)

Halloween Vampire Nails - 3 Dark colours for #52WPNMC

Hello friends,

Happy Halloween !
I did these vampire nailart for Halloween and this is last nailart for #nailartchallengeoctober and also fits into #52WPNMC prompt 3 Dark Colors.Bloody drip and dark base makes it quite interesting ! Have a look

Diwali Nailart - Wishing All a Happy Diwali 2014

Hello friends,

Wish you a wonderful Diwali. Diwali is the festival of Lights and celebrated in the honour of Lord Rama returning to his home. This is a week long festival and different days have different ceremonies. Goddess Laxmi and Lord Ganesha are worshipped as this festival is also considered as start of Hindu's new year and Hindus pray for prosperity and good luck for coming new year.

This is my favourite festival. As a kid also I loved decorating my house with earthen lamps and helping my mother in making rangoli. I tried to recreate the same scene on my nails. Have a look

Rangoli Pattern Nail art for Diwali Festival

Hello Lovelies,

Today I will share Rangoli Pattern Nailart. Rangoli is an age old Indian folk art and is used to decorate the floor during festivals. People use coloured powder and make different designs according to the festivals. It looks very beautiful and auspicious. Here are some patterns of Rangoli I found on google images.

source:www.TrendIndia.com

source: www.rangoligrill.com

Bones and Skull - Halloween nail art

Hello friends,
How are you all ? This is early morning and I am writing this post, sipping green tea :) What is your early morning drink ?

Anyways coming to my mani. This is again for nailartchallenge october and the prompt is bones and skull. I initially wanted to make big skull with two bones like danger sign ! but I got this idea of creating a textured background with skull pattern. I just loved how it turned out. Have a look.

CRACKERS NAILS- My Guest post for Manisha's FollowManiMatters

Hi everyone,

please note: This is made blurred purposely. Please check out the link below for clear image :) 

Today I am quite excited to share this post. I did a guest post for my lovely friend Manisha who is a talented nail artist. I would request you to check out my post by clicking HERE and leave your feedback.

THANKS :)

Anita

Karwachauth Nailart ! Happy Karwachauth

Hello Friends !
This October we are celebrating Indian Festivities with this Nail Challenge hosted by #stnchallenges and #ILLnailchallenges :)

Today's prompt is  Karwa Chauth ! This festival is celebrated by Hindu Married women for the safety and longevity of their husband. Wife keep fast from sunrise until sunset and prays in the evening for her husband. She breaks her fast after looking at moon following some rituals. This festival is symbol of love and closeness between husband and wife. I tried to show the essence of this festival on my nails where a woman is looking at moon through a seive. I am sure this will touch the heart of many Indian wives :) Let's have a look at my nailart :D

Halloween Nail Art- Jack-o-Lantern Nails

Hi friends,
October means month of festivals. I see a lot of nailart already on Halloween which is falling on 31st of this month. This festival is not celebrated in India but I really like the fun Halloween manis by my fellow nailartists. I have taken up #nailartchallengeoctober on instagram hosted by @glamournailart and @nailsby_redkoletz and all themes are halloween related as you can see below. I also wanted to join the fun and though I missed first challenge prompt but I am surely doing all rest. :D. Here is my pumpkin mani -

Happy Dussehra/VijayaDashmi 2014- Nailart

Hello friends,

Wish you a very happy dussehra. There is a great significance of Dussehra festival in Hindu Mythology. In India this festival is celebrated with lots of enthusiasm. This is also called "Vijayadashami" It's a festival of victory of Good over Evil. I decided to show this festival in my nail design. I hope you will like it. Have a look

Jewelled Eggs for Easter- Easter Nailart

Hello Everyone.

Three days left for Easter and my social feed is full of cute bunnies, chicks and colorful pastel eggs manicures. I really don't know what I can add to it as what's in my mind is on someone's nails :D. But all of a sudden I got this idea of some vintage kind jewelled eggs !!! So I gathered all my caviars and rhinestones to decorate my nails and here is what I came up with !!

Holi & St.Patrick's Day Nail art

Hello All Lovely Friends out There.
On 17th March two festivals HOLI and St.Patrick's Day are falling !! How amazing is that  ! So many people will be enjoying all the festivities in different ways ........ OH! Well that reminds me that I have a lot of cooking left :P.
Since I am from India so I am celebrating HOLI and that means lot of heavy food, sweets and colors. And Colorful Nails :)  But I did not want to leave the opportunity to paint my nails in lovely greens and rainbows so I have done both mani's which I am sharing below !!