Christmas character nail art: how to paint the Grinch

Paint a nail tip a light green gel polish colour, cure, then apply a non-wipe top coat and cure.

Using a dark green or black gel paint, add a small mushroom shape in the centre of the tip and paint a vertical line down from it.

Paint a lopsided semicircle at the bottom of the vertical line.

Paint a line across that, to make the Grinch's pouting lip. Cure.

Directly above each side of the nose, paint two dark green curved lines and cure.

Add two black lines that curve in the opposite direction and meet in the middle. These will become the eyebrows.

Bring the black lines under and join them up to make two eye shapes. Cure.

Leave a gap before painting four dark green semicircles above the brows.

Use where the circles end as a guide to join up the outline of the Grinch's head shape, and bring his chin to a point in the dark green hue.

Whilst the gel is still wet, use a thicker brush to drag out the edges. This will create the appearance of fur. Cure.

Paint the Grinch's eyes with a white gel paint and his nose dark green. Also paint a line of dark green under his lip. Cure.

Paint the lip pink and cure.

Start filling in the eyebrows with black gel and the head area with dark green. Use the thicker brush to drag the product to give a furry finish. Cure.

Using the same dragging technique, paint the rest of the Grinch's face with a green gel that is a few shades lighter, apart from around his nose. Cure.

Add more dark green to the face, layering and dragging to make the Grinch look furry. Cure. Paint some green mixed with top coat on the underside of the eyes, to create a shadow. Cure.

Add some finer lines of dark green or black to outline the fur. Also add some black to the nostrils and cure. Paint the Grinch's irises using a bright midtone green. Cure.

Outline the eyes in black and add pupils. Then, using a fine liner brush, add thin black lines to the brows to give definition and make them look bushier. Cure. Blacken around the Grinch's eyes and brows, and add any additional fur. Cure.

Using a fine liner brush, paint a few thin lines of pale green gel through the brows and on top of the nose to act as a highlight. Cure.

Apply top coat and cure to finish.