Scarab Beetle Nails

These nails were inspired by a nail art picture showing a similar simple design but more of a tulip shape. I though I would add a bright green metallic polish, outline the shapes in black and color in the negative space red to resemble the back of a scarab beetle carapace.
The base color I used was "Impanema Girl" by Layla, and the red is "Stiletto" from Claire's over a white base.
I have some step-by-step photos down at the bottom to show you what I did.

The only tools required are black and white striper brushes or nail art pens.

The Jelly Sandwich Manicure

This manicure has been circulating beauty blogs and nail art YouTube channels for some time now, so I thought I would show you the glittery blue version I did yesterday. The concept is simple: Layer a glitter polish between an opaque polish and a sheer, jelly finish type polish. What I like about the finished result is that chunky glitter seems less textured on the nail and in my case, the jelly polish I chose made my glitter seem even more vivid and intense.
For my opaque polish I chose Layla "Aqua Zen" which is a bluish creme polish that dries almost matte. I guess you could call it a "satin" finish. My glitter is Nicole by O.P.I. in "A Million Sparkles." To get the application I did, I completely wiped off all glitter from one side of the brush and used a dabbing motion to pack glitter on each nail. On top is "Isle See You Later" by China Glaze. It's really sheer and I'm not even sure the glitter has a bluish tint at all, but it did really intensify the look of the glitter.
I think this manicure could also be really cool just applied as a french tip if you don't want the solid color plus glitter look.