Beauty DIY: Polka Dot Manicure with Zoya Dove and Morgan

Sometimes fashion inspiration comes from the most unlikely places – in this case, it came from a 3 year-old!

I was trying to entertain my nieces and give them these manicures a year or two ago (for a perfect, at home manicure, see my previous tutorial here).  They still needed some entertaining time before dinner so I decided to liven up their manicures and put on a very simple design – polka dots!  I grabbed a sharp pencil (there were no thin nail polish brushes around) to put on the dots and loved the cute results!  I adore this manicure for myself for the same reasons that I loved them on my nieces – it is simple, whimsical, and adds a great contrast between two colors.

So grade schoolers and adults can be chic!

Here are the materials you need to create your manicure:

• base coat
• top coat
• 2 shades of contrasting nail polish
• 1 item with a sharp tip (sharp pencil, pin, etc.)
• wax paper (or a regular page from a magazine you won’t be reading anymore!)

Here are the steps I used to create this manicure:

1. I painted my nails in the base coat and then two coats of one color (with sufficient drying time between each layer of course!)

2. I put a few drops of nail polish on the wax paper and then dipped my pencil tip into the nail polish. Be careful not too put too much nail polish on at once or else it will be difficult to work with since it thickens/dries slightly quickly!

3. I drew in dots of varying sizes.  I would try to go from the center and draw around the circumference of the first dot.  If you have too much nail polish and are drawing a larger circle, you may get little nail polish lines when you lift up your pencil.

4. Allow sufficient drying time for the dots and then put on your top coat to keep your dots from smudging!

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