I’m calling this manicure Morning Burst because it was inspired by my Clean & Clear facial wash that I use every morning. How corny is that lol? Sometimes we find inspiration in the strangest places. My orange and yellow pump bottle of Morning Bu
rst has a cute dotted sunburst design on it and I wanted to simulate that. I changed up the color combo a bit as you can see- I wanted an excuse to use a bunch of my favorite polishes all at once!
I enjoy dotting designs because they seem less intimidating than free-hand painting. I’m always afraid that my free-hand work will come out like crap. Keep in mind that I live with a man that could arguably be one of the most talented painters in the US today… so I might have a slight inferiority complex or something. I stuck to dotting tools for this design and I think it came out cute! I will probably take it off before I head back to work tomorrow though. It is a little crazy- and there’s just so many colors in here that I doubt I will find a coordinating outfit lol! Here’s a list of the polishes I used …
GREEN ♥ China Glaze Westside Warrior
YELLOW ♥ Sally Hansen Yellow Kitty
PINK ♥ China Glaze Dance Baby
NAVY ♥ China Glaze First Mate
This looks great! 😀 Your dots are perfect!
Gee thanks 😀
Simple and very pretty – love it!
Aww thanks- glad you like it 🙂
Very Cute! I love the bright colors!!
Thanks! I wasn’t sure if the crazy colors were too much- so I’m so happy you like it!
This is cute!! I really like the blue and yellow design 🙂
Thnx!! I think the blue and yellow is my fave nail too!
Wow, gorgeous
Gorgeous! It reminds me that it has been a long time I did a skittle mani. I should do this again. 😉
Ooh! I like!
This is beautiful. Such a great Mani!
You have such a steady hand and eye for detail!! Love them x
Aww thank you!
Luv this!!!!
Thanks Amie 🙂
very cute! i may have to copy these at some point! how do you get those colored hearts where you listed out the colors? that looks so good!
Copy away! I made those little hearts by using the special character button when writing my post. If you don’t see the button for special characters- then make sure to hit the icon called ‘show/hide kitchen sink’ so that all your buttons display for you 🙂
okay thank you! 🙂 and ill let you know when/if i copy them! 🙂
i cant stop staring at those. something about them mesmerizes me i dont know why! i love all of those colors together!
Fun!! And so colorful!
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Hey,,This is really and literally a morning blast. I llllooooovvvvve polka dots nail art. So this is definitely on my to do list now…Very neat also.
Hey, one question though, do u pour out the nail paint to make polka dots? I am more of acrylic paint girl since I cant dream of wasting my nail paint 😦
Thanks!! Dotting with polish doesn’t use up much of my polish at all! I simply dab my wet nail polish applicator brush onto my work surface to make a drop-sized dot of polish. Then I dip my dotting tool into it so I can make dots on my nails. If the spot of polish on my work surface gets dried up… then I dab on another drop of polish onto it and then keep working. I probably only used 2 or 3 drops of each color to make all my dots 🙂 I hate wasting polish too!
Okay, I guesss I must have not tried well then. I shall try again. DO you by any chance use a wet dotting tool as well? May be so that the polish doesnt pile up and dry on the dotting tool.
Thanks for the detailed answer 🙂
Nope- I use it dry. After every 4 or 5 dots i like to rub the head of the dotting tool on a paper towel just to clean off any polish that may have stuck to it.