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Nail art is beautiful and stands out very nicely on well manicured or acrylic nails. You can either have nail art put on your nails by a professional at a nail salon or you can do it yourself at home with a few simple techniques. The at home method is the cheapest and you can have fun playing around with different styles.

You will need only two things to design your own nail art, one being a paint brush, the other being the paint. You need a very fine, thin paintbrush for starters, which can be purchased at your local arts and crafts store or online. Secondly, you will need your paint. You can use nail polish, but acrylic paint is usually better to use for nail art. You can also purchase rhinestones, glitter and nail art jewelry which are optional but not necessary. All of these things can be found below retail price online at websites like ebay.com.

Once you have all of your supplies together, buff and file your nails, put a pretty base coat on and have fun designing your own hand-drawn nail art. You can get ideas by googling "nail art" and browsing images. Mix and match the colors, add glitter, swirls and lines and you will be sure to come up with spectacular nail art that will draw some very positive attention to your nails.