NAILS: On The Dot

                           
                         
Polka Dots seem to always been in style. The 20's. 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, on bathing suits, dresses, or blouses, the dot trend just never goes away- not that I want it to. They are back in for Summer 2013, and in one of my favourite ways- nail art! Creating the perfect dot can be hard, but a tool called the nail dotter can help make it a little easier. Here are the steps to getting polka dotted nails with a nail dotter.

What You Need:
A Nail Dotter (or bobby pin/straight pin if you don't have one)
A Clear Coat (I used this, in Grand Central Station)
Two Colors Of Your Choice ( I used white and blue*)
*The blue was called Blue Escape but is no longer avalible.

1.Start with clean nails that have no polish on them.

2. Put on a base coat to prevent your nails from turning yellow. I just used my clear coat.

3. Paint all of your nails your main color, except your ring finger (the one beside the pinky.). This will be an accent nail, and if you don't like the way it looks, you can just paint it like the rest of the fingers. My main color was blue.

4. Paint your accent nail your second color. If you do not want an accent nail, skip this step and just paint your ring finger the main color. My accent color was white.

5. Let your nails dry. If your colors are not dark enough, add a second coat.

6. Once your nails are dry, pour a little bit of your accent color onto a piece of paper or a napkin.

7. Take your nail dotter and dip it into the nail polish. Then dab the dotter onto your nails to make a dot. Continue to make dots onto your nail at random, then do the same for every nail except the accent nail.

8. After all the dots (except for the ones on the accent nail) are done, pour a little of your main color onto the same paper or napkin that you used for the first set of dots. Make sure the color from the previous dots is off of the dotter, then take it and start making dots on the accent nail using your main color.

9. Once the nails are all dry, put a clear coat over top of the nails to help keep the polish on for longer.

My two favorite patterns are polka dots and chevron. What patterns or designs are yours?
XOXO,
Taylor

P.S. I wrote a post for another blog about BB Creams which you can check out here.