Step 1
With watered-down sky blue polish, paint 2/3 of the nail using horizontal swipes to lend a watercolor effect. Paint the remainder of the nail light brown, using the same technique. Paint a curved dark brown line to create a hill.

Step 2
Using red, paint a shed where the brown and blue polish meet, and create a red horizontal line near the cuticle area.

Step 3
Draw the shape of the lighthouse using black paint. Fill in the lighthouse’s roof with black. Create three thick diagonal black stripes on the lighthouse and three tiny vertical stripes coming off the roof. Outline the red horizontal line in black. Allow the design to dry.

Step 4
Paint thick white diagonal stripes on the lighthouse, a small white door on the red shed and small white windows on the black stripes. Add tiny yellow squares for windows below the roof. Use black to paint a window on the white stripe, paint three vertical lines on the red horizontal line, and outline the red shed and its door. Using green, paint small bushes on top of the brown paint. Allow the design to dry and apply top coat.

Average Time: 5 to 7 minutes per nail.
Suggested Price: $5 per nail.

Step 1
Using watered-down sky blue polish, paint half of the nail using horizontal swipes to lend a watercolor effect. Using the same technique, paint the remainder of the nail green.

Step 2
Using dark brown, paint the cottage, walkway, and tree trunk and branches.

Step 3
Add a black roof and door to the cottage. Outline the cottage in black and paint tiny black dots on the walkway.

Step 4
Paint a white fence and tiny white dots on the walkway.

Step 5
With white paint, outline the cottage and add roof accents. Use fuchsia paint to create two clusters of dots on the grass. Paint light pink clusters of dots on top of the fuchsia. Paint green leaves on the tree branches and add green accents to the grass. Allow the design to dry and apply top coat.

Average Time: 10 minutes per nail.
Suggested Price: $5 to $7 per nail.

Step 1
Using watered-down sky blue polish, paint the whole nail using horizontal swipes to lend a watercolor effect. Allow the polish to dry slightly, then paint a sandy beach using light horizontal swipes of brown and white.

Step 2
Using watered-down white paint, lightly paint over the blue polish. Allow the design to dry. Outline a black lighthouse and shed.

Step 3
Paint four thick horizontal navy blue stripes on the lighthouse.

Step 4
Using yellow, paint four tiny windows underneath the lighthouse’s roof. Paint small gray vertical stripes below the yellow windows. Paint the inside of the shed red. Using opaque white, paint four thick horizontal stripes that alternate with the blue stripes on the lighthouse. Allow the design to dry and apply top coat.

Average Time: 5 to 7 minutes per nail.
Suggested Price: $5 per nail.

Step 1
Using watered-down sky blue polish, paint half of the nail using light horizontal swipes to lend a watercolor effect. With watered-down beige paint, paint the other half of the nail using the same technique. Allow the polish to dry. Swipe white paint over the blue portion of the nail and gold over the beige portion. Allow to dry.

Step 2
Using dark brown paint, add wispy branches on each side of the nail.

Step 3
Paint a tiny crab with dark orange, outline it in black, and add black eyes. Using watered-down beige paint, accent the blue-and-white sky. Allow the nail to dry and apply top coat.

Average Time: 5 minutes per nail.
Suggested Price: $5 per nail.