Spring Minnie Mouse Nail Art

Can you believe May is almost over?! This Spring Minnie Mouse nail art was inspired by a parade “Minnie’s Little Spring Train” in Disneyland Paris. I saw this cute parade on YouTube months ago, but I didn’t get a chance to do the nail art until now!

I started working on this nail art in the afternoon, so the lighting of the later photos is not that good. But I hope you can still enjoy the mini tutorial of this design anyway!

There was a top coat accident when I first completed the design. I always take a few photos before applying top coat, just in case of shrinkage. And after taking the photo above, the accident happened.

My new Seche Vite top coat perfectly cracked and stretched all of the hand painted designs! The gingham lines on my index and ring were the worst and they ended up like splatter designs. Luckily the Minnie Mouse drawing was just slightly distorted. I don’t know why she was safe but I was relieved.

My absolute pal top coat is Gloss on Top! from Picture Polish, which has never ruined my hand painted designs. Unfortunately I’ve currently run out of it. So instead of hand painting the same thing again, I just went for simpler ginghams with yellow and green polishes. The funny thing is, I like this one better than the ruined one lol.

So! If you are hand painting with acrylic paint, the top coat that I highly recommend is Gloss on Top! Or do you have any recommendations that work well for you??

Thank you!!

16 Comments

nail crazy on May 24, 2015 at 4:49 am

O! M! G! this is super awesome <3
i just don't see the point of this tutorial, i really think that no one could recreate this, your talent is… well, really great :*

Minnie on May 25, 2015 at 11:50 am
Hahaha! That’s a huge compliment indeed, and that’s so sweet of you to say XD Thank you sooo very much Zana!! <3 xxxx
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Mina on May 24, 2015 at 6:03 am

ahahaha – you’re cute giving us a tutorial and all but… you’re forgetting we don’t have those crazy freehand master skills you have, hun 😉
This nail art is outstanding! Minnie is just so alive! Wow! Amazing work, dear, you keep making it better and better 😀

Minnie on May 25, 2015 at 11:53 am
Awww, you are waaay too kind to say that!!! And that means HUGE coming from you 😀 I’m sooo happy how you think about Minnie, you have an amazing heart!! Thank you soooo very much Mina!!! 🙂 <3 xxxx
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Ninthea on May 25, 2015 at 4:35 pm

Wonderful nail art! 😀
Minnie is super cute! I like the design on the other nails too!

Minnie on May 26, 2015 at 10:52 am
You make me so happy Ninthea!! I’m really glad you like the design 🙂 Thank you always sooo very much sweetie!! 😀
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Ithfifi on May 27, 2015 at 2:32 am

Minnie you did a beautiful job, this is absolutely amazing! I have also found it so so interesting to see how you create your design, I think creating the blue outline must really help with your freehand designs! xx

Minnie on May 27, 2015 at 10:54 am
Thank you sooo very much Ithi!! Yes! Drawing the outline first really helps me with adjusting the size and position of the design. It’s like a cheat map :p Thank you always so much sweetie!! 😀 <3 xxx
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Cassis P on May 27, 2015 at 6:11 pm

??????????????????????(^o^)? ?????????????????????*^^*

??????Seche Vite??????????(-_-) ??????????????????????????? ?????Glisten & Glow HK Girl????????????Seche Vite?????????????????Gloss on Top????????????????????PP???????????Minnie???????????????????????????????^^ ??????????????????Minnie??????????(^o^)?

Minnie on May 28, 2015 at 12:32 pm
Oh no!!! Your Japanese comment didn’t come through properly!! Whhyyyy?!!! Maybe something to do with WordPress 🙁
I’m so sorry for this to happen to you 🙁 You wrote such a long comment for me. This is totally unacceptable and I’ll try to figure this out!!!
So sorry again!!! m(u.u)m
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- Cassis P on May 28, 2015 at 7:04 pm
  Awww I should have known!! Let me try to rewrite in English. lol
  So much details, and I love the shading of Minnie that gives such a realistic look! How dare of Seche Vite to ruin your amazing work though! -_- I would scream like hell if that happened to me, haha 😀
  I use Glisten & Glow HK Girl topcoat, and I quite like it. It doesn’t cause shrinkage like Seche Vite. I made my first order with Picture Polish the other day (finally!) coz I saw you write good things about their polishes^^ Pity I didn’t get Gloss on Top though, maybe next time :DD
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  - Minnie on May 29, 2015 at 5:20 pm
    Awww!!! Thank you sooo very much for checking back and re-commenting in English!!! I’m so so sorry again for the trouble 🙁
    Yaay!! I’m sooo glad you noticed the shading of Minnie, hahaha XD Yeah, my jaw dropped like hell when it happened lol. I really should have tested beforehand!
    I haven’t got HK Girl top coat yet, but now you mentioned it, I’m very interested 🙂 Maybe I should compare all the popular top coat side by side at once to see their effects!
    Wooo!! I’m sooo happy to hear that your first order at Picture Polish is on the way to you right now!!! HOW EXCITING!! And I’m so curious how you’ll find them compare to the other different brands of polishes you have 😀
    Thank you so much again for your time Cassis! You’re always so kind 🙂 <3 xxxx
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