Hi Goddesses
It's Digit-al Dozen Week again! Today we welcome the insanely talented Lindsey of Wondrously Polished and Meghan of Will Paint Nails For Food to the DD. I'm especially excited as both were featured heavily in Blogger of the Month posts earlier this year.
This month's theme is Black and White and was chosen by Missy. Gggggrrrr black and white. Where's all the colour?? Initally I hated this theme, but actually, in the end, I like every mani I've done, partly because it's put the focus on the art and the pattern, and not the colours.
So today's post is inspired by the lovely Michelle at work. It's a sad sign of how utterly one track my mind is that for the last few months, every time Michelle wears this top (almost always on a Monday), I've been thinking - that would make a cute mani. And once black and white week was announced, it was a deal.
There is no science or great mystery to this post. 2 very cheap w7 polishes and 1 dotting tool - medium sized.
For all the nails, I did the ring of 5 dots first, and then placed the centre dot at the end. Super simple. And isn't it always the case that the simple ones look the best? I'm seriously happy with this one, and Michelle and I looked great together all day :)
Hi Goddesses
Today I have some super gorgeous dotting tools that I was sent for review by Born Pretty. If I'm honest, I don't *neeeeeed* any more dotting tools, but these were so pretty, I couldn't resist.
There are 5 dotting tools in the set, each double ended, so that overall you have 10 sizes of dots. One of the tools is angled at both ends - some of you might find this one easier to use.
And they're pink!! And shiny !! They are also cool - literally. Cos they're made of metal, they have a different heft to most other dotting tools, and are cool to the touch.
For today, I put together this very simple mani to show you what the tools can do. Let's take a quick tour -
This was done with the largest dotting tool. To get your dots large, just make sure you have a really generous puddle of polish.
This was done with one of the angled tools - it's a medium to large sized dot. I do like using the angled tools, I think the angle makes me feel I have more control over where the dot lands.
And these dots were done using one of the smallest sizes.
And then my favourite tool of all. This set contains the skinniest dotting tool I own, and it's become a favourite for my recent nail art. This is like writing with a pen - you can see how fine the nib is - and the only thing you have to fight is a little uneveness where the polish is fresh on your tool.
I'm really impressed with the control and precision you can get from this one - I've used it in these manis too.
The tools come in a lovely tube for handy storage, which is another reason they appealed to me - it's such a neat way to keep them on the nail desk. When mine arrived, they had obviously crashed around in the tube a little, and a couple of the nibs had fallen off. Don't worry though, a little bit of superglue and they were perfect again.
So all in all, I loves. Now I just need to wait for Born Pretty to bring out some dotting tools that do different shapes - squares, stars, triangles.
If you want to purchase these dotting tools, click HERE and don't forget to use the Crumpet 10% discount code - LPL91.
