Getting Started with Blue Nail Art
Alright so I saw this cool blue nail design idea online yesterday. Grabbed my nail stuff from the bathroom drawer – buncha blue polishes I had laying around since last summer. Found a light sky blue, navy blue, some silver glitter top coat, and this cracked white polish I forgot I had. Oh and that cheap dotting tool from eBay.
My Messy First Attempt
Started by pushing my cuticles back with orange stick. Didn’t bother washing hands cause I’m lazy. Put on base coat real quick. Waited maybe 2 minutes? Probably not enough. Slapped on light blue polish – big mistake. Brush left streak marks everywhere. Tried fixing it while wet made worse. Had to redo two nails after smudging.
Design Disaster Zone
Now the fun part – tried diagonal lines with navy polish. Used this old eyeliner brush dipped in polish. Messed up three times. Lines looked like drunk caterpillars crawling. Gave up and went for polka dots instead. Made uneven dots using dotting tool, some huge some tiny. Dropped silver glitter on my jeans. Accidentally brushed wet nail against table. Total wreck.
Making It Work Somehow
Decided to embrace messiness. Smudged the messed-up lines with toothpick to make “watercolor effect”. Covered mistake thumb nail with thick silver glitter. Painted ring finger all white then cracked top coat – cracked way too much. Put top coat on everything like armor. Smudged pinky finger again. Sat 15 minutes waving hands like crazy person. Finally felt dry enough.
Final Hot Mess Result
Honestly? They look like 5 year old did them. Glitter finger’s bumpy, “watercolor” nails look bruised, cracked nail looks like broken toilet bowl. But from far away? Kinda cool pattern. My neighbor thought I paid salon for “that ocean design”. Total win for zero spending! Pro tips: use polish that’s not dried up, actually wait between coats, and skip complicated lines if you’re clumsy like me.
