Nail Art: Interlocking Dots

When I showed my mum these nails she said they looked like something by Escher...

When I showed my boyfriend these nails he said they were a "mind-fuck"...'scuse his French.

I took both explanations as compliments and I loved this design so much that I did it twice in one week. It's safe to say that my nail polishes are starting to look a little on the empty side. Santa?

Here are my interlocking dot nails...

These are so much easier than they look and the finished product is so effective and mind boggling.

The polishes I used:

Missguided Nail Splash in MissCellaneous (nude)

M.U.A Nail Polish in 8 - Red

I also did a version using black and white. To start I used my trusty base coat, which I allowed to dry before adding a thick coat of nude polish.

 I can't stress this next bit enough....LET THE NUDE DRY PEOPLE!! 

Once dry, use masking tape diagonally across each nail, leaving half uncovered. I alternated the side I did this on for each nail. Use the red polish to paint over the uncovered nail and let this dry well.

Slowly remove the masking tape and you should have half-and-half nails. 

Next take a large dotting tool if you have one, or the round end of a bobby pin and use your first colour. The key here is that red polish is only dotted onto the nude background and nude is only dotted onto the red.

So with the red make evenly spaced dots right along the central line going into the nude base. Leave gaps big enough to fit another dot. Add another red dot or two (depending on dot/nail size) above each of those on the line. Use the same process for the nude, but when dotting along the line onto the red base, do the dots in the space between the red dots on the other half of the nail.

This is a bit confusing I apologise, but if you look carefully at the picture it should be clear what I mean! You can even see a little raised central line on each of my nails. (If you have any questions leave me a comment and i'll try and explain)

Finish with a top coat and voila...easy "mind-fuck" nails!

Happy polishing <3