Gone are the days of just painting nails with polish and the trend now is to portray nails as pieces of art. Nail art is designing and painting the nails in beautiful designs of art.  This is quite a rage now and the most preferred way for women to present their beautiful painted nails. A wide variety of designs and arts have come in to existence to make the nails look glamorous right from painting them in two colours to decking them in precious stones . It is creating those sumptuous designs to make the nails look glamorous.

The basic form in nail art is painting your nails in double colours one on the body and other on the growing nail enamel. Other techniques of nail art are using the ceramic nail art canes or using the readily available stamps to make an impression on your nails or the water marbling form of art.  There are a variety of designs in which you can deck your nails depending on the occasion, like painting them in the colours of the   dress with stones glued on   or making imprints of small flowers or putting impressions of nail paint with a tooth pick or opting for the affective Japanese designs. The japans form of nail art is most famous as it involves painting your nails in minute designs like flowers, boats and decorating them with jewels.

A good suggestion on this  to approach a professional when you are opting for nail art the first time. You can also get ample information on how to do nail painting yourself on the net and choose the best patterns to suit yourself. Ready to paint nail art kits are available in the market which give you ample choice of designs and patterns and the mode to do it. Unlike other trends in fashion, it is your creativity and diverse designs that can help set is your own trend in nail art.