My first trick to creating the perfect heart nail design is using tape. Now, you can either fold your tape in half and cut a heart shape or you can use a heart shaped hole punch. After your nails are painted and dried, stick the tape on your nails where ever you want the heart to be. Make sure the tape's edges are pushed down and then paint the heart. Gently peel off the tape and there you go! For those of you who do not like Valentine's Day, not to worry, I have a heart design for you, too! Instead of painting your heart design a solid color, use crackle nail polish! This will give your nails and edgy, distressed look. Note that using crackle polish would work better on bigger hearts, so consider doing one big heart instead of multiple.
Another way to create heart designs is to use a toothpick, tiny paint brush, or dotting tool and paint on two dots that are spaced far enough apart so they will create the top of your heart. Make sure you use enough polish for the dots because you are then going to want to connect your dots in a v using your tool. Then with a little bit of polish you can go back and create a more rounded shaped, which will be your heart.
To add a little something extra, do multiple hearts on one nail and using a tiny paintbrush, paint a thin line from the bottom tip of the heart to the end of your nail (shown in the picture above.) Don't forget practice makes perfect! Don't get too frustrated if they don't look perfect the first time you try. After all, you still have over a week to perfect them for Valentine's Day.
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