Today’s Daily Nail Art is this colorful watercolor design by chalkboardnails. It actually reminds me more of when you drop food coloring into a glass of water.
Here are her steps to achieving this nail art:
1. Paint your nails a base color. Top that with two coats of topcoat to make sure that when you use acetone to make the watercolored look later, your base doesn’t get ruined.
2. Pick out your first color. Place a couple small dots of it on your nail, in random locations.
Take a medium sized brush (I used a makeup brush, but a watercolor brush would work well here) and dip it in acetone. You don’t need a lot of acetone, but you don’t want your brush to only be damp, either.
3. Dab your acetone-d brush onto the small dots of polish. Continue to dab the brush around to achieve the watercolor look that you like.
4. Repeat with 2-3 more colors.
5. Topcoat again!

January 8, 2012 04:00 PM | by