OPI Russian Navy Dots
Yup, just as the name of this post implies…I’m sporting a dotticure using OPIs….Russian Navy (an old favorite) and You Only Live Twice (a new favorite). If you’ve followed my blog for awhile, you’ve probably gathered that I don’t do a lot of nail art that requires too many steps. I have the same philosophy with cooking. If a recipe has more than 5 ingredients, it’s not for me (salt and pepper count as ingredients, BTW). So anyway, on to the mani…
I started with a base of two coats of You Only Live Twice. This color is much richer in person. (You can see my swatches of the entire OPI Skyfall Collection here.) Then I took a small dotting tool and made the dots using Russian Navy. In my opinion, you can never go wrong with Russian Navy. It’s in my top five OPIs…ever.
I like manis with an identical, simple pattern on each nail. There’s something about repetition that can make a wilder print (like dots or stripes or leopard) seem more subdued.
I’m doing some futzing with my camera settings. It’s so hard to get both skin AND polish to look true in photographs. I’m finding that the color of the polish also effects how the photo is captured. I know just enough to be dangerous. LOL
That is gorgeous!
Thanks, Claudia!
So nice! x
Thank you!
Very interesting mani. I’m with you when it comes to the simplicity of both nail art and cooking :D I like it simpler.
I’m glad to hear someone else feels the same way I do! :D
I love dotty manicures! This is lovely!
I can never get my dots so uniform!
Thanks, Laura. If you look closely…mine aren’t very uniform either. :)
This is so cute! Like a ladybird :) (or ladybug as you may call it!)
Oooo. You call them ladybirds? I love that.
This is gorgeous! I love dots and had white dots over baby blue or pink in the summer! :D xx
White dots on baby pink is such a cute combo!
fabulous!
Thank you, my dear!
Wow, the dots seem so perfect and aligned! Love the color combo :).
I always start with one carefully placed row down the middle. Then I go wild from there. I find if the dots are aligned in the center then the rest “look” uniform (even if they’re not!)
LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
Cuteness! The dots remind me of a ladybug. :P
:) Thanks. Me too!
These are too cute! I just ordered my first dotting tools (and a bunch of other tools too) a couple days ago, and I can’t wait for them to get here! Christmas will be filled with lots of wonderfully designed nails! :D haha
I can’t wait to see what you come up with! I don’t have many “tools.” Usually I just use items from around the house (needles, sewing pins, paperclips)…I need to upgrade!
Hehe, yeah I’ve used bobby pins for dots before :)
They are looking so good together! Every time I try to dot I’m not able to get them so precise like you did! I’m jealous! ;)
I’m sure your dots are awesome, Danny! ;)