Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Nail Art
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle nail art is a fun way to show off your pop culture favourites.
The story was originally a comic book series but it has now spawned a range of media including both ‘real life’ and animated films and TV shows. A new series is due to be released towards the end of 2024.
Which turtle is which?
Each of the four main characters-the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-wear a different colour band either across their eyes as their disguise or as a bandana.
- Leonardo wears blue
- Raphael wears red
- Donatello wears purple
- Michelangelo wears orange
What you need to create Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Nail Art
Youll need
- a green base colour
- red, orange, blue and purple polishes
- white and black (for the eyes)
- a dotting tool or cocktail stick
- a cheesy yellow
- a pizza dough brown
- any desired pizza toppings (I used thin polymer clay decorations easily purchased online).
How to create Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Nail Art
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles make a great super easy, effective and fun nail art idea!
The turtles
For the four fingers I painted the nails green leaving a band in the middle roughly bare.
Over this band I then painted one the four colours-purple, orange, red and blue-of the Ninja Turtles. To help create the shape a dotting tool can be used. I was aiming for soft edges to mimic the fabric of a bandana.
When this was dry I then used a larger dotting tool to create two white dots on each mask, followed by a medium black dot and a tiny white dot, leaving with drying time inbetween, to create the eyes!
If you don’t have a dotting tool a cocktail stick can be used to create dots.
Pizza time
For the the thumb I painted a yellow ocre coloured triangle, to form my pizza slice.
I then painted black around the edge. I used a dotting tool and brown to create a ‘crust’ and applied fimo/polymer clay slice swirls using nail glue to represent pepperoni creating the pizza-inspired look!
Other nail art ideas
What pop culture icons would you love to see on your nails?
I’ve been creating a range of pop culture themed looks from Minnie Mouse to How to Train Your Dragon but I’m always open to new ideas!
Alex
Professional makeup artist with an interest in natural, complimentary makeup but also fun makeup designs and nail art too! Life is too short to be stuck with trends that don't suit you!
