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Hey everybody, this is Hannah from thedalailamasnails.com I'm going to show you a tutorial today for
how to create these floral nails over dots and stripes. Hope you enjoy it! Here's everything
you'll need: a base coat and topcoat, I only have 1 green shown here but I ended up using
2 different shades, a nude color to do your art on top of, 2 different blue polishes for
the dots and stripes, and 3 different kinds of pinks or roses for the flowers. You'll
also need a dotting tool with a large and small end, a small detailing brush, and a
striper. Start by prepping your nail with base coat and then polishing with 2 or 3 coats
of a nude shade. I'm using OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons. Once your base color is dry, go
in with your stripes. I'm using OPI Can't Find My Czechbook. Use a striper brush to
draw stripes, pretty much at the center of your nail. I like to let the brush do the
work for me by laying the brush flat against my nail and then dragging it to the free edge.
It makes a pretty straight line. For this look, do 2 stripes, that's what I could fit
on my nail. Next we'll do the dots on the other side of the nail. I'm using OPI I Saw
U Saw We Saw Warsaw for my dots. You're also going to need a dotting tool. I'm using a
double sided dotting tool, and I'm using the smaller end. I blobbed a little bit of polish
onto my work surface off to the side and then dipped the end of the dotting tool into it.
Then I lay the dotting tool against my nail to create round, even dots, and I'm doing
2 staggered rows. Next we'll work on the flowers. I'm using OPI A Definite Moust Have as the
base of the flowers. Ideally you should wait until the dots and stripes are dry, I didn't
really and it caused a little bit of problems, but it worked out ok. Take the larger end
of your dotting tool and kind of just blob on the base of the flower. It doesn't have
to be even or perfect, you're going to paint over it anyways. Next grab a lighter pink,
I'm using OPI Mod About You. We're going to add some definition to the flower starting
with some highlights. I ran into 2 problems here which you can totally avoid by: choose
a highlighter color that isn't thick and goopy, and wait for your blob to dry a little bit
before you try to paint details over it! Load up a fine detailing brush with your lighter
pink, go in and add some swirly petal shapes. It doesn't have to be even because you're
going to go over it with one more shade, you can always go back to add the kind of definition
you want. Next you'll need your third flower color, I'm using OPI Schnaps Out of It! Draw
in some more swirly petals. The idea is to create a little depth, so it looks a little
more like a flower. If you end up with something more blobby than flowery, like I did here,
you can go back with some of your other flower colors to lighten it up. I went back in with
A Definite Moust Have because it looked too dark compared to the other nails. Grab the
lighter of your shades of green, I'm using Zoya Josie for the base part of the leaves.
Create 2 blobby leaf shapes - the motto of the day is that it doesn't have to be perfect,
since you'll outline it next. I'm
using Zoya Shawn to create the outline of my leaves, using a detail brush to outline
the edges of the leaves for more definition. Funny story, as I edited this video I accidentally
deleted the last part of the video where I show you how to outline the leaf I just mentioned.
It's very simple, just use your detail brush to outline the leaves, add topcoat, and you're
done! Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, and sorry about the part I deleted!