Week 21: New Nail Techniques

The New:

During the middle of a busy semester, I rarely find time to paint my nails, so when I don't have the burden of assignments, tests, and projects due each week, I like to keep my nails painted.

This week, I tried two new techniques for the very first time:

• Nail stickers
• Using a bobby pin to make polka dots

The Evidence:

 These are both pictures of the nail stickers I decided to use! I think I found these at Wet Seal, but I would be willing to bet that you can find these nifty little things just about anywhere that sells nail polish.

This is where I used the bobby pin trick! My mom and I paint watermelon slices on our toe nails every summer, and we've been doing this for as long as I can remember. However, this was the first time I had ever used a bobby pin to make the seeds, and it worked much better than just using the brush from the nail polish!

If you would like to do watermelon slices on your own toes, it's ridiculously simple! Just paint your entire nail a pinkish-red, and when its dry paint a green stripe at the base and add some black dots for seeds.

The Verdict:

So far, I am sufficiently pleased with both of these. The nail stickers were incredibly easy, and they gave my at-home manicure a little something extra. Like I said, I have been painting watermelon slices on my toes for as long as I can remember, but never have the seeds looked so good! Using a bobby pin was a great replacement for attempting to get the brush to make a small dot in just the right place. There was so much more control with the bobby pin.

In short, these are both techniques that I will return to in the future.

Have a wonderful Memorial Day everyone!