I’ve already mentioned once or twice my obsession with nail polish, but today I thought I’d share with you a little secret of mine when doing nail designs. I use the tip of a bobby-pin! A friend of mine told me about it a couple of years ago, and I thought wow what a clever idea, and it seriously works so well!
You can actually use a bobby pin to create polka dots, lines, and hearts, and it works just as well as all those expensive little nail art pens you can buy. And I mean who doesn’t seriously have about 87,000 bobby pins lying around. I know I do! 😉
DIY Black and White Polka Dot Nails
Step 1: Start by gathering all your supplies. You’ll need black nail polish, white nail polish, and a bobby pin. I’m using Wet n’ Wild’s Wildshine Nail Colors.
Step 2: Carefully paint nails with a white base coat.
Add 2-3 coats as needed
Step 3: Tilt black nail polish to the side and gently dip the tip of a bobby pin in product. Begin applying black dots to the nail in various sizes.
And that’s it, ya’ll! Such an easy nail DIY that you could switch up with a variety of colors, sizes, and designs. I use this method to create so many different pretty nail looks, and in case you’re needing inspiration, check out some of these gorgeous polka dot nail polish designs from Pinterest.
Hope you all have an amazing weekend & thanks for stopping by!-Cara
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Oh my goodness girl, these are so cute! Definitely trying!
Thank-you! It’s so simple!
Adorable! I’m the worst at painting my nails. I get nail polish EVERYWHERE lol. But I bet I could do this one!
Thank-you! It’s not hard at all 🙂
Essie is my favorite brand! I am starting getting too the whole painting my nails trend.This is definitely easy but doable!
I love painting my nails! Essie is a great brand 🙂
So easy and Super Cute!!!! Have glorious weekend gorgeous gal!! 😉
Thank-you! 🙂
I love this! I’ve been meaning to paint my nails for like, three months now. It’s soo hard haha
Thanks! I get like that sometimes too, I won’t paint them for awhile, but I’ve been on a nail-painting kick recently 🙂
Super cute! A bobby pin is a great idea. I actually bought one of those little tools to use & its REALLY BIG – I dont like the dots – you cant get but like 2 on your nails with it.
Thanks! I’ve heard of people using tooth-picks too, but have never tried it. I like the nail pens you can buy, but they can be pricey, and I figure this is a much cheaper, easy alternative.
Lovely nails! I’ve heard of the bobby pin idea but haven’t tried it yet. They are so cute though!
Thank-you! It really is easy, you should try it 🙂
Cute nails! I hope your weekend is fantastic!
Thank-you! Yours too 🙂
OMG these are adorable, and even I think that I can do it (on my left hand lol). Polka dots always make me think of spring. Maybe I will do this on my girls this weekend. Thanks for the idea
Thank-you! I went with a neutral look with black and white, but I bet this would look so pretty with all different colors for spring! 🙂
SUPER cute! Love all your how-to posts!
Thank-you! 🙂
So cute! I love nail art. And that white polish looks opaque and not streaky list most are.
Thank-you, I do too! It’s actually really good quality, and for 99 cents I was impressed 🙂
super cute! I’m always so envious of people who do nails well. I’m horrible at them, but it won’t stop me from trying haha . thanks for this!
Thanks! Oh my goodness, I’ve saw some really intricate ones before with like tiny teddy bears, and they are so cute. Not sure if I could recreate it myself-haha But polka dots aren’t hard, you should try it! 🙂
This looks so fun and cute 🙂
Thank-you! 🙂
I adore this for spring!! It seems pretty easy too 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Shauna
http://www.lipglossandlace.net
Thank-you, it is! You too! 🙂
I love polka dot nails! I was going to do them a few weeks ago but was pressed for time. I need to remember to think about it again!
Polka dots are a cute way to dress up your nails! 🙂
You ought to get with mommy and let her let you paint her nails. If she would. Love you Daddy.
I would if she would let me. 🙂
Your black and white nails are so cute!!!! I ordered some nail art tools on Amazon for like $3 and they came from China so they took like a month but I dont care because it was worth it. But who knew you could just use a bobby pin…that was genius!
Thank-you! 🙂
How pretty are your nails?! The dots are too cute <3
Green Fashionista
Thanks Kate!
So simple and cute!! Love the bobby pin tip- I’ll have to try that!
Thank-you! 🙂
Cute! I love polka-dots and I love painting my nails. I feel way more like a female when I do, haha.
Thank-you! I do too, it just makes you feel prettier somehow 🙂
They are so cute! A great option for to use instead of jamberry. Seem simple enough that maybe I could actually do this! Thanks for sharing!
Thank-you! It’s so simple!
That’s so cute! It always looks like my 3 year old did my nails-I’m terrible- but even I could (probably) do this.
Thank-you! You definitely could, it’s not hard I promise!
I love the black and white design!
Sarah
http://mybowsandclothes.blogspot.com/
Thank-you, me too!
Ohhhhh love this! I love the pink one, too!
Thank-you! Yes, the pink one is gorgeous it’s on my to-do list next 🙂
Oh I love this design!!!! So cute! Have a great weekend 🙂
Thanks Kayla! You too!
I love polka dot nails! They’re so much fun. 🙂
Me too, very cute and girly looking! 🙂
Polka dots are the cutest thing!
Coming Up Roses
Thank-you, I agree!
Love the nails! So fun and so pretty!
Thank-you!
the bobby pin really does work–i did it on my back-to-school nails once for game day!
It really does! Way less expensive than those nail art pens! 🙂