Paint Owl Nails

This how-to will teach you how to easily paint a dotted owl design on your nails. Hoot hoot! Let's get started.

Steps

  1. Apply base coat to all your nails.
  2. Apply a nude or beige polish to all of your nails. This is optional, but the final manicure looks nicer with a base color in place.
  3. Decide which nails you want to put owls on. In this article, owls are painted on the thumb and ring finger, but you can paint them on all of your nails, or as many as you want.
  4. Draw the owl's body with a dark color; plum was used here. Start out with a large bar that goes across the bottom of the nail. Then draw two ears on either sides. You can use the nail polish brush at first and then take a detail brush to make the body more rounded and the ears nice and pointy.
  5. Allow the body to dry for a few minutes.
  6. Draw on the owl's belly. Using the nail polish brush, take a lighter color (here it is shown as blue) and draw a semi circle at the bottom of your nail.
  7. Add the eyes. Take a dotter tool and the base color (nude) polish and dot two eyes above the belly.
  8. Add pupils. Take the body color (plum) and dot on the pupils. Now you're done with the owl's eyes.
  9. Add the nose. Take a detail brush and a different lighter color (here the color lavender is used). Draw a small triangle below the eyes. This will be the nose.
  10. Place feathers on the owl. Use a dotter tool and the base polish (nude) to create polka dots all over the owl's belly. This will represent feathers. Now your owls are done.
  11. Apply french tips to the nails that you do not paint an owl on. Make sure the base color is completely dry, and apply tape over your nails, so only the tips are showing.
  12. Paint the areas of your nails that are not covered with tape (body color/plum). Let it dry for around two minutes.
  13. Remove the tape. Presto! French tips. You can make the tips rounder with a detail brush if you like.
  14. Take a dotting tool and some of the belly color (blue) and draw dots along the french tips.
  15. Apply the top coat.
  16. Allow your nails to dry completely. Then take a Q tip dipped in nail polish remover, and clean up your nail edges.
  17. Admire your new manicure! Now your owl nails are done!



Things You'll Need

  • Body color (plum)
  • base color (nude)
  • Belly color (blue)
  • Nose color (lavender)
  • Dotting tool
  • Detail nail art brush
  • Nail polish remover
  • Base coat
  • Top coat

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