Ladybug nails.

            In my free time, I paint my fingernails.

            It’s a bit of a contradiction, really. I’m probably one of the most impatient people I know, so sitting around and waiting for nail polish layers to dry doesn’t seem like a practical hobby. And many of my manicures have been royally screwed by TV remotes or book pages or iPhone scrolling because I get so bored in the process of drying my digits.

            But it’s still SO MUCH FUN. And I like having interesting nails.

            So to christen this blog with posts other than those of the personal nature, here are my ladybug nails!

These are really, really deceptively easy to do. I didn't think to take process pictures, but I will probably do that in the future. Maybe. It's hard to take pictures with wet fingernails. :)


Anyway, for these, my base coat is Revlon Creme Brulee. I painted that on each of my fingers, save for my ring finger. On that finger, I used a base of Sinful Colors Ruby Ruby. That color is also the color of the smaller lady bugs (the dots) on the other fingers. 


For my Creme Brulee fingers, I used a few different sizes of dotting tools. The largest size was used for the red body, the medium size for the black heads, and the smallest for the black dots on the body. 


On the Ruby Ruby ring finger, I freehanded the black "head" (tip) and stripe down the middle with a small paintbrush. The black dots and the white eye dots were made with the same size as the red body dots on the other fingers. The pupils of the eyes were dotted on with the same size as the black head dots.


Finish with a topcoat, and voila!