--- title: "Nail Art Designer: Paint Nails Online | Blush Thicket" description: "Design nail art on a hand: choose a nail shape, add French tips, ombré, dots, stripes, glitter, stamps or freehand paint, then save it or download a PNG." url: https://blushthicket.beauty/ --- # Nail art designer Paint five nails on a hand: pick a shape, then layer French tips, ombré, dots, stripes, glitter and stamps, or paint freehand. Designs stay in this browser. ## How to use the nail art designer Start with the **nail shape** and **length**; they apply to the whole hand, and every layer follows the new outline. Then pick the nail you want to paint, by tapping it on the hand, using the Thumb to Little buttons, or pressing keys 1 to 5. The close-up on the right is the nail you are editing. The tabs are layers, painted in this order: **Colour** (polish and finish), **Ombré** (a fade from the cuticle to the tip, or side to side), **Pattern** (polka dots or stripes), **French tip** (a smile line, a V tip or a half moon at the cuticle), **Glitter**, **Stamps** (hearts, stars, leaves, flowers, berries, moons and sparkles) and **Brush** strokes on top. In Stamps, tap the close-up to place a stamp, or press Add stamp; the arrow buttons, size and turn sliders change the selected one. In Brush, drag on the close-up to paint. Keyboard users can focus the close-up, move with the arrow keys (Shift for bigger steps) and press Space to put the brush down or lift it, or use the ready-made strokes. **Copy to all nails** repeats the current nail on the other four; **Edit all five at once** sends every change to all of them. Undo and Redo (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+Z) cover everything. Example: for an accent nail, choose Almond and Medium, select Ring, set the colour to Bramble berry, open Stamps, choose Bramble flower in Ballet and press Add stamp, then nudge it up twice. Save it, or download the nail chart PNG to show your nail technician. ## More manicure tools Choose a shape, time your coats and keep your routine on track. - [Nail shape guide](https://blushthicket.beauty/nail-shape-guide/): Eight shapes drawn side by side, who each suits, how to file it and how it holds up, plus a quick shape finder. - [Polish dry & gel cure timer](https://blushthicket.beauty/nail-polish-dry-timer/): Counts the wait between coats, touch-dry and fully hard for regular polish, and each lamp cure for gel. - [Manicure checklist](https://blushthicket.beauty/manicure-checklist/): Every step of an at-home manicure, tickable and saved in your browser, with safety notes and a print view. ## Recommended Two free services for the online side of nail care. Disposable email · no sign-up ### CleanTempMail Polish brands and salon booking sites often ask for an email address before they show a first-order discount code. CleanTempMail gives you a free temporary inbox straight away, with no sign-up, a random or custom address on hundreds of domains, and messages deleted automatically after 3 days. The code arrives; the marketing emails stay out of your main inbox. [Open a temporary inbox](https://cleantempmail.com/) Disposable cloud browser · free site checks ### WebTraceCheck Found a nail-art supply shop you have never heard of, with prices that look too good? WebTraceCheck's free DNS and domain lookup shows the details behind the shop's domain, and its disposable cloud browser opens unfamiliar links on an isolated desktop that is deleted after each session. Nothing to install, with free time every day. [Try WebTraceCheck](https://webtracecheck.com/) ## Questions **Are my nail designs saved?** Your current design is kept in this browser as you work, so it is still there after a reload. Press Save to keep a named copy in the list below the tool. Nothing is uploaded: to move designs to another device, use Back up (JSON) and then Import on the other device. **How do I show a design to my nail technician?** Download the nail chart PNG. It shows all five nails large and labelled from thumb to little finger, with the shape and length written at the top, so it is easy to follow on a phone screen at the salon. **Can I use the designer without a mouse?** Yes. Every layer has buttons, switches or sliders, keys 1 to 5 choose the nail, and stamps can be added, moved, resized and turned with buttons. To paint, focus the close-up nail, move with the arrow keys and press Space to put the brush down or lift it; the ready-made strokes add waves, zigzags and swirls with one press. **Will the colours match my real polish?** Only roughly. Screens show colour differently, and real polish changes with the number of coats, the finish and the light. Use Custom colour to get closer to a bottle you own, and treat the result as a sketch rather than a colour match. **Can I copy the sample designs?** Yes. The samples were drawn for this site as starting points. Load one from Start from, change anything you like and save it under your own name.