Showing posts with label polka dot nails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label polka dot nails. Show all posts

Thursday, July 21, 2011

DIY Confetti Manicure

confetti nails

Rarely do I paint my nails.  I just don't find it practical with all of the cooking and then subsequent dish-washing that I do.  However, the other day it was kind of rainy and I was tired and a little bored.  So I decided to try this nail idea I had seen.  I ended up really liking it!  I call it a confetti manicure because I think it looks like I dipped the ends of my nails in confetti.  All you need is nail polish and a couple of bobby pins.

nail polish

1.  I did two coats of essie ballet slippers and let them dry.  
2.  Then, I opened up a bobby pin and bent it into one straight piece.  
3.  I put a few drops of essie peach daiquiri on a post-it note, dipped one end of the bobby pin into the nail polish, and then "stamped" random dots of color on all of the nails on one hand.  I re-dipped the bobby pin after each dot I placed on a nail. I let those dots dry.
4.  I then repeated the "stamping" of the dots with Sephora by OPI Meet for Drinks and let those dots dry.
5.  Then I repeated the "stamping" with essie chinchilly and let those dots dry.
6.  I did steps 3-5 for the other hand, then put a top coat on each hand.