I’ll be honest and say that I have left my nails bare, naked for a few weeks or so, since I have absolutely no inspirations or even the mood to do them. Too much have happened; I’m dealing with my best friend leaving, exams and what not. But, one fine day, I just did my nails. It was one of the most simple nail art, something anyone could have done. Polka dotted nails!
I thought it would be too much to paint the whole nail and make it polka dotted hence, I did it in a somewhat similar way of a French manicure. I didn’t paint any nude polish, I merely painted the tips with Etude House yellow polish and dotted them with a black polish also from Etude House.
Closer look at the nails.
As you can see, the lines are not really neat as I would like them too only because of the stickers I used this time around. Like I mentioned earlier, this is a super simple nail art, hence the stickers I used are really common and you wouldn’t need to buy them from any nail specialty shop even.
For this post, I have decided to include a few DIY steps since the nail art is really really simple! You even can do it now.
Polka Dotted Nails
You’ll need:
- Two nail polish of any colour of your choice (One for the base and another for the dots)
- Tooth picks
- Reinforcement rings (the sticker you use when your punched paper is tearing apart)
Oh, yeaaa. That is all you need. It is really that simple.
Ta-da! This is the amazing stickers I used for to help me outline the tips of my nails. You’ll just need to stick it on your nails like how I did it here.
Tip: Do press on the edges, if not the outline would not be neat as seen in the second picture above.
And this is how the polka dot is done using a toothpick; you don’t need a dotting tool specially for dots as the toothpick works fine!
- Firstly you’ll need to coat the toothpick with your desired nail polish till it forms a huge glob (like in the picture).
- Then, you’ll just need to lightly press against your nail. I demonstrated this on a piece of paper (since my nails were done already) to show you that the dot created will slightly bulge out.
Tip: Give it some time to dry before you apply a top coat. Also, a thick nail polish is preferably to be used, since it wouldn’t drip so easily. :)
Somehow, my nails remind me of a band aid that I have conveniently plastered on the tip on my nails. Haha. If it is not that, it also reminds me of leopard prints. :)
What does it remind you of? If you have any questions, don’t be shy to drop a comment or two.
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