Nail Art

This post is short and sweet. It's just some nail designs I've been playing with! 

Side note, I have sooo many little cuts on my hands! In just a couple of days my cat ripped up two fingers - she's still a kitten and she was stuck and scared and didn't understand I was trying to help. Poor little girl. Then I stabbed myself with a knife while trying to get a candle out of a votive holder. The knife broke through the glass, shattering the holder, and sliced my finger. Plus I still have a scar on one hand from an old burn. I'm falling apart!

DIY Funky Nails

I have been having a lot of fun playing with my nails lately. There are so many nail tutorials online and when I start to do them I think of so many variations you could do. So here are the basics and some pictures of what I've been doing.

I always start by filing, buffing and putting a clear base coat on.

These are the dotting tools I use. They're just two mechanical pencils I don't use and I put a nail through the eraser. The head actually makes a pretty big dot, so I made the other to do more detailed work. Plus they're great because they're big enough and long enough that I can use them with my left hand too!

Have fun with it! And remember that not all ideas work out and there's usually a leaning curve - especially with tape. I often put the tape on too soon so the first color gets messed up or I didn't press hard enough so the edges aren't clean. The best lesson to learn is to not be a perfectionist with this - play! get dirty!

If you don't to take the time to do all your fingers, just pick one. I'd suggest picking contrasting colors, this way that finger will really pop.