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Taking a cue from the De Stijl movement, Refinery29 production editor Lisa Dionisio shows us how to DIY a Piet Mondrian-themed nail look in just a few simple steps.
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00:04Hi everybody, Lisa here from Refinery29.
00:07I'm going to show you a little nail art DIY.
00:10It's going to be a little Mondrian inspired, great design.
00:13To begin, it's really simple.
00:16Choose your color pattern.
00:17You can go with black base or white base.
00:20For this one, I'm doing white today.
00:23The first thing you need is a great nail polish with a really thin brush.
00:27Kind of like this.
00:29It's really just drawing lines.
00:32Steady hand is really good.
00:33If you're great with a marker, you can also use a nail art pen.
00:37But I love these because it's just one swipe and you get a really good line.
00:42I'm just going to draw a bit of lines.
00:48Kind of like a tic-tac-toe pattern.
00:50I'm just using this as the base.
00:54And then I'm going to fill it in with color.
00:57And then emphasize the lines again afterwards.
00:59Next step is filling it in.
01:02I prefer not to color in every square.
01:04Just choosing a few.
01:07Today I'm picking some of the primary colors.
01:10Red, blue, and a yellowish.
01:11So I'm just randomly coloring in the square.
01:18Let's do blue maybe.
01:27Let it dry for a few minutes.
01:29It's okay if your color blocks went over the grid pattern.
01:33Because you can draw over the grid again.
01:35And clean it up.
01:39Now after that's dry, let's clean it up a bit.
01:42And just draw over your original lines.
01:45That's it!
01:47After it dries, just cover it with a top coat.
01:49And that's the Mondrian nail.

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