1 Rose 4 Ways: Techniques to Create Valentine’s Day Nail Art

6-Hand Painted Rose Steps

Roses are red, violets are blue. Enjoy these four nail art tutorials we created for you! Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we tapped two Los Angeles-based nail artists to share their favorite medium and techniques for rose-inspired nail art designs. Read below for step-by-steps from Yasmeen Sandoval (@sloteazzy) and Yvett Garcia (@yvynails).

1. Hand-Pained Florals with Gel Polish 

Get the tutorial by Sandoval here. 

2. Acrylic Sugar Roses 

Get the tutorial by Sandoval here. 

3. 3-D Acrylic Roses 

Get the tutorial by Garcia here. 

4. Encapsulated Acrylic Roses

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Get the tutorial by Garcia here. 

Which one of these Valentine’s Day nail art designs is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!

-Sigourney Nuñez

[Photography by Jason Bennett]

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