Paint Polka Dot Nails with a Toothpick

Have you ever seen people have polka dot fingernails but you have no clue how to do it on your own nails? It's really easy but looks complicated. You can paint your nails with polka dots without any special tools and it takes about 15 minutes!

Steps

1. Apply base coat to your nails.
2. Pick two or three colors of nail polish: one for the base color and one or two for the dots.
3. Paint your nails in the base color.
4. Wait for your nails to dry.
5. Get a toothpick. You can also use the rounded end of bent bobby pin. Break the toothpick's end so it is not pointy. You can either grind it against a hard surface or cut it with scissors.
6. Dab a little bit of nail polish onto some paper and dip the toothpick into the blob.
7. Take the toothpick and gently dab it onto your nails to create dots. You can alternate dotting in different colors if you like.
8. Apply top coat over the design so the manicure will last longer. Enjoy your fabulous new polka dot nails!
9. Finished.

Tips

• To make your polka dots neat, work slowly. Rushing will not give you neat polka dots and may cause you to start over, making you take more time.
• You can try painting all your nails pink then add white dots using a bobby pin.
• Don't use a pencil or pen and make sure it comes out even.
• Try to put your polka dots in diagonal rows for an even look.
• You could get a nail art pen and dot your nails.
• Put the dots close together- almost overlapping- to provide a texture to your nails.
• You can always get a thin tip permanent marker for the polka dots.
• For larger polka dots you can use the end of cotton tips. Dip a nail brush in bottle of nail polish and place a few drops on a piece of paper. Dip the end of a Q-tip/cotton tip in the nail polish 'puddle' you just made. Apply on the nail when the base coat is slightly wet, so the polka dots will be larger. Let dry, and then apply a top coat.

Warnings

• Keep nail polish remover around in case you mess up.

Things You'll Need

• 2 or 3 colors of nail polish
• Top coat
• Base coat
• Nail polish remover
• Q-tips
• Toothpick, dotting tool (you can buy this on amazon) or bobby pin

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