Try these Adorable Chrome Hearts for Your Valentines Day Nail Art
Chrome hearts are super easy Valentines Day nail art you can do at home! Plus, they are adorable! Follow the tutorial below to see how to do this on your nails.
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You can add a cute, romantic touch to your manicure with these simple chrome hearts. Luckily, it’s not super hard to do!
In fact, you don’t need any special drawing talents. The right tools make it easy to “cheat” your way through drawing these hearts.
Products Needed to Create Chrome Hearts
To recreate this look at home, you’ll need a few nail supplies. Now, I did this nail art over dip powder and listed the colors below. However, you can create these chrome hearts over gel polish as well.
Dip Powder colors used:
- Pink Dip Powder: Ballet by Revel Nail
- Pink Glitter Dip Powder: Cupid by Ten x Tina
Products used for Chrome Hearts:
- White Mermaid Chrome Powder
- Pink Chrome Powder
- Modelones Gel Liner
- Young Nails Stain Resistant Gel Top Coat
- SunUV Gel Lamp
- Nail Art Brushes
- Nail Art Palette
- Orange Buffer Blocks
- Curved Hand File
How to Create Chrome Heart Nail Art at Home
Step 1) Apply Your Base Color
If you’ve used dip powder, apply your layers, activate and then buff. Do not apply your second layer of activator. Make sure you rinse and dry your nails to remove any dust and debris. Then you can move on to applying the nail art.
Step 2) Draw Hearts on the Nail
To begin drawing hearts on the nail, grab a dotting tool. Dip your dotting tool into a white gel polish and place two dots on the nail. This will form the two humps at the top of the heart.
TIP: Leave some space between the dots. This will create a much cleaner heart shape when you’re done.
Then use a nail brush to create a “V” shape under the two dots. This will create the bottom point of the heart.
You shouldn’t have to add any additional polish to your brush to do this. Simply drag the polish from the two dots you’ve created. Using minimal gel polish will prevent messing up the heart design.
Repeat this process until you’ve added your preferred amount of hearts on the nail. Then place your hand into your UV lamp for a flash cure – about 10-30 seconds.
Step 3) Apply Pink Chrome Powder to Hearts
Using an eyeshadow brush applicator, dip into your pink chrome powder. Then gently rub the powder across the hearts.
You’ll notice the chrome effect start to take place as you rub on the chrome powder.
Once you’ve chromed each heart, place your hand back into your UV lamp for a full cure. Once cured, brush away any excess chrome powder.
Step 4) Apply the Dot Pattern
You don’t have to do this step, but if you want to compliment your hearts with the chrome dot pattern, follow this step.
Dip your dotting tool into the gel polish and place dots wherever you’d like between the hearts. Then place your hand into the UV lamp for a flash cure – about 10-30 seconds.
Next, take your applicator and rub the mermaid white chrome powder onto the dots.
Once you’ve chromed each dot, place your hand into the UV light again for a full cure. When that’s done, you can brush off all of the excess chrome powder.
Step 5) Apply Top Coat
Now that you’ve created your chrome heart pattern, you can apply your gel top coat for a shiny finish.
When you’re done applying the top coat, fully cure your nails under the UV lamp.
Once cured, be sure to use rubbing alcohol to wipe the nails and then you’re all done!
Want More Nail Art Ideas for Your Valentine’s Day Nails?
There are so many designs you can do at home for your Valentine’s Day dip nails. Some are even beginner-friendly! You can see all of the nail art ideas you can do with dip nails here.
For more nail art tutorials you can use for Valentine’s Day, check out:
- How to Chrome Dip Nails
- How to Apply Ombre Glitter Tip Nails – these are so cute for those pretty Valentine’s Day glitters!
- How to Apply Glitter Ombre Dip Nails – this tutorial shows you how to make the glitter ombre cascade from the cuticle area of the nail instead of the tip.
There are so many more adorable nail art ideas for Valentine’s Day like this. I’ve shared more nail art inspo here on Pinterest.