Style & Dress · Craft & Handwork
Nail Art
Ten tiny canvases, layered with a very fine brush
Regular polish, a fine liner brush and a dotting tool are enough; a gel lamp can wait. The real work is prep: shaping, pushing cuticles, a base coat, since a bumpy base ruins any design within two days. Painting your dominant hand with your other one is where everyone struggles, so practise on nail tips first. Gel lasts longer but must be soaked off patiently.
First stepGet a fine liner brush, a dotting tool and two polishes, practise on plastic nail tips, then give all ten of your nails a polka-dot design.
Barriers
Cost to start
Under $50
Going deep → $50–300
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Sitting
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
One session takes
1–2 hours
Where
At home
Why people take it up