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These unique flowers will brighten up your day!
Create a Majolica inspired flower manicure! You'll need a detail brush and a small dotting tool or toothpick, as well as several different polishes. You could easily do this with 2 colors, alternating for each step, but I like the bright colors all together.

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  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 1
    Step 1

    Paint your base color and let it dry completely. I always use a top coat between my base color and my nail art, but this is personal preference.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 2
    Step 2

    With your detail brush, paint a plus sign in the middle of your nail.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 3
    Step 3

    Create another plus sign, but rotated at 45°. This should create 8 different "petals."

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 4
    Step 4

    Using your detail brush, fill out each petal using the lines from steps 2 & 3 as your template. Try to create 8 tiny ovals.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 5
    Step 5

    Repeat steps 2 & 3 on a smaller scale with a new color.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 6
    Step 6

    Create the first inner petals by making tiny triangles, again using the line work from step 5 as your template.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 7
    Step 7

    Using your dotting tool and a new color, create the inner flower with either a simple dot or 8 tiny dots in each triangle (as I have shown).

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 8
    Step 8

    Repeat Step 7 with your final polish color.

  • How to paint patterned nail art. Spanish Majolica Inspired Flower Nail Art - Step 9
    Step 9

    If you want to add some dimension to your flower, paint some darker orange and red on the outer petals.

    Add your favorite top coat after let your polish dry for a bit and you're done!

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