Monarch Butterfly Nails

Let your fingers flutter with this cute butterfly-wing design.

Posted by Dottidal

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The products I used were:

base coat - Sally Hansen Miracle Cure,
yellow - Sally Hansen Insta-dry in Lighting,
orange - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Sun Kissed,
red - Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Kook-A-Mango,
pink shimmer - OPI Princesses Rule!,
top coat - Konad Top Coat.

I used a plastic pick from Konad as my small dotting tool, but a tooth pick would work just as well. For the larger dots, I bent open a hair pin and used the little bubble on the end. If you've got real dotting tools, go ahead and use those, otherwise - improvise! The ends of paintbrushes or ball point pens that have dried up can work too.

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • Top Coat Nail Polish
  • Dotting Tool or bobby pin/hair pin or tooth pick
  • Black Striper Nail Polish
  • Nail Polish in yellow, orange, red, & white

Steps (7 steps, 180 minutes)

  1. 1

    Paint your nails solid yellow.

  2. 2

    Sponge on orange two thirds the way up your nails.

  3. 3

    Sponge on red below the orange.

  4. 4

    Fill in the tips with red and let dry.

  5. 5

    Add a coat of transparent pink shimmer polish over the entire nail. This helps blend the colors together.

  6. 6

    Your canvas is now ready for the wing details!

  7. 7

    Use a black striper polish for the veins in the wings and a dotting tool with white polish for the spots. Seal with a good top coat.

    Here is the video with all the instructions from start to finish; how to paint the wing details included. This is your next step, and it is easiest to explain by viewing it in action. :)